महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-99, verse-9

तमहं शापभीता च पितुर्भीता च भारत ।
वरैरसुलभैरुक्ता न प्रत्याख्यातुमुत्सहे ॥९॥

9. tamahaṁ śāpabhītā ca piturbhītā ca bhārata ,
varairasulabhairuktā na pratyākhyātumutsahe.

9. tam aham śāpabhītā ca pituḥ bhītā ca bhārata
varaiḥ asulabhaiḥ uktā na pratyākhyātum utsahe

9. O Bhārata, I was afraid of a curse and also afraid of my father. Promised such rare boons, I did not dare to refuse him.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शापभीता (śāpabhītā) - afraid of a curse

• च (ca) - and

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of father, from father

• भीता (bhītā) - afraid, frightened

• च (ca) - and

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

• वरैः (varaiḥ) - by boons, with boons

• असुलभैः (asulabhaiḥ) - by those difficult to obtain, by those hard to refuse

• उक्ता (uktā) - spoken, told, promised

• न (na) - not

• प्रत्याख्यातुम् (pratyākhyātum) - to refuse, to reject

• उत्सहे (utsahe) - I dare, I am able

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

शापभीता (śāpabhītā) - afraid of a curse

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śāpabhīta

śāpabhīta - frightened by a curse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāpa+bhīta)

• śāpa – curse, imprecation
  noun (masculine)
• bhīta – frightened, afraid, terrified
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `bhī` (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of father, from father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

भीता (bhītā) - afraid, frightened

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhīta

bhīta - frightened, afraid, terrified

Past Passive Participle

From root `bhī` (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata

वरैः (varaiḥ) - by boons, with boons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vara

vara - boon, wish, blessing, choice

असुलभैः (asulabhaiḥ) - by those difficult to obtain, by those hard to refuse

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of asulabha

asulabha - difficult to obtain, not easy to get, rare

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sulabha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sulabha – easy to obtain, easily accessible
  adjective
  Prefix: su
  Root: labh (class 1)

उक्ता (uktā) - spoken, told, promised

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, promised

Past Passive Participle

From root `vac` (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रत्याख्यातुम् (pratyākhyātum) - to refuse, to reject

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive of root `khyā` with prefixes `prati` and `ā`

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

उत्सहे (utsahe) - I dare, I am able

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of utsah

Prefix: ud

Root: sah (class 1)