महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-78, verse-5

देवयान्युवाच ।
शोभनं भीरु सत्यं चेदथ स ज्ञायते द्विजः ।
गोत्रनामाभिजनतो वेत्तुमिच्छामि तं द्विजम् ॥५॥

5. devayānyuvāca ,
śobhanaṁ bhīru satyaṁ cedatha sa jñāyate dvijaḥ ,
gotranāmābhijanato vettumicchāmi taṁ dvijam.

5. Devayānī uvāca śobhanam bhīru satyam cet atha saḥ jñāyate
dvijaḥ gotranāmābhijanataḥ vettum icchāmi tam dvijam

5. Devayānī said: "Excellent, O timid one! If that is true, then let that Brahmin be known. I wish to know that Brahmin by his lineage (gotra), name, and family origin."

Words meanings summery:

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शोभनम् (śobhanam) - good, excellent, beautiful

• भीरु (bhīru) - O Śarmiṣṭhā (addressed by Devayānī) (O timid one, O fearful one)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• सः (saḥ) - that Brahmin/sage (he, that)

• ज्ञायते (jñāyate) - is known, should be known

• द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - the Brahmin sage (a Brahmin, a twice-born)

• गोत्रनामाभिजनतः (gotranāmābhijanataḥ) - from his lineage, name, and family origin

• वेत्तुम् (vettum) - to know

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• तम् (tam) - that Brahmin (that)

• द्विजम् (dvijam) - the Brahmin sage (a Brahmin, a twice-born)

Words meanings and morphology

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of Devayānī

Devayānī - Devayani (name of Sukracharya's daughter)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शोभनम् (śobhanam) - good, excellent, beautiful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śobhana

śobhana - shining, splendid, beautiful, good, auspicious

Note: Used as an exclamation 'Excellent!'

भीरु (bhīru) - O Śarmiṣṭhā (addressed by Devayānī) (O timid one, O fearful one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, coward

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real; truth, reality

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that Brahmin/sage (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ज्ञायते (jñāyate) - is known, should be known

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (Laṭ) of jñā

Present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice form of √jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - the Brahmin sage (a Brahmin, a twice-born)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya); a bird; a tooth

गोत्रनामाभिजनतः (gotranāmābhijanataḥ) - from his lineage, name, and family origin

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form derived from a compound 'gotranāmābhijana' with the suffix '-tas'

Compound type : Dvandva (gotra+nāman+abhijana)

• gotra – lineage, clan, family
  noun (neuter)
• nāman – name
  noun (neuter)
• abhijana – origin, family, race, nobility
  noun (masculine)

वेत्तुम् (vettum) - to know

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from √vid with suffix -tum

Root: vid (class 2)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of iṣ

Present tense, 1st person singular, active voice form of √iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तम् (tam) - that Brahmin (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्विजम् (dvijam) - the Brahmin sage (a Brahmin, a twice-born)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya); a bird; a tooth