महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-96

तेनैवमुक्त उपाध्यायः प्रत्युवाच ।
वत्सोत्तङ्क उष्यतां तावदिति ॥९६॥

96. tenaivamukta upādhyāyaḥ pratyuvāca ,
vatsottaṅka uṣyatāṁ tāvaditi.

96. tena evam uktaḥ upādhyāyaḥ pratyuvāca
| vatsa uttaṅka uṣyatām tāvat iti

96. Thus addressed by him, the teacher replied, "My dear Uttanka, stay here for a while."

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by Uttanka (by him, by that)

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

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been addressed (by Uttanka) (said, spoken, addressed)

• उपाध्यायः (upādhyāyaḥ) - teacher, preceptor

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied, answered

• वत्स (vatsa) - my dear child (calf, dear child, son)

• उत्तङ्क (uttaṅka) - Uttanka (a proper name)

• उष्यताम् (uṣyatām) - stay (here) (let him/her/it stay, let it be resided)

• तावत् (tāvat) - for a while (so much, so long, for a while, meanwhile)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a quotation or statement (thus, so, this)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by Uttanka (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been addressed (by Uttanka) (said, spoken, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

past passive participle

from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the teacher (upādhyāyaḥ).

उपाध्यायः (upādhyāyaḥ) - teacher, preceptor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upādhyāya

upādhyāya - teacher, preceptor

from upa-adhi-√i (to go, study)

Prefixes: upa+adhi

Root: i (class 2)

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied, answered

(verb)

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

from prati-√vac (to speak)

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

वत्स (vatsa) - my dear child (calf, dear child, son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, son, dear one

उत्तङ्क (uttaṅka) - Uttanka (a proper name)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Uttanka (a sage's name)

उष्यताम् (uṣyatām) - stay (here) (let him/her/it stay, let it be resided)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of uṣ

passive form of √vas (to dwell, reside)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Often implies 'you are permitted to stay' or simply 'stay'.

तावत् (tāvat) - for a while (so much, so long, for a while, meanwhile)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marks the end of a quotation or statement (thus, so, this)

(indeclinable)