महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-91, verse-16

वसव ऊचुः ।
प्रतीपस्य सुतो राजा शंतनुर्नाम धार्मिकः ।
भविता मानुषे लोके स नः कर्ता भविष्यति ॥१६॥

16. vasava ūcuḥ ,
pratīpasya suto rājā śaṁtanurnāma dhārmikaḥ ,
bhavitā mānuṣe loke sa naḥ kartā bhaviṣyati.

16. vasavaḥ ūcuḥ pratīpasya sutaḥ rājā śaṃtanuḥ nāma
dhārmikaḥ bhavitā mānuṣe loke saḥ naḥ kartā bhaviṣyati

16. The Vasus said: 'King Śaṃtanu, the righteous son of Pratipa, will be born in the human world, and he will be our helper.'

Words meanings summery:

• वसवः (vasavaḥ) - the Vasu deities (speaking) (Vasus, a class of deities)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

• प्रतीपस्य (pratīpasya) - of King Pratipa (of Pratipa)

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• राजा (rājā) - king

• शंतनुः (śaṁtanuḥ) - Śaṃtanu

• नाम (nāma) - named (introducing the proper noun Śaṃtanu) (name, by name, named)

• धार्मिकः (dhārmikaḥ) - righteous, virtuous, pious

• भविता (bhavitā) - will be born (in the human world) (will be, will occur, will become)

• मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in the human (world) (human, earthly)

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to King Śaṃtanu) (he, that)

• नः (naḥ) - our (Vasus) (our, to us, for us)

• कर्ता (kartā) - our helper, one who will perform the necessary action for us (doer, maker, agent)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will become, will exist

Words meanings and morphology

वसवः (vasavaḥ) - the Vasu deities (speaking) (Vasus, a class of deities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vasu

vasu - a deity of a particular class; wealth, riches; good, excellent

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of the root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रतीपस्य (pratīpasya) - of King Pratipa (of Pratipa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pratīpa

pratīpa - Pratipa (name of a king, father of Śaṃtanu)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

शंतनुः (śaṁtanuḥ) - Śaṃtanu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaṃtanu

śaṁtanu - Śaṃtanu (name of a king in Mahabharata)

नाम (nāma) - named (introducing the proper noun Śaṃtanu) (name, by name, named)

(indeclinable)

धार्मिकः (dhārmikaḥ) - righteous, virtuous, pious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhārmika

dhārmika - righteous, virtuous, pious, adherent to dharma

भविता (bhavitā) - will be born (in the human world) (will be, will occur, will become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, periphrastic future (luṭ) of bhū

Periphrastic future form (luṭ)

Root: bhū (class 1)

मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in the human (world) (human, earthly)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, belonging to men, earthly

Note: Here modifying 'loke'

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to King Śaṃtanu) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नः (naḥ) - our (Vasus) (our, to us, for us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Also appears as dative or accusative

कर्ता (kartā) - our helper, one who will perform the necessary action for us (doer, maker, agent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, creator, agent

Agent noun derived from root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will become, will exist

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, simple future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Simple future tense form (lṛṭ)

Root: bhū (class 1)