महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-23

शृणु भूयो यथातत्त्वं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।
कारणं भरतश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवानां जयं प्रति ।
तत्तेऽहं कथयिष्यामि यथाश्रुतमरिंदम ॥२३॥

23. śṛṇu bhūyo yathātattvaṁ yanmāṁ tvaṁ paripṛcchasi ,
kāraṇaṁ bharataśreṣṭha pāṇḍavānāṁ jayaṁ prati ,
tatte'haṁ kathayiṣyāmi yathāśrutamariṁdama.

23. śṛṇu bhūyaḥ yathātattvam yat mām tvam
paripṛcchasi kāraṇam bharataśreṣṭha
pāṇḍavānām jayam prati tat te
aham kathayiṣyāmi yathāśrutam ariṃdama

23. bharataśreṣṭha ariṃdama tvam yat
pāṇḍavānām jayam prati kāraṇam yathātattvam
mām paripṛcchasi tat aham te
yathāśrutam bhūyaḥ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu

23. Listen again, O best of Bharatas, O subduer of foes, to the precise truth of what you are asking me regarding the reason for the Pāṇḍavas' victory. I will narrate that to you exactly as I have heard it.

Words meanings summery:

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - according to the truth, truly, exactly

• यत् (yat) - that which, what

• माम् (mām) - me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• परिपृच्छसि (paripṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason, cause, motive

• भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of Bharatas

• पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas

• जयम् (jayam) - victory, triumph, conquest

• प्रति (prati) - towards, regarding, concerning

• तत् (tat) - that (reason) (that, it)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, your, by you)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will narrate, I will speak

• यथाश्रुतम् (yathāśrutam) - as heard, as it was heard, according to tradition

• अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - O subduer of foes, O vanquisher of enemies

Words meanings and morphology

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - according to the truth, truly, exactly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Avyayibhava (yathā+tattva)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• tattva – truth, reality, essence, principle
  noun (neuter)

यत् (yat) - that which, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to kāraṇam

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

परिपृच्छसि (paripṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pariprach

Prefix: pari

Root: prach (class 6)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason, cause, motive

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - reason, cause, motive, instrument

भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - best of Bharatas

Compound type : Tatpurusha (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a king of the lunar dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Dhritarashtra

पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, the Pandavas

Derived from Paṇḍu (name of a king, father of the Pandavas)

जयम् (jayam) - victory, triumph, conquest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

प्रति (prati) - towards, regarding, concerning

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs the accusative 'jayam'

तत् (tat) - that (reason) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'kāraṇam'

ते (te) - to you (to you, your, by you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Enclitic form

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will narrate, I will speak

(verb)

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

Causative/Denominative

Derived from root kath (to tell, relate)

यथाश्रुतम् (yathāśrutam) - as heard, as it was heard, according to tradition

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Avyayibhava (yathā+śrutam)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• śruta – heard, listened, revealed scripture
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śru (to hear)
  Root: śru (class 5)

अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - O subduer of foes, O vanquisher of enemies

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ariṃdama

ariṁdama - subduer of foes, vanquisher of enemies

Compound type : Upapada Tatpurusha (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe, adversary
  noun (masculine)
• dama – subduing, taming, controlling
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dam (to tame, subdue)
  Root: dam (class 4)

Note: Addressed to Dhritarashtra