महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-64, verse-12

तमब्रवीन्महाराज भीष्मः शांतनवः पुनः ।
माहात्म्यं ते श्रुतं राजन्केशवस्य महात्मनः ॥१२॥

12. tamabravīnmahārāja bhīṣmaḥ śāṁtanavaḥ punaḥ ,
māhātmyaṁ te śrutaṁ rājankeśavasya mahātmanaḥ.

12. tam abravīt mahārāja bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ punaḥ
māhātmyam te śrutam rājan keśavasya mahātmanaḥ

12. mahārāja,
śāntanavaḥ bhīṣmaḥ punaḥ tam abravīt: rājan,
te mahātmanaḥ keśavasya māhātmyam śrutam.

12. O great king, Bhīṣma, the son of Śāntanu, again spoke to him: "O King, you have heard the profound greatness of the great-souled (ātman) Keśava."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to Dhritarashtra's son, Duryodhana, from the previous verse) (him, that)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (a proper name)

• शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - son of Śāntanu

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

• माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, glory, profound nature

• ते (te) - by you

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled, of the magnanimous

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (referring to Dhritarashtra's son, Duryodhana, from the previous verse) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine accusative singular

Note: Object of abravīt

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vac

Imperfect tense

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of √vac 'to speak'

Root: vac (class 2)

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)

Note: Addressed to Dhritarashtra

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (son of Śāntanu, grand-uncle of Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Subject of abravīt

शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - son of Śāntanu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāntanava

śāntanava - descendant of Śāntanu, son of Śāntanu (Bhīṣma)

Patronymic from Śāntanu

Note: Agrees with Bhīṣmaḥ

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

(indeclinable)

Adverb

माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, glory, profound nature

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māhātmya

māhātmya - greatness, magnanimity, glory, profound nature

Derived from mahātman

Note: Subject of śrutam (in the passive construction 'has been heard by you')

ते (te) - by you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun, dative/genitive singular

Note: Indicates the agent of the action 'heard' in a passive construction

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened to, renowned, known

Past Passive Participle

From √śru 'to hear'

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Agrees with māhātmyam

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

Note: Referring to Dhritarashtra

केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - Keśava (an epithet of Krishna/Vishnu)

Note: Possessive, relating to māhātmyam

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled, of the magnanimous

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble-minded, supreme spirit (ātman)

Compound mahā (great) + ātman (soul/self)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – soul, self, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Agrees with Keśavasya