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.'

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