महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-263, verse-20

भीष्म उवाच ।
ततस्तं मणिभद्रस्तु पुनर्वचनमब्रवीत् ।
देवानामेव वचनात्कुण्डधारं महाद्युतिम् ॥२०॥

20. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tatastaṁ maṇibhadrastu punarvacanamabravīt ,
devānāmeva vacanātkuṇḍadhāraṁ mahādyutim.

20. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tataḥ tam maṇibhadraḥ tu punaḥ vacanam
abravīt devānām eva vacanāt kuṇḍadhāram mahādyutim

20. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tataḥ maṇibhadraḥ tu devānām eva vacanāt
tam mahādyutim kuṇḍadhāram punaḥ vacanam abravīt

20. Bhishma said: Then Maṇibhadra again spoke these words to that great and radiant Kuṇḍadhāra, by the command of the gods themselves.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

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

• मणिभद्रः (maṇibhadraḥ) - Maṇibhadra (name of a Yaksha)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, command

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the word, by the command, according to the statement

• कुण्डधारम् (kuṇḍadhāram) - Kuṇḍadhāra (name of a being, lit. 'pot-bearer')

• महाद्युतिम् (mahādyutim) - of great splendor, very radiant

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru patriarch, son of Shantanu and Ganga)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas (ablative sense) applied to tad (that)

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

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मणिभद्रः (maṇibhadraḥ) - Maṇibhadra (name of a Yaksha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maṇibhadra

maṇibhadra - Maṇibhadra (a name, particularly of a Yaksha chief and companion of Kubera)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, command

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, utterance, word, speech, command

From root vac + an̩a suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (luṅ) of vac

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the word, by the command, according to the statement

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, utterance, word, speech, command

From root vac + an̩a suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

कुण्डधारम् (kuṇḍadhāram) - Kuṇḍadhāra (name of a being, lit. 'pot-bearer')

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kuṇḍadhāra

kuṇḍadhāra - Kuṇḍadhāra (name); one who holds a pitcher/bowl

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (kuṇḍa+dhāra)

• kuṇḍa – bowl, pitcher, water-pot
  noun (neuter)
• dhāra – holding, bearing (from dhṛ)
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root dhṛ + suffix aN
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

महाद्युतिम् (mahādyutim) - of great splendor, very radiant

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - of great splendor, very radiant

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+dyuti)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• dyuti – splendor, brilliance, radiance, lustre
  noun (feminine)
  From root dyut + ti suffix
  Root: dyut (class 1)