महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-160, verse-5

उक्तवानस्मि येन त्वां तापत्य इति यद्वचः ।
तत्तेऽहं कथयिष्यामि शृणुष्वैकमना मम ॥५॥

5. uktavānasmi yena tvāṁ tāpatya iti yadvacaḥ ,
tatte'haṁ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā mama.

5. uktavān asmi yena tvām tāpatya iti yat vacaḥ
tat te aham kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva ekamanāḥ mama

5. I will now tell you the story behind the word "Tāpatya" which I used when speaking to you. Listen to me with a concentrated mind.

Words meanings summery:

• उक्तवान् (uktavān) - who (I) spoke (having said, having spoken, who spoke)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

• येन (yena) - by which (word) (by which, by whom)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• तापत्य (tāpatya) - The word 'Tāpatya' which the Gandharva used to address Arjuna. (Tāpatya (descendant of Tapatī))

• इति (iti) - Marks the preceding word as a quotation or a specific term. (thus, so)

• यत् (yat) - that which (word) (which, that which)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - The specific word 'Tāpatya'. (word, speech, utterance)

• तत् (tat) - that (story/reason for the word) (that, it)

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will narrate

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear (imperative)

• एकमनाः (ekamanāḥ) - with a single mind, concentrated, attentive

• मम (mama) - my (words/story) (my, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

उक्तवान् (uktavān) - who (I) spoke (having said, having spoken, who spoke)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uktavat

uktavat - having spoken, having said

Past Active Participle

Derived from the root 'vac' (to speak) with the suffix -vat.

Root: vac (class 2)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

(verb)

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

Present tense, 1st person singular, active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: as (class 2)

येन (yena) - by which (word) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तापत्य (tāpatya) - The word 'Tāpatya' which the Gandharva used to address Arjuna. (Tāpatya (descendant of Tapatī))

(proper noun)

singular of tāpatya

tāpatya - a descendant of Tapatī; relating to Tapatī

Patronymic/secondary derivative from Tapatī.

Note: Used as a vocative here, referring to Arjuna as 'son of Tapatī' (metaphorically, as he is marrying Tapatī's descendant).

इति (iti) - Marks the preceding word as a quotation or a specific term. (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - that which (word) (which, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

वचः (vacaḥ) - The specific word 'Tāpatya'. (word, speech, utterance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, utterance, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (story/reason for the word) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will narrate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kathaya

Causative stem of katha

Future tense, 1st person singular, active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: kath (class 10)

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear (imperative)

(verb)

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

Imperative, 2nd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: śru (class 1)

एकमनाः (ekamanāḥ) - with a single mind, concentrated, attentive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekamanas

ekamanas - single-minded, concentrated, attentive

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+manas)

• eka – one, single, alone
  numeral
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

मम (mama) - my (words/story) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we