महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-7, verse-1

सूत उवाच ।
शप्तस्तु भृगुणा वह्निः क्रुद्धो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् ।
किमिदं साहसं ब्रह्मन्कृतवानसि सांप्रतम् ॥१॥

1. sūta uvāca ,
śaptastu bhṛguṇā vahniḥ kruddho vākyamathābravīt ,
kimidaṁ sāhasaṁ brahmankṛtavānasi sāṁpratam.

1. sūtaḥ uvāca śaptaḥ tu bhṛguṇā vahniḥ kruddhaḥ vākyam atha
abravīt kim idam sāhasam brahman kṛtavān asi sāmpratam

1. Sūta said: But Agni, cursed by Bhṛgu and enraged, then spoke these words: "O Brāhmaṇa, what audacity have you now committed?"

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator of the Mahābhārata) (Sūta (a bard, a charioteer))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• भृगुणा (bhṛguṇā) - by Bhṛgu

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - Agni, fire

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• इदम् (idam) - this

• साहसम् (sāhasam) - audacity, rashness, violence

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brāhmaṇa

• कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - having done, performed

• असि (asi) - you are

• साम्प्रतम् (sāmpratam) - now, at present

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator of the Mahābhārata) (Sūta (a bard, a charioteer))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śapta

śapta - cursed, reviled, sworn

past passive participle

Root: śap (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

भृगुणा (bhṛguṇā) - by Bhṛgu

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - name of a sage, a clan of Brahmins

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - Agni, fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, the god Agni, bearer of offerings

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, provoked

past passive participle

Root: krudh (class 4)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?, why?

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

साहसम् (sāhasam) - audacity, rashness, violence

(noun)

neuter, singular of sāhasa

sāhasa - audacity, rashness, violence, temerity

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brāhmaṇa

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brāhmaṇa, priest, the Absolute, sacred knowledge

कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - having done, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtavat

kṛtavat - having done, performed (agent noun from past active participle)

past active participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

साम्प्रतम् (sāmpratam) - now, at present

(indeclinable)