महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-76, verse-8

देवयान्युवाच ।
आख्यास्याम्यहमादत्स्व वचनं मे नराधिप ।
शुक्रो नामासुरगुरुः सुतां जानीहि तस्य माम् ॥८॥

8. devayānyuvāca ,
ākhyāsyāmyahamādatsva vacanaṁ me narādhipa ,
śukro nāmāsuraguruḥ sutāṁ jānīhi tasya mām.

8. devayānī uvāca ākhyāsyāmi aham ādatva vacanam me
narādhipa śukraḥ nāma asuraguruḥ sutām jānīhi tasya mām

8. Devayānī said: "O king, I will tell you; please listen to my words. Know me to be the daughter of Śukra, the preceptor of the asuras."

Words meanings summery:

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayānī (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आख्यास्यामि (ākhyāsyāmi) - I shall tell, I will narrate

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आदत्व (ādatva) - please listen (accept, receive, listen)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• मे (me) - my (words) (my, to me)

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king, O ruler of men

• शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Śukra (proper name of the preceptor of asuras)

• नाम (nāma) - named (Śukra) (by name, named, indeed)

• असुरगुरुः (asuraguruḥ) - preceptor of the asuras

• सुताम् (sutām) - daughter

• जानीहि (jānīhi) - know, recognize

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Śukra's) (his, of him, of that)

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayānī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - Devayānī

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

आख्यास्यामि (ākhyāsyāmi) - I shall tell, I will narrate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ā-khyā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

आदत्व (ādatva) - please listen (accept, receive, listen)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ā-dā

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The form in the original verse is ādatva (from ā-dā, to take/receive/accept) in 2nd sg imperative Middle Voice. It can mean 'take to yourself' or 'listen/heed'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, word, speech, utterance

Root: vac (class 2)

मे (me) - my (words) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king, O ruler of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - lord of men, king

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, king
  noun (masculine)

शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Śukra (proper name of the preceptor of asuras)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śukra

śukra - bright, white; semen; name of a planet (Venus); name of the preceptor of the asuras

नाम (nāma) - named (Śukra) (by name, named, indeed)

(indeclinable)

असुरगुरुः (asuraguruḥ) - preceptor of the asuras

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asuraguru

asuraguru - preceptor of the asuras

Compound type : tatpurusha (asura+guru)

• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• guru – teacher, preceptor, heavy, important
  noun (masculine)

सुताम् (sutām) - daughter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

जानीहि (jānīhi) - know, recognize

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

तस्य (tasya) - his (Śukra's) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we