महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-4

स एवमुक्तो मातरं प्रत्युवाच ।
जनमेजयस्य भ्रातृभिरभिहतोऽस्मीति ॥४॥

4. sa evamukto mātaraṁ pratyuvāca ,
janamejayasya bhrātṛbhirabhihato'smīti.

4. saḥ evam uktaḥ mātaram pratyuvāca
janamejayasya bhrātṛbhiḥ abhihataḥ asmi iti

4. Being thus addressed, he replied to his mother, 'I have been struck by Janamejaya's brothers.'

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (the dog) (he, that)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by his mother) (spoken, said, addressed)

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

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, answered)

• जनमेजयस्य (janamejayasya) - of Janamejaya

• भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by (Janamejaya's) brothers (by brothers)

• अभिहतः (abhihataḥ) - struck, beaten (struck, hit, beaten)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - (marking the end of the quote) (thus, so, end quote)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (the dog) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of `pratyuvāca`.

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by his mother) (spoken, said, addressed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, declared, addressed

past passive participle

from vac (to speak) + kta

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying `saḥ`.

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

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Object of `pratyuvāca`.

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, answered)

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

जनमेजयस्य (janamejayasya) - of Janamejaya

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - a celebrated king, son of Parikṣit

Note: Qualifies `bhrātṛbhiḥ`.

भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by (Janamejaya's) brothers (by brothers)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Agent of the passive participle `abhihataḥ`.

अभिहतः (abhihataḥ) - struck, beaten (struck, hit, beaten)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhihata

abhihata - struck, hit, beaten, wounded

past passive participle

from abhi-han (to strike) + kta

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for the implied subject 'I' (`asmi`).

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Auxiliary verb completing the passive sentence.

इति (iti) - (marking the end of the quote) (thus, so, end quote)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of direct speech.