महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-64, verse-11

संजय उवाच ।
पुण्यं श्रुत्वैतदाख्यानं महाराज सुतस्तव ।
केशवं बहु मेने स पाण्डवांश्च महारथान् ॥११॥

11. saṁjaya uvāca ,
puṇyaṁ śrutvaitadākhyānaṁ mahārāja sutastava ,
keśavaṁ bahu mene sa pāṇḍavāṁśca mahārathān.

11. sañjaya uvāca puṇyam śrutvā etat ākhyānam mahārāja
sutaḥ tava keśavam bahu mene sa pāṇḍavān ca mahārathān

11. sañjaya uvāca: mahārāja,
tava sutaḥ etat puṇyam ākhyānam śrutvā saḥ keśavam ca mahārathān pāṇḍavān bahu mene.

11. Sañjaya said: "Having heard this sacred narrative, O great king, your son greatly esteemed Keśava and the Pāṇḍavas, those great chariot warriors."

Words meanings summery:

• सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sañjaya (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, meritorious, holy

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• एतत् (etat) - this

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, story, account

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• तव (tava) - your

• केशवम् (keśavam) - Keśava (Krishna)

• बहु (bahu) - much, greatly

• मेने (mene) - esteemed, thought, considered

• स (sa) - he

• पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

• च (ca) - and, also

• महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot warriors

Words meanings and morphology

सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sañjaya (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sañjaya (charioteer of Dhritarashtra)

Note: Speaker identification

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

"uvāca" is the perfect tense form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, meritorious, holy

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, holy, pure, meritorious, virtuous

Note: Agrees with ākhyānam

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb 'mene'

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agrees with ākhyānam

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, story, account

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, tale, story, tradition

From ā- + √khyā 'to tell'

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Object of śrutvā

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound mahā (great) + rāja (king)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √sū "to give birth", often used as a noun

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Subject of mene (Dhritarashtra's son, Duryodhana)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun, genitive singular

Note: Relates to sutaḥ

केशवम् (keśavam) - Keśava (Krishna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - Keśava (an epithet of Krishna/Vishnu)

Note: Object of mene

बहु (bahu) - much, greatly

(indeclinable)

Here used as an adverb modifying the verb 'mene'

मेने (mene) - esteemed, thought, considered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of man

Perfect tense

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice of √man 'to think'

Root: man (class 4)

स (sa) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine nominative singular

Note: Refers to Dhritarashtra's son

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

A patronymic

Note: Object of mene

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

Note: Connects Keśava and Pāṇḍavas

महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot warriors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - great chariot-fighter, a warrior capable of fighting 10,000 archers

Compound mahā (great) + ratha (chariot)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, car, warrior
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Appositive to Pāṇḍavān (object of mene)