महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-93, verse-38

नानृतं तच्चिकीर्षामि युष्मान्क्रुद्धो यदब्रुवम् ।
न प्रजास्यति चाप्येष मानुषेषु महामनाः ॥३८॥

38. nānṛtaṁ taccikīrṣāmi yuṣmānkruddho yadabruvam ,
na prajāsyati cāpyeṣa mānuṣeṣu mahāmanāḥ.

38. na anṛtam tat cikīrṣāmi yuṣmān kruddhaḥ yat abruvam
na prajāsyati ca api eṣaḥ mānuṣeṣu mahāmanāḥ

38. I do not wish to make untrue what I angrily declared to you. And this great-minded one will also not have progeny among humans.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - the untrue thing (what he said) (untrue, false, falsehood)

• तत् (tat) - that (curse/statement) (that, it)

• चिकीर्षामि (cikīrṣāmi) - I wish to make (that statement untrue) (I wish to do, I intend to do)

• युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - the Vasus (you (plural, accusative))

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - (I) having become angry (angry, enraged)

• यत् (yat) - what (I said) (which, what, that)

• अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I said, I spoke

• न (na) - not

• प्रजास्यति (prajāsyati) - he will have progeny, he will multiply

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (referring to Dyau) (this (masculine singular nominative))

• मानुषेषु (mānuṣeṣu) - among humans, in human forms

• महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - (Dyau) being great-minded (great-minded, noble, magnanimous)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - the untrue thing (what he said) (untrue, false, falsehood)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untrue, false, falsehood, lie

Negation of ṛta (truth, right)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ṛta)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'a falsehood'.

तत् (tat) - that (curse/statement) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the content of the curse.

चिकीर्षामि (cikīrṣāmi) - I wish to make (that statement untrue) (I wish to do, I intend to do)

(verb)

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

Desiderative of kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Desiderative form, 'I wish to do'.

युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - the Vasus (you (plural, accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - (I) having become angry (angry, enraged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged

Past Passive Participle

from root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Refers to the speaker (the sage).

यत् (yat) - what (I said) (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the statement made.

अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I said, I spoke

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Root vac, 1st singular imperfect with augment 'a'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रजास्यति (prajāsyati) - he will have progeny, he will multiply

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of prajā

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Root jan with upasarga pra. The future stem is jāsyati.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (referring to Dyau) (this (masculine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, he, she, it (proximal demonstrative)

मानुषेषु (mānuṣeṣu) - among humans, in human forms

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, belonging to men

Note: Agrees with an implied noun like 'lokeṣu' or 'janeṣu'.

महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - (Dyau) being great-minded (great-minded, noble, magnanimous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmanas

mahāmanas - great-minded, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+manas)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Refers to the Vasu Dyau.