महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-52, verse-3

राम उवाच ।
किमर्थं कुरुणा कृष्टं क्षेत्रमेतन्महात्मना ।
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं कथ्यमानं तपोधनाः ॥३॥

3. rāma uvāca ,
kimarthaṁ kuruṇā kṛṣṭaṁ kṣetrametanmahātmanā ,
etadicchāmyahaṁ śrotuṁ kathyamānaṁ tapodhanāḥ.

3. rāma uvāca | kimartham kuruṇā kṛṣṭam kṣetram etat
mahātmanā | etat icchāmi aham śrotum kathyamanam tapodhanaḥ

3. rāma uvāca he tapodhanaḥ,
mahātmanā kuruṇā etat kṣetram kimartham kṛṣṭam etat kathyamanam aham śrotum icchāmi

3. Rama said: "For what purpose was this field ploughed by the great-souled Kuru? O ascetics, I wish to hear this story being narrated."

Words meanings summery:

• राम (rāma) - Rama (name of a king, an incarnation of Vishnu)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

• कुरुणा (kuruṇā) - by Kuru

• कृष्टम् (kṛṣṭam) - ploughed, cultivated

• क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - field, land

• एतत् (etat) - this

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled, by the noble

• एतत् (etat) - this

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• कथ्यमनम् (kathyamanam) - being told, being narrated

• तपोधनः (tapodhanaḥ) - O possessors of austerities, O ascetics

Words meanings and morphology

राम (rāma) - Rama (name of a king, an incarnation of Vishnu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Rāma

Rāma - Rama, name of a celebrated king of Ayodhya, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: √vac (class 2)

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which, why
  interrogative pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

कुरुणा (kuruṇā) - by Kuru

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of Kuru

Kuru - name of an ancient king and ancestor of the Kauravas and Pandavas; name of a people or country

कृष्टम् (kṛṣṭam) - ploughed, cultivated

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kṛṣṭa

kṛṣṭa - ploughed, cultivated, drawn, pulled

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root √kṛṣ (to plough, draw).

Root: √kṛṣ (class 1)

क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - field, land

(noun)

neuter, singular of kṣetra

kṣetra - field, land, ground, territory, sacred place

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled, by the noble

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted, generous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, immense, important
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, life, (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (Laṭ) of √iṣ

Root: √iṣ (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root √śru (to hear).

Root: √śru (class 5)

कथ्यमनम् (kathyamanam) - being told, being narrated

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kathyamāna

kathyamāna - being told, being narrated, being said

Present Passive Participle

Formed from the root √kath (to tell, narrate).

Root: √kath (class 10)

तपोधनः (tapodhanaḥ) - O possessors of austerities, O ascetics

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of tapodhana

tapodhana - possessor of austerities (tapas), ascetic, sage

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapas+dhana)

• tapas – austerity, penance, heat, religious fervor, (tapas)
  noun (neuter)
• dhana – wealth, riches, property, treasure
  noun (neuter)