महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-42, verse-9

सूत उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा तु स पितॄंश्चचार पृथिवीं मुनिः ।
न च स्म लभते भार्यां वृद्धोऽयमिति शौनक ॥९॥

9. sūta uvāca ,
evamuktvā tu sa pitṝṁścacāra pṛthivīṁ muniḥ ,
na ca sma labhate bhāryāṁ vṛddho'yamiti śaunaka.

9. sūta uvāca evam uktvā tu saḥ pitṝn cacāra pṛthivīm
muniḥ na ca sma labhate bhāryām vṛddhaḥ ayam iti śaunaka

9. Sūta said: Having spoken thus, that sage wandered the earth in accordance with his ancestors' wishes. However, O Śaunaka, he did not find a wife, for people considered him old.

Words meanings summery:

• सूत (sūta) - Sūta (name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said/spoken

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• सः (saḥ) - that sage (he, that)

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - in accordance with his ancestors' wishes (ancestors, fathers)

• चचार (cacāra) - wandered, roamed, performed

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth, ground

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - but, however (and, also)

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past habitual action)

• लभते (labhate) - could find, obtained (obtains, gets)

• भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

• वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - old, aged

• अयम् (ayam) - this (sage) (this (one))

• इति (iti) - thinking thus (thus, (quotation marker))

• शौनक (śaunaka) - O Śaunaka (proper name)

Words meanings and morphology

सूत (sūta) - Sūta (name)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, Sūta (a specific narrator/caste)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said/spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

ktvā suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that sage (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - in accordance with his ancestors' wishes (ancestors, fathers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, progenitor

चचार (cacāra) - wandered, roamed, performed

(verb)

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

Root: car (class 1)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, world

मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - but, however (and, also)

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past habitual action)

(indeclinable)

लभते (labhate) - could find, obtained (obtains, gets)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)

भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, a woman to be supported

feminine of bhārya (to be supported)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - old, aged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased

past passive participle

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (sage) (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

इति (iti) - thinking thus (thus, (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

शौनक (śaunaka) - O Śaunaka (proper name)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śaunaka

śaunaka - Śaunaka (a proper name, often addressed in epics)