महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-51, verse-3

सूत उवाच ।
व्याहर्तुकामे वरदे नृपे द्विजं वरं वृणीष्वेति ततोऽभ्युवाच ।
होता वाक्यं नातिहृष्टान्तरात्मा कर्मण्यस्मिंस्तक्षको नैति तावत् ॥३॥

3. sūta uvāca ,
vyāhartukāme varade nṛpe dvijaṁ; varaṁ vṛṇīṣveti tato'bhyuvāca ,
hotā vākyaṁ nātihṛṣṭāntarātmā; karmaṇyasmiṁstakṣako naiti tāvat.

3. sūtaḥ uvāca vyāhartukāme varade nṛpe
dvijam varam vṛṇīṣva iti tataḥ abhyuvāca
hotā vākyam na ati-hṛṣṭa-antar-ātmā
karmaṇi asmin takṣakaḥ na eti tāvat

3. Sūta said: When the king, ready to speak and grant a boon, addressed the brahmin, saying, "Choose a boon!", the Hotā priest, whose inner self was not greatly pleased, then spoke these words: "Takṣaka has not come to this ritual yet."

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (Sūta (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• व्याहर्तुकामे (vyāhartukāme) - desirous of speaking (desirous of speaking, wishing to speak)

• वरदे (varade) - boon-giver (boon-giver, granting wishes)

• नृपे (nṛpe) - when the king (in the king, when the king)

• द्विजम् (dvijam) - to the brahmin (to the brahmin, to the twice-born)

• वरम् (varam) - a boon (boon, blessing, choice)

• वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - Choose (a boon) (choose, select, ask for)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking direct speech) (thus, so (marks direct speech))

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore)

• अभ्युवाच (abhyuvāca) - spoke (addressed, spoke to)

• होता (hotā) - the Hotā priest (Hotā priest (sacrificial priest))

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

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अति-हृष्ट-अन्तर्-आत्मा (ati-hṛṣṭa-antar-ātmā) - whose inner self was not greatly pleased (whose inner self is not greatly pleased)

• कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in this ritual (in the ritual, in the action)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - this (in this, in this one (locative of idam))

• तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (Takṣaka (proper name of a Naga king))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एति (eti) - has come (comes, goes)

• तावत् (tāvat) - yet (so much, so long, yet)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (Sūta (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - Sūta (a class of bards and charioteers); a narrator, chronicler

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

व्याहर्तुकामे (vyāhartukāme) - desirous of speaking (desirous of speaking, wishing to speak)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vyāhartukāma

vyāhartukāma - desirous of speaking, wishing to speak

desiderative agent noun

from root hṛ with vi-ā and suffix -kāma (desirous)

Compound type : tatpurusha

• vyāhartu – to speak, to utter
  verb
  infinitive
  infinitive of root hṛ with prefixes vi-ā
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• kāma – desire, wish
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'nṛpe'.

वरदे (varade) - boon-giver (boon-giver, granting wishes)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of varada

varada - boon-giver, granting wishes, bestowing blessings

agent noun

from vara (boon) + dā (to give)

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha

• vara – boon, blessing
  noun (masculine)
• da – giving, granting
  agent_noun (masculine)
  kṛt suffix
  from root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Adjective modifying 'nṛpe'.

नृपे (nṛpe) - when the king (in the king, when the king)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, prince

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha

• nṛ – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protecting, guarding
  agent_noun (masculine)
  kṛt suffix
  from root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Absolute locative construction.

द्विजम् (dvijam) - to the brahmin (to the brahmin, to the twice-born)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a brahmin, kṣatriya, or vaiśya); a brahmin; bird; tooth

Compound type : bahuvrihi

• dvi – two
  numeral
• janman – birth
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)

वरम् (varam) - a boon (boon, blessing, choice)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, choice; best, excellent, precious

वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - Choose (a boon) (choose, select, ask for)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 9)

इति (iti) - thus (marking direct speech) (thus, so (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

अभ्युवाच (abhyuvāca) - spoke (addressed, spoke to)

(verb)

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

Prefixes: abhi+ud

Root: vac (class 2)

होता (hotā) - the Hotā priest (Hotā priest (sacrificial priest))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hotṛ

hotṛ - a sacrificial priest, especially one who recites prayers from the Rig Veda

Root: hu (class 3)

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence; an expression, statement

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अति-हृष्ट-अन्तर्-आत्मा (ati-hṛṣṭa-antar-ātmā) - whose inner self was not greatly pleased (whose inner self is not greatly pleased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atihṛṣṭāntarātman

atihṛṣṭāntarātman - whose inner self is exceedingly pleased

Compound type : bahuvrihi

• ati – excessively, very, over
  indeclinable
• hṛṣṭa – pleased, delighted, joyful
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root hṛṣ
  Root: hṛṣ (class 4)
• antarātman – inner self, soul, mind
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: antar

Note: Used here with 'na' (not) to convey the opposite meaning.

कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in this ritual (in the ritual, in the action)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, duty

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - this (in this, in this one (locative of idam))

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this; he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (Takṣaka (proper name of a Naga king))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (name of a powerful Naga king); carpenter, wood-cutter

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एति (eti) - has come (comes, goes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of i

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Present tense used to denote an action that should have occurred by now or is expected.

तावत् (tāvat) - yet (so much, so long, yet)

(indeclinable)