महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-34, verse-35

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तीर्थानां विस्तरं राजन्गुणोत्पत्तिं च सर्वशः ।
मयोच्यमानां शृणु वै पुण्यां राजेन्द्र कृत्स्नशः ॥३५॥

35. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tīrthānāṁ vistaraṁ rājanguṇotpattiṁ ca sarvaśaḥ ,
mayocyamānāṁ śṛṇu vai puṇyāṁ rājendra kṛtsnaśaḥ.

35. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tīrthānām vistaram rājan guṇa utpattiṃ ca
sarvaśaḥ mayā ucyamānām śṛṇu vai puṇyām rājendra kṛtsnaśaḥ

35. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca rājan rājendra
mayā ucyamānām puṇyām
tīrthānām vistaram ca guṇa utpattiṃ
ca sarvaśaḥ kṛtsnaśaḥ vai śṛṇu

35. Vaiśampāyana said: "O King (rājan), O lord of kings (rājendra), listen carefully and completely to the extensive account of these sacred places (tīrtha) and the origin of their merits, which I am about to narrate."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana, the narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तीर्थानाम् (tīrthānām) - of the sacred places (tīrtha) (of sacred places, of fords)

• विस्तरम् (vistaram) - extensive account (extent, detail, expanse)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing Janamejaya) (O king)

• गुण (guṇa) - merits, good qualities (quality, merit, excellence)

• उत्पत्तिं (utpattiṁ) - the origin of merits (origin, production, coming into existence)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely (entirely, completely, in every respect)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• उच्यमानाम् (ucyamānām) - which I am about to narrate (literally 'being spoken by me') (being spoken, being narrated)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen carefully (listen, hear)

• वै (vai) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, surely)

• पुण्याम् (puṇyām) - sacred (account) (sacred, holy, meritorious)

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O lord of kings (addressing Janamejaya) (O king of kings, O emperor)

• कृत्स्नशः (kṛtsnaśaḥ) - completely (entirely, completely, wholly)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana, the narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (proper name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

root vac, perfect tense form (reduplicated)

Root: vac (class 2)

तीर्थानाम् (tīrthānām) - of the sacred places (tīrtha) (of sacred places, of fords)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing place, sacred place, holy place, place of pilgrimage

विस्तरम् (vistaram) - extensive account (extent, detail, expanse)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - extension, expanse, breadth, detail, prolixity

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing Janamejaya) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

गुण (guṇa) - merits, good qualities (quality, merit, excellence)

(noun)

masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, merit, excellence, strand (of prakṛti)

Note: First part of the Tatpurusha compound 'guṇotpattiṃ'.

उत्पत्तिं (utpattiṁ) - the origin of merits (origin, production, coming into existence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of utpatti

utpatti - origin, production, birth, coming forth

derived from root pad with prefix ut

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Second part of the Tatpurusha compound 'guṇotpattiṃ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely (entirely, completely, in every respect)

(indeclinable)

derived from sarva + śas suffix

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

उच्यमानाम् (ucyamānām) - which I am about to narrate (literally 'being spoken by me') (being spoken, being narrated)

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ucyamāna

ucyamāna - being spoken, being told, being said

present passive participle

present passive participle of root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'puṇyām'.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen carefully (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

imperative, 2nd person singular

root śru, imperative mood, active voice

Root: śru (class 5)

वै (vai) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

पुण्याम् (puṇyām) - sacred (account) (sacred, holy, meritorious)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious, virtuous, holy, sacred, pure, good

Note: Agrees with implied 'kathām' (story/account) or refers to the narrative itself as sacred.

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O lord of kings (addressing Janamejaya) (O king of kings, O emperor)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - king of kings, emperor, sovereign

compound of rājan and indra

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (king of gods), chief, best
  noun (masculine)

कृत्स्नशः (kṛtsnaśaḥ) - completely (entirely, completely, wholly)

(indeclinable)

derived from kṛtsna + śas suffix