महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-72, verse-18

आर्षं धर्मं ब्रुवाणोऽहं देवयानि यथा त्वया ।
शप्तो नार्होऽस्मि शापस्य कामतोऽद्य न धर्मतः ॥१८॥

18. ārṣaṁ dharmaṁ bruvāṇo'haṁ devayāni yathā tvayā ,
śapto nārho'smi śāpasya kāmato'dya na dharmataḥ.

18. ārṣam dharmam bruvāṇaḥ aham devayāni yathā tvayā
śaptaḥ na arhaḥ asmi śāpasya kāmataḥ adya na dharmataḥ

18. O Devayani, I, who declare the ancient dharma, am not deserving of this curse by you, which you have uttered out of desire, not in accordance with dharma.

Words meanings summery:

• आर्षम् (ārṣam) - pertaining to ṛṣis, ancient, traditional, sacred

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma, righteous conduct (accusative)

• ब्रुवाणः (bruvāṇaḥ) - speaking, saying

• अहम् (aham) - I

• देवयानि (devayāni) - O Devayani

• यथा (yathā) - just as, how, in which way

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed

• न (na) - not

• अर्हः (arhaḥ) - deserving, worthy

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• शापस्य (śāpasya) - of the curse

• कामतः (kāmataḥ) - by desire, willingly, out of desire

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• न (na) - not

• धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - by dharma, rightfully, in accordance with dharma

Words meanings and morphology

आर्षम् (ārṣam) - pertaining to ṛṣis, ancient, traditional, sacred

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ārṣa

ārṣa - pertaining to ṛṣis, ancient, traditional, sacred, venerable

धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma, righteous conduct (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - dharma, righteousness, duty, law, virtue

ब्रुवाणः (bruvāṇaḥ) - speaking, saying

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brū

brū - to speak, to say, to declare

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root 'brū' with present participle suffix -āna (ātmanepada)

Root: brū (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

देवयानि (devayāni) - O Devayani

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - Devayani (name of Shukra's daughter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, how, in which way

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you

शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śap

śap - to curse, to revile, to swear

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śap' with past participle suffix 'kta'

Root: śap (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अर्हः (arhaḥ) - deserving, worthy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arha

arha - deserving, worthy, fit, proper

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

शापस्य (śāpasya) - of the curse

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation, oath

कामतः (kāmataḥ) - by desire, willingly, out of desire

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas indicating an ablative or instrumental sense

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - by dharma, rightfully, in accordance with dharma

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas indicating an ablative or instrumental sense