महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-83, verse-3

अद्भुतं महदाश्चर्यं श्रूयते कुरुनन्दन ।
स्त्रियो बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च कथयन्ति गृहे गृहे ॥३॥

3. adbhutaṁ mahadāścaryaṁ śrūyate kurunandana ,
striyo bālāśca vṛddhāśca kathayanti gṛhe gṛhe.

3. adbhutam mahat āścaryam śrūyate kurunandana
striyaḥ bālāḥ ca vṛddhāḥ ca kathayanti gṛhe gṛhe

3. O delight of the Kurus, a great and astonishing wonder is being heard. Women, children, and elderly people are speaking about it in every house.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, amazing, extraordinary

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast, important

• आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, astonishment, surprise

• श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard, is being heard

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - A vocative address to a descendant of Kuru, likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Yudhiṣṭhira. (O son of Kuru, O delight of the Kurus)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• बालाः (bālāḥ) - children, young ones

• च (ca) - and, also

• वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - old people, elderly

• च (ca) - and, also

• कथयन्ति (kathayanti) - they tell, they speak, they narrate

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

Words meanings and morphology

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, amazing, extraordinary

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, extraordinary, marvelous, unheard of

महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast, important

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, astonishment, surprise

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āścarya

āścarya - wonder, astonishment, surprise, marvel

श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard, is being heard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - A vocative address to a descendant of Kuru, likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Yudhiṣṭhira. (O son of Kuru, O delight of the Kurus)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - son of Kuru, delight of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – a king, a lineage, the Kuru dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, offspring, delight, pleasing
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun/derivative from verb
  Derived from root 'nand' (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

बालाः (bālāḥ) - children, young ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāla

bāla - child, young, boy, girl, ignorant

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - old people, elderly

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, augmented

Past Passive Participle

Root 'vṛdh' (to grow) + 'kta' (past passive participle suffix)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to elderly people.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कथयन्ति (kathayanti) - they tell, they speak, they narrate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kath

Denominative verb from 'kathā' (story)

Root: kath (class 10)

गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, abode

गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, abode

Note: Repetition implies 'in every house' or 'house by house'.