महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-86, verse-5

अपि चात्र महायोगी मार्कण्डेयो महातपाः ।
अनुवंश्यां जगौ गाथां नृगस्य धरणीपतेः ॥५॥

5. api cātra mahāyogī mārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ ,
anuvaṁśyāṁ jagau gāthāṁ nṛgasya dharaṇīpateḥ.

5. api ca atra mahāyogī mārkaṇḍeyaḥ mahātapaḥ
anuvamśyām jagau gāthām nṛgasya dharaṇīpateḥ

5. And here, the great ascetic (tapas practitioner) and yogi (yoga practitioner) Mārkaṇḍeya narrated a traditional song (gāthā) regarding King Nṛga.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• च (ca) - and

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this regard

• महायोगी (mahāyogī) - great yogi (yoga practitioner)

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage)

• महातपः (mahātapaḥ) - great ascetic (tapas practitioner)

• अनुवम्श्याम् (anuvamśyām) - ancestral, traditional, relating to a lineage

• जगौ (jagau) - sang, narrated, told, recited

• गाथाम् (gāthām) - song, verse, tale, narrative

• नृगस्य (nṛgasya) - of Nṛga

• धरणीपतेः (dharaṇīpateḥ) - of the king, lord of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a conjunction with ca.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a conjunction with api.

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this regard

(indeclinable)

महायोगी (mahāyogī) - great yogi (yoga practitioner)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāyogin

mahāyogin - great yogi, great ascetic

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+yogin)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• yogin – yogi, ascetic, practitioner of yoga (yoga)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from yoga
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Refers to Mārkaṇḍeya.

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (a celebrated ancient sage)

Note: Subject of jagau.

महातपः (mahātapaḥ) - great ascetic (tapas practitioner)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātapas

mahātapas - one of great asceticism, great penitent

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+tapas)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• tapas – asceticism, penance, heat (tapas)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Refers to Mārkaṇḍeya.

अनुवम्श्याम् (anuvamśyām) - ancestral, traditional, relating to a lineage

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anuvamśya

anuvamśya - relating to a lineage, ancestral, traditional

Derived from anu-vaṃśa

Note: Adjective agreeing with gāthām.

जगौ (jagau) - sang, narrated, told, recited

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of gā

perfect active, 3rd person singular

Root gā, perfect tense

Root: gā (class 3)

गाथाम् (gāthām) - song, verse, tale, narrative

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gāthā

gāthā - song, verse, tale, narrative (gāthā)

Note: Object of jagau.

नृगस्य (nṛgasya) - of Nṛga

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nṛga

nṛga - Nṛga (a mythical king)

Note: Possessive, relating to gāthām and dharaṇīpateḥ.

धरणीपतेः (dharaṇīpateḥ) - of the king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharaṇīpati

dharaṇīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharaṇī+pati)

• dharaṇī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to King Nṛga, in apposition to nṛgasya.