महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-14

स नमस्कृत्य तमृषिमुवाच ।
भगवन्नयं तव पुत्रो मम पुरोहितोऽस्त्विति ॥१४॥

14. sa namaskṛtya tamṛṣimuvāca ,
bhagavannayaṁ tava putro mama purohito'stviti.

14. sa namaskṛtya tam ṛṣim uvāca bhagavan
ayam tava putraḥ mama purohitaḥ astu iti

14. He, having saluted that sage, said, "O Venerable one, let this son of yours become my priest."

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (Janamejaya) (he, that)

• नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having saluted (having saluted, having bowed)

• तम् (tam) - that (sage) (that, him)

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage (sage, seer)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (O venerable one, O blessed one)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (son) (this)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• पुरोहितः (purohitaḥ) - priest (priest, family priest)

• अस्तु (astu) - let him be (let it be, may it be)

• इति (iti) - (indicating the end of a quote) (thus, so, in this way)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (Janamejaya) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Janamejaya.

नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having saluted (having saluted, having bowed)

(indeclinable)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Action completed before "uvāca".

तम् (tam) - that (sage) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the sage Shrutashrava.

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage (sage, seer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of "namaskṛtya" and the person addressed by "uvāca".

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to "sa".

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (O venerable one, O blessed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, venerable

bhaga + matup

Note: Addressing the sage.

अयम् (ayam) - this (son) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Somashrava.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive, refers to the sage.

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Subject of "astu".

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive, refers to Janamejaya.

पुरोहितः (purohitaḥ) - priest (priest, family priest)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of purohita

purohita - family priest, chaplain

puras + dhā (to place) + kta

Prefix: puras

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Predicate nominative for "putraḥ".

अस्तु (astu) - let him be (let it be, may it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Expresses a wish or command.

इति (iti) - (indicating the end of a quote) (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the preceding as a quote.