महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-78, verse-7

देवयान्युवाच ।
यद्येतदेवं शर्मिष्ठे न मन्युर्विद्यते मम ।
अपत्यं यदि ते लब्धं ज्येष्ठाच्छ्रेष्ठाच्च वै द्विजात् ॥७॥

7. devayānyuvāca ,
yadyetadevaṁ śarmiṣṭhe na manyurvidyate mama ,
apatyaṁ yadi te labdhaṁ jyeṣṭhācchreṣṭhācca vai dvijāt.

7. devayānī uvāca yadi etat evam śarmiṣṭhe na manyuḥ vidyate
mama apatyam yadi te labdham jyeṣṭhāt śreṣṭhāt ca vai dvijāt

7. Devayānī said: 'If this is truly the case, Śarmiṣṭhā, then I have no anger. That is, if you have obtained offspring from the eldest and most excellent Brahmin.'

Words meanings summery:

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani (the daughter of Shukra) (Devayani (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

• एवम् (evam) - truly, so (thus, so, in this manner)

• शर्मिष्ठे (śarmiṣṭhe) - O Sharmishtha

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मन्युः (manyuḥ) - anger (anger, wrath, passion)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (is found, exists, is present)

• मम (mama) - my, for me (my, of me)

• अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring (offspring, progeny, child)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

• ते (te) - by you (by you, to you, your)

• लब्धम् (labdham) - obtained (obtained, gained, received)

• ज्येष्ठात् (jyeṣṭhāt) - from the eldest (from the eldest, from the best)

• श्रेष्ठात् (śreṣṭhāt) - from the most excellent (from the best, from the most excellent)

• च (ca) - and

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, certainly)

• द्विजात् (dvijāt) - from the Brahmin (referring to King Yayati, who was 'twice-born' by ritual) (from the dvija (Brahmin, twice-born))

Words meanings and morphology

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani (the daughter of Shukra) (Devayani (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - name of a princess, daughter of Shukra

Note: Declined as feminine noun ending in ī

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

एवम् (evam) - truly, so (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

शर्मिष्ठे (śarmiṣṭhe) - O Sharmishtha

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śarmiṣṭhā

śarmiṣṭhā - name of a princess

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

मन्युः (manyuḥ) - anger (anger, wrath, passion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manyu

manyu - anger, wrath, passion, spirit

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (is found, exists, is present)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

present middle

3rd person singular present middle (Ātmanepada) of root vid (class 4) meaning 'is found' or 'exists'

Root: vid (class 4)

मम (mama) - my, for me (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Implies possession or dative sense (for me)

अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring (offspring, progeny, child)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apatya

apatya - offspring, progeny, child

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you (by you, to you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Often used in place of instrumental with passive construction, or as genitive/dative.

लब्धम् (labdham) - obtained (obtained, gained, received)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of labdha

labdha - obtained, gained, received

past passive participle

past passive participle of root labh

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'apatyam'

ज्येष्ठात् (jyeṣṭhāt) - from the eldest (from the eldest, from the best)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, oldest, chief, best

superlative of old/good

Note: Agrees with 'dvijāt'

श्रेष्ठात् (śreṣṭhāt) - from the most excellent (from the best, from the most excellent)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, excellent, chief, most exalted

superlative of good

Note: Agrees with 'dvijāt'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

द्विजात् (dvijāt) - from the Brahmin (referring to King Yayati, who was 'twice-born' by ritual) (from the dvija (Brahmin, twice-born))

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born, Brahmin, bird, tooth

Note: Here, Devayānī refers to Yayati, who is indeed a dvija (Kshatriya).