महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-1, verse-24

एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण तपोधन ।
न हि तृप्यामि पूर्वेषां शृण्वानश्चरितं महत् ॥२४॥

24. etanme sarvamācakṣva vistareṇa tapodhana ,
na hi tṛpyāmi pūrveṣāṁ śṛṇvānaścaritaṁ mahat.

24. etat me sarvam ācakṣva vistareṇa tapodhana na
hi tṛpyāmi pūrveṣām śṛṇvānaḥ caritam mahat

24. tapodhana etat sarvam me vistareṇa ācakṣva hi
pūrveṣām mahat caritam śṛṇvānaḥ na tṛpyāmi

24. O ascetic (tapodhana), explain all this to me in detail. Indeed, I am not satisfied hearing the great deeds of the ancestors.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (entire narrative) (this, this one)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my, by me)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of this narrative) (all, whole, entire)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - explain (to me) (tell, explain, relate)

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail (in detail, extensively, fully)

• तपोधन (tapodhana) - O Vyasa (the speaker is Janamejaya, addressing Vaiśampāyana, who is referred to as a great ascetic) (O ascetic, O one whose wealth is austerity)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, for, because)

• तृप्यामि (tṛpyāmi) - I am satisfied (I am satisfied, I am content)

• पूर्वेषाम् (pūrveṣām) - of the ancestors (Kauravas and Pandavas) (of the ancients, of the ancestors, of those gone before)

• शृण्वानः (śṛṇvānaḥ) - while hearing (hearing, listening)

• चरितम् (caritam) - the story, the deeds (conduct, deeds, story, history)

• महत् (mahat) - great, important (great, large, important)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (entire narrative) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, that

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter, but here it is the object of 'ācakṣva'.

मे (me) - to me (to me, my, by me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Dative is more fitting for 'tell to me' than genitive.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of this narrative) (all, whole, entire)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'etat' as the implied object.

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - explain (to me) (tell, explain, relate)

(verb)

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

root cakṣ with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Middle voice imperative.

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail (in detail, extensively, fully)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - extension, detail, amplification

Note: Used as an adverbial instrumental.

तपोधन (tapodhana) - O Vyasa (the speaker is Janamejaya, addressing Vaiśampāyana, who is referred to as a great ascetic) (O ascetic, O one whose wealth is austerity)

(compound)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tapas+dhana)

• tapas – austerity, heat, penance
  noun (neuter)
• dhana – wealth, riches
  noun (neuter)

Note: Vocative singular.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, or indicating cause.

तृप्यामि (tṛpyāmi) - I am satisfied (I am satisfied, I am content)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tṛp

Root: tṛp (class 4)

Note: Present active 1st person singular.

पूर्वेषाम् (pūrveṣām) - of the ancestors (Kauravas and Pandavas) (of the ancients, of the ancestors, of those gone before)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pūrva

pūrva - former, ancient, eastern, prior

Note: Modifies 'caritam'.

शृण्वानः (śṛṇvānaḥ) - while hearing (hearing, listening)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śṛṇvat

śṛṇvat - hearing

Present Active Participle

root śru with present suffix -at, middle voice (or atmanepada) form -āna

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: The subject (I, implied by 'tṛpyāmi') is hearing.

चरितम् (caritam) - the story, the deeds (conduct, deeds, story, history)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of carita

carita - action, conduct, deed, story, history

Past Passive Participle

From root car 'to move, act'

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Object of 'śṛṇvānaḥ'.

महत् (mahat) - great, important (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, noble

Note: Agrees with 'caritam'.