महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-51, verse-20

आस्तीक उवाच ।
सुवर्णं रजतं गाश्च न त्वां राजन्वृणोम्यहम् ।
सत्रं ते विरमत्वेतत्स्वस्ति मातृकुलस्य नः ॥२०॥

20. āstīka uvāca ,
suvarṇaṁ rajataṁ gāśca na tvāṁ rājanvṛṇomyaham ,
satraṁ te viramatvetatsvasti mātṛkulasya naḥ.

20. āstīka uvāca suvarṇam rajatam gāḥ ca na tvām rājan vṛṇomi
aham satram te viramatu etat svasti mātṛkulasya naḥ

20. Āstīka said: 'O King, I do not ask you for gold, silver, or cows. May this sacrifice of yours cease, [and] may there be well-being for our maternal family!'

Words meanings summery:

• आस्तीक (āstīka) - Āstīka (Āstīka (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• सुवर्णम् (suvarṇam) - gold

• रजतम् (rajatam) - silver

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to Janamejaya) (O king)

• वृणोमि (vṛṇomi) - I ask for (I choose, I select, I ask for)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सत्रम् (satram) - the sacrifice (sacrifice, ritual)

• ते (te) - your (your, of you)

• विरमतु (viramatu) - may it cease (may it cease, stop)

• एतत् (etat) - this (sacrifice) (this)

• स्वस्ति (svasti) - may there be well-being (well-being, welfare, hail!)

• मातृकुलस्य (mātṛkulasya) - of our maternal family (of the maternal family)

• नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us)

Words meanings and morphology

आस्तीक (āstīka) - Āstīka (Āstīka (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āstīka

āstīka - Āstīka (name of a sage)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सुवर्णम् (suvarṇam) - gold

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of suvarṇa

suvarṇa - gold, good color

Note: Object of vṛṇomi.

रजतम् (rajatam) - silver

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rajata

rajata - silver, white

Note: Object of vṛṇomi.

गाः (gāḥ) - cows

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

Note: Object of vṛṇomi.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates vṛṇomi.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Direct object of vṛṇomi (implies 'I ask *from* you').

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to Janamejaya) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Address to King Janamejaya.

वृणोमि (vṛṇomi) - I ask for (I choose, I select, I ask for)

(verb)

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

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Often takes an accusative for the person from whom something is asked, and another accusative for the thing asked.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Subject of vṛṇomi.

सत्रम् (satram) - the sacrifice (sacrifice, ritual)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satra

satra - a Vedic sacrifice, an assembly, a dwelling

Note: Subject of viramatu.

ते (te) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Possessive adjective for satram.

विरमतु (viramatu) - may it cease (may it cease, stop)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ram

Prefix: vi

Root: ram (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this (sacrifice) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Adjective for satram.

स्वस्ति (svasti) - may there be well-being (well-being, welfare, hail!)

(indeclinable)

Note: Expresses a blessing; governs the genitive case here for mātṛkulasya.

मातृकुलस्य (mātṛkulasya) - of our maternal family (of the maternal family)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of mātṛkula

mātṛkula - maternal family, mother's lineage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mātṛ+kula)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• kula – family, lineage, race
  noun (neuter)

Note: Governed by svasti.

नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of aham

aham - I

Note: Possessive adjective for mātṛkulasya.