महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-49, verse-17

सूत उवाच ।
एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा सोऽस्तीको मातरं तदा ।
अब्रवीद्दुःखसंतप्तं वासुकिं जीवयन्निव ॥१७॥

17. sūta uvāca ,
evamuktastathetyuktvā so'stīko mātaraṁ tadā ,
abravīdduḥkhasaṁtaptaṁ vāsukiṁ jīvayanniva.

17. sūtaḥ uvāca evam uktaḥ tathā iti uktvā saḥ astīkaḥ
mātaram tadā abravīt duḥkhasaṃtaptam vāsukim jīvayan iva

17. Sūta said: Being addressed in this way, Astika then replied to his mother with 'So be it!', speaking as if he were reviving the sorrow-stricken Vāsuki.

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a narrator/bard))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this manner)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (said, spoken, addressed)

• तथा (tathā) - so be it, yes (so, thus, yes)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking the preceding word as speech) (thus, so saying (marks direct speech))

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said

• सः (saḥ) - that (Astika) (he, that)

• अस्तीकः (astīkaḥ) - Astika (Astika (proper noun))

• मातरम् (mātaram) - his mother (mother (accusative))

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

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

• दुःखसंतप्तम् (duḥkhasaṁtaptam) - sorrow-stricken (distressed by sorrow, grief-stricken)

• वासुकिम् (vāsukim) - Vāsuki (Vāsuki (name of a Nāga king))

• जीवयन् (jīvayan) - as if giving life / reviving (causing to live, enlivening, reviving)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a narrator/bard))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator, son

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (said, spoken, addressed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

past passive participle

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to Astika

तथा (tathā) - so be it, yes (so, thus, yes)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus (marking the preceding word as speech) (thus, so saying (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said

(verb)

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that (Astika) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

अस्तीकः (astīkaḥ) - Astika (Astika (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of astīka

astīka - Astika (name of a sage)

मातरम् (mātaram) - his mother (mother (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

दुःखसंतप्तम् (duḥkhasaṁtaptam) - sorrow-stricken (distressed by sorrow, grief-stricken)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of duḥkhasaṃtapta

duḥkhasaṁtapta - afflicted by sorrow, distressed by pain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+saṃtapta)

• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, misery, distress
  noun (neuter)
• saṃtapta – heated, agitated, distressed, afflicted
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From √tap with sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Modifies Vāsukim

वासुकिम् (vāsukim) - Vāsuki (Vāsuki (name of a Nāga king))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsuki

vāsuki - Vāsuki (name of a king of serpents)

जीवयन् (jīvayan) - as if giving life / reviving (causing to live, enlivening, reviving)

(nominal form)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīv

jīv - to live, to cause to live (causative)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Modifies Astika

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if)

(indeclinable)