महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-216, verse-7

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
नैतत्ते साधु मघवन्यदेतदनुपृच्छसि ।
पृष्टस्तु नानृतं ब्रूयात्तस्माद्वक्ष्यामि ते बलिम् ॥७॥

7. brahmovāca ,
naitatte sādhu maghavanyadetadanupṛcchasi ,
pṛṣṭastu nānṛtaṁ brūyāttasmādvakṣyāmi te balim.

7. brahmā uvāca na etat te sādhu maghavan yat etat anupṛcchasi
pṛṣṭaḥ tu na anṛtam brūyāt tasmāt vakṣyāmi te balim

7. Brahma said: O Maghavan (Indra), this that you are asking is not proper for you. However, one who is questioned should not speak untruth, therefore I will explain that tribute to you.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahma (the deity) (Brahma (the creator god))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the question) (this, this one)

• ते (te) - for you (dative) (to you, your)

• साधु (sādhu) - proper, good (good, proper, virtuous, well)

• मघवन् (maghavan) - O Maghavan (an epithet for Indra) (O Maghavan, O Indra)

• यत् (yat) - that (conjunction introducing a subordinate clause) (that, which, because)

• एतत् (etat) - this (object of the verb 'anupṛcchasi') (this, this one)

• अनुपृच्छसि (anupṛcchasi) - you are asking (you ask, you inquire)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - one who is questioned, being asked (asked, questioned)

• तु (tu) - however (but, indeed, however)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth (untruth, falsehood)

• ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - one should speak

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will explain, I will tell (I will say, I will tell)

• ते (te) - to you (dative) (to you, your)

• बलिम् (balim) - tribute, offering (tribute, offering, tax)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahma (the deity) (Brahma (the creator god))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator god), priest, the Absolute (brahman)

Note: Long 'ā' indicates the deity.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, active voice

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak), perfect tense (liṭ).

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the question) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it

Note: Also accusative singular neuter.

ते (te) - for you (dative) (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Enclitic form of dative/genitive singular of yuṣmad

Note: Also genitive.

साधु (sādhu) - proper, good (good, proper, virtuous, well)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, proper, virtuous, excellent, saintly, well

मघवन् (maghavan) - O Maghavan (an epithet for Indra) (O Maghavan, O Indra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maghavan

maghavan - Indra, a wealthy or powerful person

Note: The form 'Maghavan' is the vocative singular.

यत् (yat) - that (conjunction introducing a subordinate clause) (that, which, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that, because, since

Note: Also accusative singular neuter.

एतत् (etat) - this (object of the verb 'anupṛcchasi') (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it

अनुपृच्छसि (anupṛcchasi) - you are asking (you ask, you inquire)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anu-prac

present tense, active voice

Derived from root 'prac' (to ask) with prefix 'anu'

Prefix: anu

Root: prac (class 6)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - one who is questioned, being asked (asked, questioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'prac' (to ask).

Root: prac (class 6)

Note: Refers to 'one who has been asked'.

तु (tu) - however (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth (untruth, falsehood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, lie

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'ṛta' (truth)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)

ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - one should speak

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of brū

Optative mood, active voice

Derived from root 'brū' (to speak)

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: The subject is implied ('one').

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of 'tad'

Note: Originally ablative of 'tad'.

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will explain, I will tell (I will say, I will tell)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future tense, active voice

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - to you (dative) (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Enclitic form of dative/genitive singular of yuṣmad

Note: Also genitive.

बलिम् (balim) - tribute, offering (tribute, offering, tax)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bali

bali - tribute, offering, tax, strength, sacrifice