महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-104, verse-4

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
उक्तं भगवता वाक्यमुक्तं भीष्मेण यत्क्षमम् ।
उक्तं बहुविधं चैव नारदेनापि तच्छृणु ॥४॥

4. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
uktaṁ bhagavatā vākyamuktaṁ bhīṣmeṇa yatkṣamam ,
uktaṁ bahuvidhaṁ caiva nāradenāpi tacchṛṇu.

4. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca uktam bhagavatā vākyam uktam bhīṣmeṇa
yat kṣamam uktam bahuvidham ca eva nāradena api tat śṛṇu

4. Vaiśampāyana said: You have heard the words spoken by the revered Lord (bhagavat), and what Bhīṣma spoke that was appropriate (kṣamam). Now, listen to that which Nārada also spoke in many ways.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (the narrator of the Mahābhārata) (Vaiśampāyana (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (spoken, said, declared)

• भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the revered Lord (bhagavat) (by the venerable one, by the Lord)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, statement, sentence)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (spoken, said, declared)

• भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhīṣma

• यत् (yat) - what, that which (which, what, that which)

• क्षमम् (kṣamam) - appropriate (fitting, proper, suitable, able)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (spoken, said, declared)

• बहुविधम् (bahuvidham) - in many ways, of various kinds (various, of many kinds, manifold)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also, indeed (indeed, only, just, even)

• नारदेन (nāradena) - by Nārada

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, to that)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (the narrator of the Mahābhārata) (Vaiśampāyana (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Name of a famous sage, a pupil of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata.

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect tense (lit)

Irregular perfect tense form of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (spoken, said, declared)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak) + kta suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the revered Lord (bhagavat) (by the venerable one, by the Lord)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - glorious, divine, venerable, fortunate, possessing wealth

Possessive adjective

From bhaga (fortune, excellence) + matup suffix.

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'uktam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, statement, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, statement, word, sentence

From vac (to speak) + nya suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'uktam'.

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (spoken, said, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak) + kta suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Name of a renowned warrior and elder in the Mahābhārata, son of Śāntanu.

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'uktam'.

यत् (yat) - what, that which (which, what, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, that which, because

Relative pronoun, neuter nominative/accusative singular.

क्षमम् (kṣamam) - appropriate (fitting, proper, suitable, able)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kṣama

kṣama - fit, proper, able, patient, suitable, well

From root kṣam (to be able, patient).

Root: kṣam (class 1)

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (spoken, said, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak) + kta suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

बहुविधम् (bahuvidham) - in many ways, of various kinds (various, of many kinds, manifold)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of bahuvidha

bahuvidha - of many kinds, various, manifold

Compound of bahu (many) + vidha (kind).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective
• vidha – kind, sort, variety
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects clauses.

एव (eva) - also, indeed (indeed, only, just, even)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

नारदेन (nāradena) - by Nārada

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Name of a divine sage, messenger of the gods, son of Brahmā.

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'uktam'.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

तत् (tat) - that (that, to that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter nominative/accusative singular.

Note: Object of 'śṛṇu'.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

imperative

Imperative active 2nd person singular.

Root: śru (class 5)