महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-35, verse-8

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
मयैवैतद्वितीर्णं वै वचनं मनसामराः ।
एलापत्रेण नागेन यदस्याभिहितं पुरा ॥८॥

8. brahmovāca ,
mayaivaitadvitīrṇaṁ vai vacanaṁ manasāmarāḥ ,
elāpatreṇa nāgena yadasyābhihitaṁ purā.

8. brahmā uvāca mayā eva etat vitīrṇam vai vacanam manasā
amarāḥ elāpatreṇa nāgena yat asya abhihitam purā

8. Brahmā said: 'O Immortals, this very statement, which was formerly spoken by the Nāga Elāpatra to him mentally, was indeed granted by me.'

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator god))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• मया (mayā) - by me (Brahmā) (by me)

• एव (eva) - indeed, exactly (indeed, only, just)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the statement/word) (this)

• वितीर्णम् (vitīrṇam) - granted, bestowed (given, granted, bestowed)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (indeed, truly (particle))

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

• मनसा (manasā) - mentally, through the mind (by the mind, mentally)

• अमराः (amarāḥ) - O immortals (vocative plural) (immortals, gods)

• एलापत्रेण (elāpatreṇa) - by Nāga Elāpatra (by Elāpatra (a proper name))

• नागेन (nāgena) - by the Nāga (by a Nāga, by a serpent)

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the statement) (which, what (relative pronoun))

• अस्य (asya) - to him (referring to the Nāgarāja to whom the statement was made) (of him, his, to him)

• अभिहितम् (abhihitam) - spoken, addressed (said, spoken, addressed)

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously (formerly, previously, in ancient times)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator god))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), sacred utterance, ultimate reality

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Subject of uvāca

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मया (mayā) - by me (Brahmā) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'vitīrṇam'

एव (eva) - indeed, exactly (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the statement/word) (this)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agrees with vacanam

वितीर्णम् (vitīrṇam) - granted, bestowed (given, granted, bestowed)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vitīrṇa

vitīrṇa - given, granted, bestowed, completed

past passive participle

From vi-√tṝ (to cross over, deliver, give)

Prefix: vi

Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective, agrees with vacanam

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (indeed, truly (particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

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

(noun)

neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement

action noun

From √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of the passive clause

मनसा (manasā) - mentally, through the mind (by the mind, mentally)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Instrumental, indicating the means of speaking

अमराः (amarāḥ) - O immortals (vocative plural) (immortals, gods)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of amara

amara - immortal, god

Compound a + mara (mortal)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+mara)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• mara – mortal
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/derivative
  From √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

एलापत्रेण (elāpatreṇa) - by Nāga Elāpatra (by Elāpatra (a proper name))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of elāpatra

elāpatra - Elāpatra (name of a Nāga)

Note: Agent of the verb 'abhihitam'

नागेन (nāgena) - by the Nāga (by a Nāga, by a serpent)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, Nāga (divine serpent)

Note: Agrees with Elāpatreṇa

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the statement) (which, what (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Agrees with vacanam (implied as antecedent)

अस्य (asya) - to him (referring to the Nāgarāja to whom the statement was made) (of him, his, to him)

(pronoun)

masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Genitive indicating recipient or object of concern

अभिहितम् (abhihitam) - spoken, addressed (said, spoken, addressed)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of abhihita

abhihita - said, spoken, addressed

past passive participle

From abhi-√dhā (to place, to speak)

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with yat / vacanam

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously (formerly, previously, in ancient times)

(indeclinable)