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

सूत उवाच ।
इत्युक्तो गरुडः सर्पैस्ततो मातरमब्रवीत् ।
गच्छाम्यमृतमाहर्तुं भक्ष्यमिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥१॥

1. sūta uvāca ,
ityukto garuḍaḥ sarpaistato mātaramabravīt ,
gacchāmyamṛtamāhartuṁ bhakṣyamicchāmi veditum.

1. sūtaḥ uvāca iti uktaḥ garuḍaḥ sarpaiḥ tataḥ mātaram
abravīt gacchāmi amṛtam āhartum bhakṣyam icchāmi veditum

1. Sūta said: "Thus spoken to by the serpents, Garuḍa then said to his mother: 'I am going to fetch the ambrosia. I wish to know what food (I should eat).'

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a bard, charioteer; proper name, nominative singular))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way (thus, in this manner, so (indeclinable))

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (having been) spoken to (spoken, said (masculine nominative singular))

• गरुडः (garuḍaḥ) - Garuḍa (Garuḍa (proper name, nominative singular))

• सर्पैः (sarpaiḥ) - by the serpents (by the serpents (masculine instrumental plural))

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore (adverb))

• मातरम् (mātaram) - to his mother (mother (accusative singular))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said (he said, he spoke (imperfect active indicative, third person singular))

• गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I am going (I go, I am going (present active indicative, first person singular))

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - the ambrosia (ambrosia, immortality (neuter accusative singular))

• आहर्तुम् (āhartum) - to fetch (to bring, for bringing (infinitive))

• भक्ष्यम् (bhakṣyam) - what food (I should eat) (food, what is to be eaten (neuter accusative singular))

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire (present active indicative, first person singular))

• वेदितुम् (veditum) - to know (to know, to learn (infinitive))

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a bard, charioteer; proper name, nominative singular))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator (proper name)

Note: The speaker of this part of the narrative.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

derived from root `vac`

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way (thus, in this manner, so (indeclinable))

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the serpents' preceding speech.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (having been) spoken to (spoken, said (masculine nominative singular))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, uttered

past passive participle

derived from root `vac` (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Modifies `garuḍaḥ`.

गरुडः (garuḍaḥ) - Garuḍa (Garuḍa (proper name, nominative singular))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garuḍa

garuḍa - Garuḍa (mythical king of birds, vehicle of Vishnu)

Note: Subject of the main clause.

सर्पैः (sarpaiḥ) - by the serpents (by the serpents (masculine instrumental plural))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Agent of `uktaḥ` (spoken to by).

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore (adverb))

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates sequence of events.

मातरम् (mātaram) - to his mother (mother (accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Object of `abravīt`.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said (he said, he spoke (imperfect active indicative, third person singular))

(verb)

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

imperfect active indicative

derived from root `vac`

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject is `garuḍaḥ`.

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I am going (I go, I am going (present active indicative, first person singular))

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of gam

present active indicative

derived from root `gam`

Root: gam (class 1)

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - the ambrosia (ambrosia, immortality (neuter accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, immortality, ambrosia, nectar

negation `a-` + `mṛta` (dead, past passive participle of `mṛ`)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective
  past passive participle
  derived from root `mṛ` (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Object of `āhartum`.

आहर्तुम् (āhartum) - to fetch (to bring, for bringing (infinitive))

(verb)

active

infinitive

derived from root `hṛ` with prefix `ā-`

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

भक्ष्यम् (bhakṣyam) - what food (I should eat) (food, what is to be eaten (neuter accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhakṣya

bhakṣya - food, eatable, what is to be eaten

future passive participle (kṛtya)

derived from root `bhakṣ` (to eat)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Object of `veditum`.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire (present active indicative, first person singular))

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

present active indicative

derived from root `iṣ`

Root: iṣ (class 6)

वेदितुम् (veditum) - to know (to know, to learn (infinitive))

(verb)

active

infinitive

derived from root `vid`

Root: vid (class 2)