महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-38

सूत उवाच ।
श्रुत्वैतद्वचनं शक्रः प्रोवाचामृतरक्षिणः ।
महावीर्यबलः पक्षी हर्तुं सोममिहोद्यतः ॥३८॥

38. sūta uvāca ,
śrutvaitadvacanaṁ śakraḥ provācāmṛtarakṣiṇaḥ ,
mahāvīryabalaḥ pakṣī hartuṁ somamihodyataḥ.

38. sūtaḥ uvāca | śrutvā etat vacanam śakraḥ provāca
amṛtarakṣiṇaḥ | mahāvīryabalaḥ pakṣī hartum somam iha udyataḥ

38. Sūta said: "Having heard these words, Indra spoke to the protectors of the nectar: 'A bird of great valor and strength is ready here to seize the Soma.'"

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta, the narrator (Sūta (a bard, charioteer))

• उवाच (uvāca) - stated (said, spoke)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after listening to (having heard)

• एतत् (etat) - these (referring to the preceding words) (this)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - the statement, the speech (word, speech, statement)

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (Indra, mighty one)

• प्रोवाच (provāca) - declared, addressed (spoke, declared)

• अमृतरक्षिणः (amṛtarakṣiṇaḥ) - to those guarding the divine nectar (the protectors of nectar)

• महावीर्यबलः (mahāvīryabalaḥ) - endowed with immense might and courage (of great valor and strength)

• पक्षी (pakṣī) - the bird (Garuḍa) (bird, winged creature)

• हर्तुम् (hartum) - for the purpose of stealing (to seize, to take away)

• सोमम् (somam) - the divine nectar, Soma (Soma, the moon)

• इह (iha) - in this place, presently (here, in this world)

• उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - prepared or determined (ready, prepared, eager)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta, the narrator (Sūta (a bard, charioteer))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator of Purāṇas

उवाच (uvāca) - stated (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after listening to (having heard)

(indeclinable)

Root: śru (class 5)

एतत् (etat) - these (referring to the preceding words) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

वचनम् (vacanam) - the statement, the speech (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement, saying

action noun

Derived from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (Indra, mighty one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra, powerful, mighty

प्रोवाच (provāca) - declared, addressed (spoke, declared)

(verb)

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

Root vac with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

अमृतरक्षिणः (amṛtarakṣiṇaḥ) - to those guarding the divine nectar (the protectors of nectar)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of amṛtarakṣin

amṛtarakṣin - protector of nectar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amṛta+rakṣin)

• amṛta – nectar, immortality, imperishable
  noun (neuter)
  Negative prefix 'a-' + mṛta (past participle of mṛ)
  Prefix: a
• rakṣin – protector, guard, defender
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root rakṣ
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)

महावीर्यबलः (mahāvīryabalaḥ) - endowed with immense might and courage (of great valor and strength)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāvīryabala

mahāvīryabala - of great valor and strength

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vīrya+bala)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (masculine)
• vīrya – valor, heroism, strength, energy
  noun (neuter)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

पक्षी (pakṣī) - the bird (Garuḍa) (bird, winged creature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged, having wings

Possessive suffix -in, from pakṣa (wing)

हर्तुम् (hartum) - for the purpose of stealing (to seize, to take away)

(verb)

infinitive of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

सोमम् (somam) - the divine nectar, Soma (Soma, the moon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - Soma (a Vedic ritual drink), the moon, moon-god

इह (iha) - in this place, presently (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - prepared or determined (ready, prepared, eager)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udyata

udyata - ready, prepared, eager, undertaken

past passive participle

Derived from root yam with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)