महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-36

यत्तु मे कथितं तात मुनिभिर्भावितात्मभिः ।
पुराणगीतं धर्मज्ञ तच्छृणुष्व यथातथम् ॥३६॥

36. yattu me kathitaṁ tāta munibhirbhāvitātmabhiḥ ,
purāṇagītaṁ dharmajña tacchṛṇuṣva yathātatham.

36. yat tu me kathitam tāta munibhiḥ bhāvitātmabhiḥ
purāṇagītam dharmajña tat śṛṇuṣva yathātatham

36. tāta dharmajña munibhiḥ bhāvitātmabhiḥ me yat purāṇagītam kathitam,
tat yathātatham śṛṇuṣva

36. O dear one, O knower of natural law (dharma), listen accurately to that which has been told to me by the sages with purified selves (bhāvitātman), and which is sung in the ancient texts (purāṇagīta).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• कथितम् (kathitam) - told, narrated

• तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father, O son

• मुनिभिः (munibhiḥ) - by the sages, by the ascetics

• भावितात्मभिः (bhāvitātmabhiḥ) - by those whose selves are purified/realized

• पुराणगीतम् (purāṇagītam) - sung in the Purāṇas, anciently sung

• धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law

• तत् (tat) - that

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - as it truly is, accurately, precisely

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

कथितम् (kathitam) - told, narrated

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - told, narrated, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'kath' (to tell)

Root: kath

तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father, O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, son, dear one (term of endearment)

मुनिभिः (munibhiḥ) - by the sages, by the ascetics

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

भावितात्मभिः (bhāvitātmabhiḥ) - by those whose selves are purified/realized

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhāvitātman

bhāvitātman - one whose self (ātman) is purified/realized/cultivated

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bhāvita+ātman)

• bhāvita – purified, cultivated, made to be, manifested
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'bhū' (to be, to become, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

पुराणगीतम् (purāṇagītam) - sung in the Purāṇas, anciently sung

(adjective)

neuter, singular of purāṇagīta

purāṇagīta - sung in the ancient texts/Purāṇas

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (purāṇa+gīta)

• purāṇa – ancient, old, Purāṇa (ancient text)
  noun (neuter)
• gīta – sung, chanted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'gai' (to sing)
  Root: gai (class 1)

धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of natural law (dharma), righteous

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, wise, knower
  adjective
  Agent noun suffix
  Derived from the root 'jñā' (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - as it truly is, accurately, precisely

(indeclinable)