महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-38, verse-2

नैवान्यथेदं भविता पितरेष ब्रवीमि ते ।
नाहं मृषा प्रब्रवीमि स्वैरेष्वपि कुतः शपन् ॥२॥

2. naivānyathedaṁ bhavitā pitareṣa bravīmi te ,
nāhaṁ mṛṣā prabravīmi svaireṣvapi kutaḥ śapan.

2. na eva anyathā idam bhavitā pitaḥ eṣaḥ bravīmi te
na aham mṛṣā prabravīmi svayareṣu api kutaḥ śapan

2. This will certainly not happen otherwise, O father; this I declare to you. I do not speak falsely even in jest, so how could I when uttering a curse?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (i.e., not as predicted) (otherwise, in another way)

• इदम् (idam) - this (the curse's fulfillment) (this)

• भविता (bhavitā) - will happen, will come to pass (will be, shall be)

• पितः (pitaḥ) - O father (addressing Śamīka) (father (vocative))

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (I, referring to himself, Śṛṅgi) (this (one), he)

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I declare, I tell (I speak, I say)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मृषा (mṛṣā) - falsely, untruthfully (falsely, untruly, in vain)

• प्रब्रवीमि (prabravīmi) - I speak (truthfully) (I declare, I speak forth)

• स्वयरेषु (svayareṣu) - in jest, in casual talk (in casual talks, in self-willed actions, in trivial matters)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (implying 'how could I speak falsely when cursing') (from where, why, how then)

• शपन् (śapan) - when uttering a curse (cursing, swearing)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (i.e., not as predicted) (otherwise, in another way)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (the curse's fulfillment) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Subject of 'bhavitā'.

भविता (bhavitā) - will happen, will come to pass (will be, shall be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (luṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Periphrastic future.

पितः (pitaḥ) - O father (addressing Śamīka) (father (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (I, referring to himself, Śṛṅgi) (this (one), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Used for emphasis, referring to the speaker.

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I declare, I tell (I speak, I say)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Subject of 'prabravīmi'.

मृषा (mṛṣā) - falsely, untruthfully (falsely, untruly, in vain)

(indeclinable)

प्रब्रवीमि (prabravīmi) - I speak (truthfully) (I declare, I speak forth)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

स्वयरेषु (svayareṣu) - in jest, in casual talk (in casual talks, in self-willed actions, in trivial matters)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of svaira

svaira - self-willed, unrestrained, casual, voluntary, playful

From sva (own) + īra (from iṛ, to move) or as a compound.

Note: Refers to 'matters' or 'actions', implied context.

अपि (api) - even (even, also)

(indeclinable)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (implying 'how could I speak falsely when cursing') (from where, why, how then)

(indeclinable)

शपन् (śapan) - when uttering a curse (cursing, swearing)

(nominal form)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śapat

śapat - cursing, swearing

present active participle

From root śap (to curse).

Root: śap (class 1)

Note: Refers to the speaker.