महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-9, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
वर्षाणां चैव नामानि पर्वतानां च संजय ।
आचक्ष्व मे यथातत्त्वं ये च पर्वतवासिनः ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
varṣāṇāṁ caiva nāmāni parvatānāṁ ca saṁjaya ,
ācakṣva me yathātattvaṁ ye ca parvatavāsinaḥ.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca varṣāṇām ca eva nāmāni parvatānām ca
saṃjaya ācakṣva me yathātattvam ye ca parvatavāsinaḥ

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca saṃjaya varṣāṇām ca eva parvatānām
ca nāmāni ye ca parvatavāsinaḥ yathātattvam me ācakṣva

1. Dhritarashtra said: "O Sanjaya, tell me truthfully the names of the regions (varṣas) and the mountains, and also of those who dwell in the mountains."

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - King Dhritarashtra (Dhritarashtra)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of the continents/regions (of the regions, of the countries, of the years)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - an emphatic particle, 'also' (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names

• पर्वतानाम् (parvatānām) - of the mountains

• च (ca) - and, also

• संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sanjaya

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, describe (tell, narrate, describe)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - truthfully, as they truly are (according to the truth, truly, exactly)

• ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

• च (ca) - and, also

• पर्वतवासिनः (parvatavāsinaḥ) - mountain dwellers, inhabitants of mountains

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - King Dhritarashtra (Dhritarashtra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (name of the blind king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect (lit) form of 'vac'

Root 'vac' (class 2) with reduplication, irregular perfect stem.

Root: vac (class 2)

वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of the continents/regions (of the regions, of the countries, of the years)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - region, continent, country, year, rain

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - an emphatic particle, 'also' (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

नामानि (nāmāni) - names

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, title

पर्वतानाम् (parvatānām) - of the mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya (name of Dhritarashtra's charioteer and reporter)

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, describe (tell, narrate, describe)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ācakṣ

Imperative form of 'ācakṣ'

Root 'cakṣ' (class 2) with prefix 'ā', middle voice imperative.

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Variant form for dative/genitive singular of 'aham' (I).

यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - truthfully, as they truly are (according to the truth, truly, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tattva)

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

ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पर्वतवासिनः (parvatavāsinaḥ) - mountain dwellers, inhabitants of mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvatavāsin

parvatavāsin - dweller in mountains, mountaineer

Compound formed from 'parvata' and 'vāsin'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvata+vāsin)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• vāsin – dweller, resident, inhabitant
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'vas' (to dwell).
  Root: vas (class 1)