महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-50

व्यास उवाच ।
महान्तमेतमर्थं मां यं त्वं पृच्छसि विस्मयात् ।
तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि ते सर्वं समाधाय मनः शृणु ॥५०॥

50. vyāsa uvāca ,
mahāntametamarthaṁ māṁ yaṁ tvaṁ pṛcchasi vismayāt ,
tatpravakṣyāmi te sarvaṁ samādhāya manaḥ śṛṇu.

50. vyāsa uvāca mahāntam etam artham mām yam tvam pṛcchasi
vismayāt tat pravakṣyāmi te sarvam samādhāya manaḥ śṛṇu

50. vyāsa uvāca te sarvam tat pravakṣyāmi yam etam mahāntam
artham tvam mām vismayāt pṛcchasi manaḥ samādhāya śṛṇu

50. Vyāsa said: "Regarding this great matter which you ask me about with such astonishment, I will explain everything to you. Concentrate your mind and listen."

Words meanings summery:

• व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• महान्तम् (mahāntam) - great, large, important

• एतम् (etam) - this

• अर्थम् (artham) - matter, subject, purpose, meaning

• माम् (mām) - me

• यम् (yam) - which, whom

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

• विस्मयात् (vismayāt) - from astonishment, out of wonder

• तत् (tat) - that, therefore

• प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will explain

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• समाधाय (samādhāya) - having concentrated, having fixed

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

Words meanings and morphology

व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (a revered sage, author of Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

महान्तम् (mahāntam) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahant

mahant - great, large, important, mighty

एतम् (etam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

अर्थम् (artham) - matter, subject, purpose, meaning

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, matter, wealth

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

यम् (yam) - which, whom

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pṛcch

Root: pṛcch (class 6)

विस्मयात् (vismayāt) - from astonishment, out of wonder

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vismaya

vismaya - astonishment, wonder, surprise

तत् (tat) - that, therefore

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it; therefore

Note: Used adverbially here, referring to 'this matter'.

प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will explain

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Also can be genitive, but dative fits 'to you' better here.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

समाधाय (samādhāya) - having concentrated, having fixed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root dhā with prefixes sam and ā, and suffix -ya

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, spirit

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)