महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-113, verse-7

भीष्म उवाच ।
एवमस्त्विति चोक्तः स वरदेन महात्मना ।
प्रतिलभ्य वरं श्रेष्ठं ययावुष्ट्रः स्वकं वनम् ॥७॥

7. bhīṣma uvāca ,
evamastviti coktaḥ sa varadena mahātmanā ,
pratilabhya varaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ yayāvuṣṭraḥ svakaṁ vanam.

7. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca evam astu iti ca uktaḥ saḥ varadena mahātmanā
pratilabya varam śreṣṭham yayau uṣṭraḥ svakam vanam

7. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca varadena mahātmanā evam astu iti ca uktaḥ
saḥ uṣṭraḥ śreṣṭham varam pratilabya svakam vanam yayau

7. Bhīṣma said: And having been told "So be it" by the great-souled (mahātman) bestower of boons, that camel, having received the excellent boon, went back to its own forest.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The narrator of this story. (Bhīṣma (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be, so be it

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• च (ca) - and, also

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - said, spoken, told

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to the camel. (he, that)

• वरदेन (varadena) - Refers to Brahmā. (by the boon-giver, by the bestower of wishes)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - Refers to Brahmā. (by the great-souled, by the noble one)

• प्रतिलब्य (pratilabya) - having obtained, having received

• वरम् (varam) - The granted boon of a long neck. (boon, wish)

• श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - best, excellent, foremost

• ययौ (yayau) - went, departed

• उष्ट्रः (uṣṭraḥ) - camel

• स्वकम् (svakam) - own, his own

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The narrator of this story. (Bhīṣma (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a character in the Mahābhārata), terrible, formidable

Root: bhī (class 3)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect

3rd person singular, active voice. Reduplicated perfect.

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of the direct speech: 'So be it'.

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be, so be it

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative

3rd person singular, active voice. Expresses a command or wish.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of the direct speech: 'So be it'.

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of direct speech.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - said, spoken, told

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vac

vac - to speak, to say

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak). Masculine, nominative singular, agreeing with 'saḥ' (the camel).

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - Refers to the camel. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वरदेन (varadena) - Refers to Brahmā. (by the boon-giver, by the bestower of wishes)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of varada

varada - boon-giver, bestower of wishes

Compound type : tatpurusha (vara+da)

• vara – boon, wish, blessing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)
• da – giving, bestowing (suffix)
  noun (masculine)
  Suffix -da, derived from root 'dā' (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Indicates the agent of the action 'uktaḥ'.

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - Refers to Brahmā. (by the great-souled, by the noble one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, (referring to Brahmā)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'varadena'.

प्रतिलब्य (pratilabya) - having obtained, having received

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form with prefix 'prati-' and suffix -ya, indicating an action completed before the main verb.

Prefix: prati

Root: labh (class 1)

वरम् (varam) - The granted boon of a long neck. (boon, wish)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, wish, blessing, choice

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Object of 'pratilabya'.

श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - best, excellent, foremost

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, excellent, foremost, most beautiful

Superlative degree suffix -iṣṭha.

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'varam'.

ययौ (yayau) - went, departed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of yā

Perfect

3rd person singular, active voice. Reduplicated perfect.

Root: yā (class 2)

उष्ट्रः (uṣṭraḥ) - camel

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uṣṭra

uṣṭra - camel

Note: Subject of the verb 'yayau'.

स्वकम् (svakam) - own, his own

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svaka

svaka - own, one's own, peculiar to oneself

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'vanam'.

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Note: Object of the verb 'yayau'.