महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-44, verse-11

स्वैरेष्वपि न तेनाहं स्मरामि वितथं क्वचित् ।
उक्तपूर्वं कुतो राजन्सांपराये स वक्ष्यति ॥११॥

11. svaireṣvapi na tenāhaṁ smarāmi vitathaṁ kvacit ,
uktapūrvaṁ kuto rājansāṁparāye sa vakṣyati.

11. svaireṣu api na tena aham smarāmi vitatham kvacit
uktapūrvam kutaḥ rājan sāṁparāye saḥ vakṣyati

11. Even in moments of relaxation, I do not remember him ever speaking a lie. Therefore, O King, how could he speak falsely in a crucial matter?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वैरेषु (svaireṣu) - even in casual (or playful) conversations/matters (in matters of freedom, in playful moments)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• न (na) - not

• तेन (tena) - by him (by him, by that)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• स्मरामि (smarāmi) - I remember, I recall

• वितथम् (vitatham) - falsehood, untruth (false, untrue, vain, fruitless)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at any time (sometimes, at some time, ever)

• उक्तपूर्वम् (uktapūrvam) - previously spoken (previously said, spoken before)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (whence, from where, why, how)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• सांपराये (sāṁparāye) - in a crucial matter, concerning the future (in battle, in a critical situation, for the future)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - he will speak (falsely, implicitly) (he will speak, he will say)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वैरेषु (svaireṣu) - even in casual (or playful) conversations/matters (in matters of freedom, in playful moments)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of svaira

svaira - self-willed, free, unrestrained, playful, casual (adjective); freedom, leisure (noun)

From sva (own) + īrā (going, motion).

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by him (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agent of implied 'uktam' (spoken).

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'smarāmi'.

स्मरामि (smarāmi) - I remember, I recall

(verb)

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

Root: smṛ (class 1)

वितथम् (vitatham) - falsehood, untruth (false, untrue, vain, fruitless)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vitatha

vitatha - false, untrue, vain, useless (adjective); falsehood, untruth (noun)

From vi (negation) + tatha (true, so).

Note: Object of 'smarāmi' (what she doesn't remember him speaking).

क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at any time (sometimes, at some time, ever)

(indeclinable)

उक्तपूर्वम् (uktapūrvam) - previously spoken (previously said, spoken before)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uktapūrva

uktapūrva - previously spoken, said before

Tatpuruṣa compound: ukta (spoken) + pūrva (before).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ukta+pūrva)

• ukta – said, spoken, told
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from root vac
  Root: vac (class 2)
• pūrva – former, prior, previous, before
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Object of 'smarāmi' implicitly.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (whence, from where, why, how)

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

Note: Addressed to Vasuki.

सांपराये (sāṁparāye) - in a crucial matter, concerning the future (in battle, in a critical situation, for the future)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāṁparāya

sāṁparāya - battle, war, future, future life, crucial moment

From root i (to go) with prefixes sam and parā.

Prefixes: sam+parā

Root: i

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to Jaratkaru (the sage, her husband).

वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - he will speak (falsely, implicitly) (he will speak, he will say)

(verb)

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

Future tense form of vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The object 'vitatham' (falsely) is implied from the first part of the verse.