महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-98, verse-8

उवाच ममता तं तु देवरं वदतां वरम् ।
अन्तर्वत्नी अहं भ्रात्रा ज्येष्ठेनारम्यतामिति ॥८॥

8. uvāca mamatā taṁ tu devaraṁ vadatāṁ varam ,
antarvatnī ahaṁ bhrātrā jyeṣṭhenāramyatāmiti.

8. uvāca mamatā tam tu devaram vadatām varam
antarvatnī aham bhrātrā jyeṣṭhena āramyatām iti

8. Mamata then said to him, her brother-in-law (devara) and the foremost among speakers: 'I am pregnant (antarvatnī) by my elder brother-in-law. Please, desist!'

Words meanings summery:

• उवाच (uvāca) - Mamata said (he/she said, spoke)

• ममता (mamatā) - Mamata (proper name), attachment, possessiveness

• तम् (tam) - him (Bṛhaspati) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• तु (tu) - then, indeed (but, yet, on the other hand, indeed)

• देवरम् (devaram) - brother-in-law (husband's brother)

• वदताम् (vadatām) - among speakers (among speakers, of those who speak)

• वरम् (varam) - the best (best, excellent, boon)

• अन्तर्वत्नी (antarvatnī) - pregnant, enceinte

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by (my) brother-in-law (Utathya) (by/with a brother)

• ज्येष्ठेन (jyeṣṭhena) - by the elder (brother-in-law) (by/with the eldest, senior)

• आरम्यताम् (āramyatām) - please desist, let it be stopped (request to Bṛhaspati) (let it be stopped, let him desist, let him enjoy)

• इति (iti) - marking the end of direct speech (thus, so, marking direct speech)

Words meanings and morphology

उवाच (uvāca) - Mamata said (he/she said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd person singular, Parasmaidapada

Irregular perfect form

Root: vac (class 2)

ममता (mamatā) - Mamata (proper name), attachment, possessiveness

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mamatā

mamatā - Mamata (a proper name), attachment, possessiveness

तम् (tam) - him (Bṛhaspati) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - then, indeed (but, yet, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

देवरम् (devaram) - brother-in-law (husband's brother)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of devara

devara - husband's brother

वदताम् (vadatām) - among speakers (among speakers, of those who speak)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vadat

vadat - speaking, speaker

Present Active Participle

from root vad (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

वरम् (varam) - the best (best, excellent, boon)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choice, boon

Root: vṛ (class 5)

अन्तर्वत्नी (antarvatnī) - pregnant, enceinte

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of antarvatnī

antarvatnī - pregnant

derived from antar (inside) + vat (possessive suffix)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by (my) brother-in-law (Utathya) (by/with a brother)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

ज्येष्ठेन (jyeṣṭhena) - by the elder (brother-in-law) (by/with the eldest, senior)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, senior, best

superlative degree of an old root *jyā (to be mighty)

आरम्यताम् (āramyatām) - please desist, let it be stopped (request to Bṛhaspati) (let it be stopped, let him desist, let him enjoy)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of ram

Imperative 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada, Passive voice, with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: The passive form here implies 'let it be stopped (by you)', functioning as a request to desist.

इति (iti) - marking the end of direct speech (thus, so, marking direct speech)

(indeclinable)