महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-53, verse-20

ततोऽस्याकथयद्राजन्नारदः सर्वधर्मवित् ।
सर्वमेव यथावृत्तमतीतं कुरुसंक्षयम् ॥२०॥

20. tato'syākathayadrājannāradaḥ sarvadharmavit ,
sarvameva yathāvṛttamatītaṁ kurusaṁkṣayam.

20. tataḥ asya akathayat rājan nāradaḥ sarva-dharma-vit
sarvam eva yathāvṛttam atītam kuru-saṃkṣayam

20. rājan,
tataḥ sarva-dharma-vit nāradaḥ asya sarvam eva yathāvṛttam atītam kuru-saṃkṣayam akathayat

20. Then, O king, Nārada, who was conversant with all principles of natural law (dharma), recounted to him everything that had transpired – the past destruction of the Kurus.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• अस्य (asya) - to the king (to whom Narada is speaking) (to him, of him)

• अकथयत् (akathayat) - he told, he narrated

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Narada (a proper name)

• सर्व-धर्म-वित् (sarva-dharma-vit) - knower of all natural law (dharma), all-knowing of sacred duties

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

• यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, the actual course of events

• अतीतम् (atītam) - past, gone, elapsed

• कुरु-संक्षयम् (kuru-saṁkṣayam) - destruction of the Kurus, ruin of the Kurus

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - to the king (to whom Narada is speaking) (to him, of him)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, it

अकथयत् (akathayat) - he told, he narrated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kath

Root: kath (class 10)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Narada (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (a divine sage, son of Brahmā)

सर्व-धर्म-वित् (sarva-dharma-vit) - knower of all natural law (dharma), all-knowing of sacred duties

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva-dharma-vid

sarva-dharma-vid - knower of all natural law (dharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+dharma+vid)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective (masculine)
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• vid – knower, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, everything

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, the actual course of events

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it happened, actual occurrence

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, in which way
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – occurred, happened, event
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vṛt (to be, exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

अतीतम् (atītam) - past, gone, elapsed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of atīta

atīta - past, gone, elapsed

Past Passive Participle

from ati + i (to go)

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

कुरु-संक्षयम् (kuru-saṁkṣayam) - destruction of the Kurus, ruin of the Kurus

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kuru-saṃkṣaya

kuru-saṁkṣaya - destruction of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+saṃkṣaya)

• kuru – Kuru
  proper noun (masculine)
• saṃkṣaya – destruction, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
  from sam + kṣi (to destroy)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 7)