महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-86, verse-1

धौम्य उवाच ।
दक्षिणस्यां तु पुण्यानि शृणु तीर्थानि भारत ।
विस्तरेण यथाबुद्धि कीर्त्यमानानि भारत ॥१॥

1. dhaumya uvāca ,
dakṣiṇasyāṁ tu puṇyāni śṛṇu tīrthāni bhārata ,
vistareṇa yathābuddhi kīrtyamānāni bhārata.

1. dhaumya uvāca dakṣiṇasyām tu puṇyāni śṛṇu tīrthāni
bhārata vistareṇa yathābuddhi kīrtyamānāni bhārata

1. Dhaumya said: O Bhārata, listen now to the sacred places in the southern direction, which I am enumerating in detail to the best of my understanding, O Bhārata.

Words meanings summery:

• धौम्य (dhaumya) - Dhaumya (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दक्षिणस्याम् (dakṣiṇasyām) - in the southern

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, then

• पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - Refers to tīrthāni. (holy, sacred, meritorious)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

• तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred places, fords, holy bathing places

• भारत (bhārata) - An address to Yudhiṣṭhira, the recipient of Dhaumya's discourse. (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively, at length

• यथाबुद्धि (yathābuddhi) - to the best of my (Dhaumya's) understanding (according to one's intellect, to the best of one's understanding)

• कीर्त्यमानानि (kīrtyamānāni) - being enumerated, being mentioned, being described

• भारत (bhārata) - An address to Yudhiṣṭhira. (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

Words meanings and morphology

धौम्य (dhaumya) - Dhaumya (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhaumya

dhaumya - name of a sage, preceptor of the Pāṇḍavas

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect (lit) 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

दक्षिणस्याम् (dakṣiṇasyām) - in the southern

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇā

dakṣiṇā - southern, right, skillful, offering

Note: Agrees with an implied word like 'diśi' (direction).

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, then

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction indicating a transition or emphasis.

पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - Refers to tīrthāni. (holy, sacred, meritorious)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of puṇya

puṇya - holy, sacred, meritorious, pure, virtuous, auspicious

Note: Also nominative plural. Agrees with tīrthāni, acting as a direct object for śṛṇu.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred places, fords, holy bathing places

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing place, sacred place, shrine, holy water, teacher

from tṝ (to cross) + tha

Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: Also nominative plural. Direct object of śṛṇu.

भारत (bhārata) - An address to Yudhiṣṭhira, the recipient of Dhaumya's discourse. (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, inhabitant of Bhāratavarṣa (India), related to India

from Bharata + aṇ

Note: Occurs twice in the verse.

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively, at length

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - extent, expanse, detail, elaboration, breadth

from vi-stṛ (to spread out)

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 9)

Note: Adverbial usage.

यथाबुद्धि (yathābuddhi) - to the best of my (Dhaumya's) understanding (according to one's intellect, to the best of one's understanding)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+buddhi)

• yathā – as, according to, in which way
  indeclinable
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception, mind
  noun (feminine)
  from budh (to know)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Adverbial compound.

कीर्त्यमानानि (kīrtyamānāni) - being enumerated, being mentioned, being described

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kīrtyamāna

kīrtyamāna - being mentioned, being declared, being celebrated

Present Passive Participle

from kīrt (to mention, praise) with -māna suffix

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Also accusative plural. Agrees with tīrthāni, describing the sacred places as 'being enumerated'.

भारत (bhārata) - An address to Yudhiṣṭhira. (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, inhabitant of Bhāratavarṣa (India), related to India

from Bharata + aṇ

Note: Occurs twice in the verse.