महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-43, verse-1

सूत उवाच ।
वासुकिस्त्वब्रवीद्वाक्यं जरत्कारुमृषिं तदा ।
सनामा तव कन्येयं स्वसा मे तपसान्विता ॥१॥

1. sūta uvāca ,
vāsukistvabravīdvākyaṁ jaratkārumṛṣiṁ tadā ,
sanāmā tava kanyeyaṁ svasā me tapasānvitā.

1. sūtaḥ uvāca vāsukiḥ tu abravīt vākyam jaratkārum ṛṣim
tadā sanāmā tava kanyā iyam svasā me tapasā anvitā

1. Suta said: Then Vasuki indeed spoke these words to the sage Jarutkāru: "This daughter, who is my sister, bears the same name as you and is endowed with austerity."

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Suta, the narrator (Suta (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (Suta) (said, spoke)

• वासुकिः (vāsukiḥ) - Vasuki (Vasuki (proper noun))

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said (said, spoke)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (to Jarutkāru) (word, speech, sentence)

• जरत्कारुम् (jaratkārum) - to Jarutkāru (the sage) (Jarutkāru (proper noun, masculine))

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage (Jarutkāru) (sage, seer)

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (of their meeting) (then, at that time)

• सनामा (sanāmā) - (this daughter) has the same name (as you, Jarutkāru) (having the same name, well-named)

• तव (tava) - your (for you, meant for you) (your (singular))

• कन्या (kanyā) - this daughter (being offered) (daughter, maiden)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (daughter) (this (feminine))

• स्वसा (svasā) - my sister (sister)

• मे (me) - my (sister) (my, of me, to me)

• तपसा (tapasā) - endowed with austerity (by austerity, by penance)

• अन्विता (anvitā) - endowed with (austerity) (endowed, accompanied, possessed of)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Suta, the narrator (Suta (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator (name of a caste/profession)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (Suta) (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Introduces Suta's speech.

वासुकिः (vāsukiḥ) - Vasuki (Vasuki (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsuki

vāsuki - Vasuki (name of a prominent Naga king)

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'.

तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

from √brū (or √vac)

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Formed with a- augment and t ending.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (to Jarutkāru) (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

action noun

from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

जरत्कारुम् (jaratkārum) - to Jarutkāru (the sage) (Jarutkāru (proper noun, masculine))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaratkāru

jaratkāru - Jarutkāru (name of the sage)

The etymology is debated, jarat (decaying) + kāru (maker, doer, or ray). Likely implies 'destroyer of old age' or 'decaying action' for his asceticism.

Note: Indirect object of 'abravīt' (or object of the preposition implied by dative).

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage (Jarutkāru) (sage, seer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

from √ṛṣ (to go, to move)

Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Appositive to 'jaratkārum'.

तदा (tadā) - at that time (of their meeting) (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

from tad (that) + dā (suffix for time)

सनामा (sanāmā) - (this daughter) has the same name (as you, Jarutkāru) (having the same name, well-named)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sanāman

sanāman - having a name, well-named, eponymous, sharing a name

sa (with, same) + nāman (name)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+nāman)

• sa – with, together with, same
  indeclinable
• nāman – name, designation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'kanyā'.

तव (tava) - your (for you, meant for you) (your (singular))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be used as dative, meaning 'for you'.

कन्या (kanyā) - this daughter (being offered) (daughter, maiden)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

इयम् (iyam) - this (daughter) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, she, he, it

Note: Adjective modifying 'kanyā'.

स्वसा (svasā) - my sister (sister)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svasṛ

svasṛ - sister

Note: Predicate nominative.

मे (me) - my (sister) (my, of me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive.

तपसा (tapasā) - endowed with austerity (by austerity, by penance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

from √tap (to heat, to perform austerity)

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means or quality of being 'endowed'.

अन्विता (anvitā) - endowed with (austerity) (endowed, accompanied, possessed of)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anvita

anvita - endowed with, accompanied by, connected with

past passive participle

from anu-√i (to follow, to go after, to be connected with)

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'kanyā' or 'svasā'.