महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-3, verse-17

धौम्येन तु यथ प्रोक्तं पार्थाय सुमहात्मने ।
नाम्नामष्टशतं पुण्यं तच्छृणुष्व महामते ॥१७॥

17. dhaumyena tu yatha proktaṁ pārthāya sumahātmane ,
nāmnāmaṣṭaśataṁ puṇyaṁ tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmate.

17. dhaumyena tu yathā proktam pārthāya sumahātmane
nāmnām aṣṭaśatam puṇyam tat śṛṇuṣva mahāmate

17. O great-minded one, listen to those one hundred and eight sacred names, which were recounted by Dhaumya to the highly noble Partha.

Words meanings summery:

• धौम्येन (dhaumyena) - by Dhaumya, the priest of the Pandavas (by Dhaumya)

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, yet)

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, in what manner)

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - recounted, spoken (spoken, declared, taught)

• पार्थाय (pārthāya) - to Partha (Yudhishthira) (to Partha)

• सुमहात्मने (sumahātmane) - to the highly noble one (Partha/Yudhishthira) (to the very great-souled one)

• नाम्नाम् (nāmnām) - of the names (of names)

• अष्टशतम् (aṣṭaśatam) - one hundred and eight (names) (a hundred and eight)

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, meritorious (sacred, holy, meritorious)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the 108 names) (that, it)

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (to them) (listen, hear)

• महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one (Janamejaya) (O great-minded one, O intelligent one)

Words meanings and morphology

धौम्येन (dhaumyena) - by Dhaumya, the priest of the Pandavas (by Dhaumya)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhaumya

dhaumya - Dhaumya (proper name of a sage)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'proktam'.

तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - recounted, spoken (spoken, declared, taught)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - spoken, declared, taught

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'aṣṭaśatam'.

पार्थाय (pārthāya) - to Partha (Yudhishthira) (to Partha)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna, Yudhishthira, Bhima

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira in this context (as the one to whom Dhaumya spoke).

सुमहात्मने (sumahātmane) - to the highly noble one (Partha/Yudhishthira) (to the very great-souled one)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of sumahātman

sumahātman - very great-souled, very noble

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mahātman)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahātman – great-souled, noble, magnificent (mahā + ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies Pārthāya.

नाम्नाम् (nāmnām) - of the names (of names)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation

Note: Qualifies aṣṭaśatam.

अष्टशतम् (aṣṭaśatam) - one hundred and eight (names) (a hundred and eight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṣṭaśata

aṣṭaśata - one hundred and eight

Compound type : dvigu (aṣṭa+śata)

• aṣṭa – eight
  numeral
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'proktam' (implied verb 'was').

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, meritorious (sacred, holy, meritorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, holy, meritorious, virtuous

Note: Modifies aṣṭaśatam.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the 108 names) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'śṛṇuṣva'.

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (to them) (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative middle, 2nd singular

Root: śru (class 5)

महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one (Janamejaya) (O great-minded one, O intelligent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmati

mahāmati - great-minded, intelligent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• mati – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (feminine)

Note: Vocative of mahāmati, referring to Janamejaya.