महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-88, verse-1

धौम्य उवाच ।
उदीच्यां राजशार्दूल दिशि पुण्यानि यानि वै ।
तानि ते कीर्तयिष्यामि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च ॥१॥

1. dhaumya uvāca ,
udīcyāṁ rājaśārdūla diśi puṇyāni yāni vai ,
tāni te kīrtayiṣyāmi puṇyānyāyatanāni ca.

1. dhaumya uvāca udīcyām rāja-śārdūla diśi puṇyāni
yāni vai tāni te kīrtayiṣyāmi puṇyāni āyatanāni ca

1. Dhaumya said: 'O tiger among kings, I shall indeed describe to you those holy places and sacred abodes that are in the northern direction.'

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• उदीच्याम् (udīcyām) - in the northern (direction)

• राज-शार्दूल (rāja-śārdūla) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed by Dhaumya) (O tiger among kings, O best of kings)

• दिशि (diśi) - in the direction, in the quarter

• पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - holy places (holy, sacred; virtuous; meritorious deeds; holy places)

• यानि (yāni) - which, those which

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• तानि (tāni) - those

• ते (te) - to Yudhiṣṭhira (to you, for you)

• कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I shall describe, I shall recount

• पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - sacred (describing abodes) (holy, sacred)

• आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - abodes, shrines, holy places, resorts

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhaumya

dhaumya - Dhaumya (name of the family priest of the Pāṇḍavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

उदीच्याम् (udīcyām) - in the northern (direction)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of udīcyā

udīcyā - northern, belonging to the north

राज-शार्दूल (rāja-śārdūla) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed by Dhaumya) (O tiger among kings, O best of kings)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājaśārdūla

rājaśārdūla - king-tiger (metaphor for best among kings)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+śārdūla)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger; chief, eminent (often used as suffix in compounds for 'best')
  noun (masculine)

दिशि (diśi) - in the direction, in the quarter

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region

पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - holy places (holy, sacred; virtuous; meritorious deeds; holy places)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of puṇya

puṇya - holy, sacred, pure; virtuous, righteous; merit, virtue, good deed

Note: Used as a noun here, referring to 'holy places'.

यानि (yāni) - which, those which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what, that

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

ते (te) - to Yudhiṣṭhira (to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I shall describe, I shall recount

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kīrt

causative/denominal verb

From root kṛt ('to cut') or nominal 'kīrti' ('fame'); 10th class verb.

Root: kṛt (class 10)

पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - sacred (describing abodes) (holy, sacred)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of puṇya

puṇya - holy, sacred, pure; virtuous, righteous; merit, virtue, good deed

Note: Adjective modifying 'āyatanāni'.

आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - abodes, shrines, holy places, resorts

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of āyatana

āyatana - abode, dwelling, seat; shrine, sacred place

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)