महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-38, verse-3

शमीक उवाच ।
जानाम्युग्रप्रभावं त्वां पुत्र सत्यगिरं तथा ।
नानृतं ह्युक्तपूर्वं ते नैतन्मिथ्या भविष्यति ॥३॥

3. śamīka uvāca ,
jānāmyugraprabhāvaṁ tvāṁ putra satyagiraṁ tathā ,
nānṛtaṁ hyuktapūrvaṁ te naitanmithyā bhaviṣyati.

3. śamīka uvāca jānāmi ugraprabhāvam tvām putra satyagiram
tathā na anṛtam hi uktapūrvam te na etat mithyā bhaviṣyati

3. Śamīka said: 'O son, I know you possess formidable power and speak only the truth. Indeed, no falsehood has ever been uttered by you before, and this will not prove false either.'

Words meanings summery:

• शमीक (śamīka) - Śamīka (Śamīka (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know (I know, I understand)

• उग्रप्रभावम् (ugraprabhāvam) - possessing formidable power (of fierce power, having terrible might)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Śṛṅgi) (you (accusative))

• पुत्र (putra) - O son (vocative) (son)

• सत्यगिरम् (satyagiram) - a speaker of truth (whose speech is truth, truthful speaker)

• तथा (tathā) - and (connecting the two attributes) (thus, so, in that manner, and)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - falsehood (untruth, falsehood)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, certainly, because)

• उक्तपूर्वम् (uktapūrvam) - (that which was) previously spoken (by you) (previously spoken)

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

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एतत् (etat) - this (the curse) (this)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (falsely, untruly, in vain)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will prove to be (will be, shall be)

Words meanings and morphology

शमीक (śamīka) - Śamīka (Śamīka (name of a sage))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śamīka

śamīka - name of a sage

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know (I know, I understand)

(verb)

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

Root: jñā (class 9)

उग्रप्रभावम् (ugraprabhāvam) - possessing formidable power (of fierce power, having terrible might)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ugraprabhāva

ugraprabhāva - of fierce power, terrible, mighty

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ugra+prabhāva)

• ugra – fierce, terrible, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• prabhāva – power, might, majesty, influence
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-bhū (to be mighty, appear).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tvām'.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Śṛṅgi) (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Object of 'jānāmi'.

पुत्र (putra) - O son (vocative) (son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

सत्यगिरम् (satyagiram) - a speaker of truth (whose speech is truth, truthful speaker)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of satyagira

satyagira - whose speech is truth, truthful speaker

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+gir)

• satya – truth, true, real
  noun (neuter)
  From sat (being, true).
• gir – speech, word, voice
  noun (feminine)
  From root gṛ (to praise, proclaim).
  Root: gṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'tvām'.

तथा (tathā) - and (connecting the two attributes) (thus, so, in that manner, and)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - falsehood (untruth, falsehood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, false

Negation of ṛta (truth, order).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• ṛta – truth, order, right
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of an implied verb or predicate with 'uktapūrvam'.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, certainly, because)

(indeclinable)

उक्तपूर्वम् (uktapūrvam) - (that which was) previously spoken (by you) (previously spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uktapūrva

uktapūrva - spoken before, previously said

past passive participle compound

Compound of ukta (spoken, from vac) and pūrva (former, prior).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ukta+pūrva)

• ukta – said, spoken
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root vac.
  Root: vac (class 2)
• pūrva – former, prior, earlier
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'anṛtam'.

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

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Implies 'by you' (instrumental equivalent) with the passive participle.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (the curse) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Subject of 'bhaviṣyati'.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (falsely, untruly, in vain)

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will prove to be (will be, shall be)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)