महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-72, verse-17

कच उवाच ।
गुरुपुत्रीति कृत्वाहं प्रत्याचक्षे न दोषतः ।
गुरुणा चाभ्यनुज्ञातः काममेवं शपस्व माम् ॥१७॥

17. kaca uvāca ,
guruputrīti kṛtvāhaṁ pratyācakṣe na doṣataḥ ,
guruṇā cābhyanujñātaḥ kāmamevaṁ śapasva mām.

17. kaca uvāca gurupatrī iti kṛtvā aham pratyācakṣe na
doṣataḥ guruṇā ca abhyanujñātaḥ kāmam evam śapasva mām

17. Kaca said: 'I decline (your proposal), considering you the guru's daughter, and not due to any fault. Although I have received my guru's permission, you may certainly curse me thus.'

17. קַצ׳ַה אמר, אני דוחה אותך מפני שאת בתו של מורי, ולא בגלל פגם כלשהו בך. ומורי עצמו התיר לי, ולכן קללי אותי כרצונך.

Words meanings summery:

• कच (kaca) - Kaca (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• गुरुपत्री (gurupatrī) - guru's daughter

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having considered

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रत्याचक्षे (pratyācakṣe) - I reject, I decline

• न (na) - not

• दोषतः (doṣataḥ) - from a fault, due to a fault

• गुरुणा (guruṇā) - by the guru

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, sanctioned

• कामम् (kāmam) - indeed, certainly, as much as you like

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• शपस्व (śapasva) - curse (imperative)

• माम् (mām) - me (accusative)

Words meanings and morphology

कच (kaca) - Kaca (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaca

kaca - Kaca (name of Bṛhaspati's son)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

गुरुपत्री (gurupatrī) - guru's daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gurupatrī

gurupatrī - guru's daughter

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (guru+putrī)

• guru – teacher, spiritual preceptor
  noun (masculine)
• putrī – daughter
  noun (feminine)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having considered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

प्रत्याचक्षे (pratyācakṣe) - I reject, I decline

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of cakṣ

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

दोषतः (doṣataḥ) - from a fault, due to a fault

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas indicating an ablative or instrumental sense

गुरुणा (guruṇā) - by the guru

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual preceptor

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, sanctioned

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñā

jñā - to know, to understand

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jñā' with prefixes 'abhi' and 'anu'

Prefixes: abhi+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

कामम् (kāmam) - indeed, certainly, as much as you like

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an emphatic particle before an imperative.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

शपस्व (śapasva) - curse (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śap

Root: śap (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

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