महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-31, verse-18

नारद उवाच ।
तच्छ्रुत्वा सृञ्जयो वाक्यं पर्वतस्य महात्मनः ।
प्रसादयामास तदा नैतदेवं भवेदिति ॥१८॥

18. nārada uvāca ,
tacchrutvā sṛñjayo vākyaṁ parvatasya mahātmanaḥ ,
prasādayāmāsa tadā naitadevaṁ bhavediti.

18. nāradaḥ uvāca tat śrutvā sṛñjayaḥ vākyam parvatasya
mahātmanaḥ prasādayāmāsa tadā na etat evam bhavet iti

18. nāradaḥ uvāca sṛñjayaḥ mahātmanaḥ parvatasya tat vākyam
śrutvā tadā na etat evam bhavet iti prasādayāmāsa

18. Narada said: "Having heard that statement (vākya) of the great-souled (mahātman) Parvata, Sṛñjaya then propitiated him, saying, 'May this not be so!'"

Words meanings summery:

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Sage Narada (Narada (name of a divine sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तत् (tat) - that (speech) (that, it)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• सृञ्जयः (sṛñjayaḥ) - King Sṛñjaya (Sṛñjaya (proper name))

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• पर्वतस्य (parvatasya) - of Parvata

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one

• प्रसादयामास (prasādayāmāsa) - pleaded, propitiated (Parvata) (propitiated, appeased, begged, implored)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• न (na) - not, no

• एतत् (etat) - this (fate mentioned by Parvata) (this, it)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be (so) (may it be, should be, would be)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote (thus, so (quotation marker))

Words meanings and morphology

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Sage Narada (Narada (name of a divine sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Narada (proper name of a divine sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

Irregular perfect formation from root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (speech) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Acts as object of śrutvā.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix ktvā.

Root: śru (class 5)

सृञ्जयः (sṛñjayaḥ) - King Sṛñjaya (Sṛñjaya (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sṛñjaya

sṛñjaya - Sṛñjaya (proper name of a king)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of śrutvā.

पर्वतस्य (parvatasya) - of Parvata

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain; a proper name (of a sage)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound mahā (great) + ātman (self, soul).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with parvatasya.

प्रसादयामास (prasādayāmāsa) - pleaded, propitiated (Parvata) (propitiated, appeased, begged, implored)

(verb)

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

Periphrastic Perfect active

Formed from the causative stem prasādaya and āsa (perfect of as).

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Compound of noun-stem prasādaya + perfect of auxiliary as.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From tad with suffix dā.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (fate mentioned by Parvata) (this, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Subject of bhavet.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be (so) (may it be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative active

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote (thus, so (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)