महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-85, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
भारद्वाजं कथं युद्धे युयुधानोऽभ्यवारयत् ।
संजयाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
bhāradvājaṁ kathaṁ yuddhe yuyudhāno'bhyavārayat ,
saṁjayācakṣva tattvena paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi me.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca bhāradvājam katham yuddhe yuyudhānaḥ
abhi-avārayat sañjaya ācakṣva tattvena param kautūhalam hi me

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca: sañjaya! yuyudhānaḥ katham yuddhe bhāradvājam abhi-avārayat? tattvena ācakṣva,
hi me param kautūhalam

1. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: "O Sañjaya, tell me truly how Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) checked Bhāradvāja (Droṇa) in battle, for my curiosity is exceedingly great."

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भारद्वाजम् (bhāradvājam) - Bhāradvāja, referring to Droṇa, the preceptor (Bhāradvāja (Droṇa))

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• युयुधानः (yuyudhānaḥ) - Yuyudhāna, another name for Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki))

• अभि-अवारयत् (abhi-avārayat) - checked, warded off, restrained

• सञ्जय (sañjaya) - O Sañjaya!

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, describe

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in truth, in reality

• परम् (param) - great, supreme, exceeding

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• मे (me) - to me, my

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king, father of the Kauravas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, irregular form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

भारद्वाजम् (bhāradvājam) - Bhāradvāja, referring to Droṇa, the preceptor (Bhāradvāja (Droṇa))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāradvāja

bhāradvāja - descendant of Bharadvāja (an epithet for Droṇa)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

Past Passive Participle (han + yu), used as a noun

Root: yudh (class 4)

युयुधानः (yuyudhānaḥ) - Yuyudhāna, another name for Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuyudhāna

yuyudhāna - Yuyudhāna (name of a warrior, also Sātyaki)

अभि-अवारयत् (abhi-avārayat) - checked, warded off, restrained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Past Imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-vṛ

Causative form of root 'vṛ'

Prefixes: abhi+ava

Root: vṛ (class 5)

सञ्जय (sañjaya) - O Sañjaya!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sañjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator)

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, describe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, Imperative (loṭ) of ā-cakṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in truth, in reality

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence

परम् (param) - great, supreme, exceeding

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, exceeding

Note: Agrees with 'kautūhalam'

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eagerness, wonder

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Dative/Genitive singular of 'asmad'