महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-90, verse-67

वाक्यं चोवाच ।
स्वचापल्यादिदं प्राप्तवानहम् ।
शृणोमि च नानपत्यस्य लोका सन्तीति ॥६७॥

67. vākyaṁ covāca ,
svacāpalyādidaṁ prāptavānaham ,
śṛṇomi ca nānapatyasya lokā santīti.

67. vākyam ca uvāca | svacāpalyāt idam prāptavān
aham | śṛṇomi ca na anapatyasya lokāḥ santi iti

67. And he spoke these words: "I have brought this upon myself due to my own impulsiveness. Moreover, I hear that there are no realms for those who are childless."

Words meanings summery:

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement, sentence

• च (ca) - and, also

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• स्वचापल्यात् (svacāpalyāt) - from (my) own impulsiveness, due to (my) own fickleness

• इदम् (idam) - this (situation, predicament) (this)

• प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - brought upon myself (obtained, attained, reached)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear, I listen

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• अनपत्यस्य (anapatyasya) - of the childless, of one without offspring

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - realms (in the afterlife) (worlds, realms, people)

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought

Words meanings and morphology

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement, sentence

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter, but accusative fits better with 'uvāca'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect (liṭ)

root 'vac', perfect, 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वचापल्यात् (svacāpalyāt) - from (my) own impulsiveness, due to (my) own fickleness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of svacāpalya

svacāpalya - one's own impulsiveness, one's own fickleness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+cāpalya)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• cāpalya – fickleness, impulsiveness, unsteadiness
  noun (neuter)
  derived from capala (fickle, unsteady)

इदम् (idam) - this (situation, predicament) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter.

प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - brought upon myself (obtained, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle (PPP) used as a noun/agent

derived from root 'āp' with upasarga 'pra', suffix -kta, and then -vat added to make an agent noun

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agent noun derived from PPP, effectively meaning 'one who has obtained'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear, I listen

(verb)

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

present indicative

root 'śru', present, 1st person singular active, u-class (5th)

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनपत्यस्य (anapatyasya) - of the childless, of one without offspring

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anapatya

anapatya - childless, without offspring

Negation 'an' + 'apatya' (offspring)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+apatya)

• an – not, without
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• apatya – offspring, child
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used substantively: 'of one who is childless'.

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - realms (in the afterlife) (worlds, realms, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

present indicative

root 'as', present, 3rd person plural active

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought

(indeclinable)