महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-30, verse-16

अदासी चैव मातेयमद्यप्रभृति चास्तु मे ।
यथोक्तं भवतामेतद्वचो मे प्रतिपादितम् ॥१६॥

16. adāsī caiva māteyamadyaprabhṛti cāstu me ,
yathoktaṁ bhavatāmetadvaco me pratipāditam.

16. adāsī ca eva mātā iyam adyaprabhṛti ca astu me
yathā uktam bhavatām etat vacaḥ me pratipāditam

16. Indeed, this mother of mine shall no longer be a slave from this day forward. This promise, as spoken by you, has been fulfilled by me.

Words meanings summery:

• अदासी (adāsī) - not a slave woman, a free woman

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• माता (mātā) - mother

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• अद्यप्रभृति (adyaprabhṛti) - from today onwards, from this day

• च (ca) - and

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• मे (me) - my (mother) (my, to me, for me)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - by you (the serpents) (by you (honorific plural))

• एतत् (etat) - this

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, promise

• मे (me) - by me, for me

• प्रतिपादितम् (pratipāditam) - fulfilled, demonstrated, accomplished

Words meanings and morphology

अदासी (adāsī) - not a slave woman, a free woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adāsī

adāsī - not a slave woman, a free woman

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dāsī)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• dāsī – slave woman, female servant
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

अद्यप्रभृति (adyaprabhṛti) - from today onwards, from this day

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (adya+prabhṛti)

• adya – today, now
  indeclinable
• prabhṛti – from, beginning with, since
  indeclinable
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - my (mother) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

past passive participle

Root: vac (class 2)

भवताम् (bhavatām) - by you (the serpents) (by you (honorific plural))

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (honorific)

present participle

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here as an agent with the passive participle 'pratipāditam'.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, promise

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, promise

मे (me) - by me, for me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Used here as an agent with the passive participle 'pratipāditam'.

प्रतिपादितम् (pratipāditam) - fulfilled, demonstrated, accomplished

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratipādita

pratipādita - caused to be known, explained, accomplished, fulfilled

causative past passive participle

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)