महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-17, verse-6

एतदिच्छामि भगवन्कथ्यमानं द्विजोत्तम ।
परिभ्रष्टः कथं स्वर्गान्नहुषः पापनिश्चयः ॥६॥

6. etadicchāmi bhagavankathyamānaṁ dvijottama ,
paribhraṣṭaḥ kathaṁ svargānnahuṣaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ.

6. etat icchāmi bhagavan kathyāmanam dvijottama
paribhraṣṭaḥ katham svargāt nahuṣaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ

6. O venerable one, best among Brahmins, I wish for this to be narrated: how Nahuṣa, whose resolve was sinful, fell from heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (story/matter) (this)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable Agastya (O venerable one, O blessed one)

• कथ्यामनम् (kathyāmanam) - to be narrated, being told

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best among Brahmins (O best of the twice-born)

• परिभ्रष्टः (paribhraṣṭaḥ) - fallen from a high position (fallen, depraved)

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• स्वर्गात् (svargāt) - from heaven, from the celestial realm

• नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - King Nahuṣa (Nahuṣa)

• पापनिश्चयः (pāpaniścayaḥ) - one whose resolve is sinful, determined to evil

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (story/matter) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable Agastya (O venerable one, O blessed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, glorious, divine, fortunate

कथ्यामनम् (kathyāmanam) - to be narrated, being told

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kathyāmāna

kathyāmāna - to be narrated, being told, worthy of being spoken

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Modifies etat

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best among Brahmins (O best of the twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best among the twice-born

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: dvi
  Root: jan (class 4)
• uttama – best, excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)

परिभ्रष्टः (paribhraṣṭaḥ) - fallen from a high position (fallen, depraved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paribhraṣṭa

paribhraṣṭa - fallen, depraved, corrupted

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pari

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

Note: Modifies Nahuṣaḥ

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

स्वर्गात् (svargāt) - from heaven, from the celestial realm

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise, celestial realm

नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - King Nahuṣa (Nahuṣa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nahuṣa

nahuṣa - Nahuṣa (name of a legendary king)

पापनिश्चयः (pāpaniścayaḥ) - one whose resolve is sinful, determined to evil

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpaniścaya

pāpaniścaya - one whose resolve is sinful, having sinful determination

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāpa+niścaya)

• pāpa – sin, evil, wicked
  noun (neuter)
• niścaya – resolve, determination, certainty
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: niś
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Modifies Nahuṣaḥ