महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-319, verse-26

अब्रवीत्तास्तदा वाक्यं शुकः परमधर्मवित् ।
पिता यद्यनुगच्छेन्मां क्रोशमानः शुकेति वै ॥२६॥

26. abravīttāstadā vākyaṁ śukaḥ paramadharmavit ,
pitā yadyanugacchenmāṁ krośamānaḥ śuketi vai.

26. abravīt tāḥ tadā vākyam śukaḥ paramadharmavit
pitā yadi anugacchet mām krośamānaḥ śuka iti vai

26. tadā paramadharmavit śukaḥ tāḥ vākyam abravīt:
"yadi pitā vai krośamānaḥ 'śuka' iti mām anugacchet"

26. Then Śuka, the knower of the supreme natural law (dharma), spoke this statement to them: 'If my father follows me, indeed calling out "Śuka!"'

Words meanings summery:

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he spoke, he said)

• ताः (tāḥ) - to them (the deities) (them (feminine plural))

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - this statement / word (word, speech, statement, sentence)

• शुकः (śukaḥ) - Śuka (the sage) (Śuka (name of a sage, son of Vyāsa), parrot)

• परमधर्मवित् (paramadharmavit) - knower of the supreme natural law (dharma) (knower of the highest natural law (dharma))

• पिता (pitā) - my father (Vyāsa) (father)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

• अनुगच्छेत् (anugacchet) - follows (he should follow, he follows)

• माम् (mām) - me

• क्रोशमानः (krośamānaḥ) - calling out (calling out, crying)

• शुक (śuka) - "Śuka!" (the name being called) (Śuka (as a vocative))

• इति (iti) - (quotation marker after "Śuka") (thus, so (quotation marker))

• वै (vai) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, verily (emphatic particle))

Words meanings and morphology

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Active

Root √brū (2U, to speak). Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: brū (class 2)

ताः (tāḥ) - to them (the deities) (them (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, she, they

Demonstrative pronoun.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) + suffix 'dā' indicating time.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - this statement / word (word, speech, statement, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, statement, sentence

From √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

शुकः (śukaḥ) - Śuka (the sage) (Śuka (name of a sage, son of Vyāsa), parrot)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - Śuka (proper name of Vyāsa's son), parrot

परमधर्मवित् (paramadharmavit) - knower of the supreme natural law (dharma) (knower of the highest natural law (dharma))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramadharmavit

paramadharmavid - knower of the supreme (dharma)

From 'parama' (supreme) + 'dharma' (duty, law) + √vid (to know).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+dharma+vid)

• parama – supreme, highest, utmost
  adjective (masculine)
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• vid – knowing, knower
  adjective (masculine)
  From √vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

पिता (pitā) - my father (Vyāsa) (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

अनुगच्छेत् (anugacchet) - follows (he should follow, he follows)

(verb)

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

Optative Active

From √gam (1P, to go) with prefix 'anu'. Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person pronoun.

क्रोशमानः (krośamānaḥ) - calling out (calling out, crying)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krośamāna

kruś - to cry, shout, call out

Present Middle Participle

From √kruś (1P, to cry) in the present middle participle form.

Root: kruś (class 1)

शुक (śuka) - "Śuka!" (the name being called) (Śuka (as a vocative))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - Śuka (proper name of Vyāsa's son), parrot

इति (iti) - (quotation marker after "Śuka") (thus, so (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, verily (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.