महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-320, verse-25

ततः प्रभृति चाद्यापि शब्दानुच्चारितान्पृथक् ।
गिरिगह्वरपृष्ठेषु व्याजहार शुकं प्रति ॥२५॥

25. tataḥ prabhṛti cādyāpi śabdānuccāritānpṛthak ,
girigahvarapṛṣṭheṣu vyājahāra śukaṁ prati.

25. tataḥ prabhṛti ca adya api śabdān uccāritān pṛthak
girigahvarapṛṣṭheṣu vi ā jahāra śukam prati

25. From that time onwards, and even to this day, distinctly uttered words were spoken back to Shuka from the surfaces of mountain caves.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that time (then, thereupon, from that)

• प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from (that time onwards) (from, beginning with, since)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover)

• शब्दान् (śabdān) - words (words, sounds)

• उच्चारितान् (uccāritān) - distinctly uttered (uttered, pronounced, spoken)

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - distinctly (separately, distinctly, individually)

• गिरिगह्वरपृष्ठेषु (girigahvarapṛṣṭheṣu) - on the surfaces of mountain caves

• वि (vi) - prefix 'vi' to the verb 'jahāra' (asunder, apart, away)

• आ (ā) - prefix 'ā' to the verb 'jahāra' (towards, near, until)

• जहार (jahāra) - spoke, uttered (with prefixes 'vi' and 'ā') (carried, took)

• शुकम् (śukam) - the sage Shuka (Shuka)

• प्रति (prati) - towards, to (towards, to, concerning)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - from that time (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from (that time onwards) (from, beginning with, since)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'tataḥ' to mean 'from that time onwards'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover)

(indeclinable)

शब्दान् (śabdān) - words (words, sounds)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śabda

śabda - sound, word, voice, noise

उच्चारितान् (uccāritān) - distinctly uttered (uttered, pronounced, spoken)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of uccārita

uccārita - uttered, pronounced, spoken, recited

Past Passive Participle

From root 'car' (to move) with prefixes 'ut' (up, out) and 'ā' (towards).

Prefixes: ut+ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śabdān'.

पृथक् (pṛthak) - distinctly (separately, distinctly, individually)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'uccāritān'.

गिरिगह्वरपृष्ठेषु (girigahvarapṛṣṭheṣu) - on the surfaces of mountain caves

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of girigahvarapṛṣṭha

girigahvarapṛṣṭha - surface/side of a mountain cave

Compound type : tatpurusha (giri+gahvara+pṛṣṭha)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• gahvara – cave, cavern, deep recess
  noun (neuter)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top, side
  noun (neuter)

वि (vi) - prefix 'vi' to the verb 'jahāra' (asunder, apart, away)

(indeclinable)

आ (ā) - prefix 'ā' to the verb 'jahāra' (towards, near, until)

(indeclinable)

जहार (jahāra) - spoke, uttered (with prefixes 'vi' and 'ā') (carried, took)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of hṛ

Perfect tense (liṭ), Parasmaipada

Reduplicated perfect form of root 'hṛ'.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

शुकम् (śukam) - the sage Shuka (Shuka)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - parrot; the sage Shuka (son of Vyasa)

प्रति (prati) - towards, to (towards, to, concerning)

(indeclinable)