महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-330, verse-10

नोक्तपूर्वं मया क्षुद्रमश्लीलं वा कदाचन ।
ऋता ब्रह्मसुता सा मे सत्या देवी सरस्वती ॥१०॥

10. noktapūrvaṁ mayā kṣudramaślīlaṁ vā kadācana ,
ṛtā brahmasutā sā me satyā devī sarasvatī.

10. na ukta-pūrvaṁ mayā kṣudram aślīlam vā kadācana
ṛtā brahma-sutā sā me satyā devī sarasvatī

10. Never before have I spoken anything petty or vulgar. That truthful, divine Sarasvati, daughter of Brahmā, embodying cosmic order (ṛtā), is eternally with me.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• उक्त-पूर्वं (ukta-pūrvaṁ) - previously spoken, formerly said

• मया (mayā) - by me

• क्षुद्रम् (kṣudram) - petty, mean, vulgar, small

• अश्लीलम् (aślīlam) - indecent, vulgar, obscene, not beautiful

• वा (vā) - or, either

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time, never (with negation)

• ऋता (ṛtā) - embodying cosmic order/truth (truthful, right, orderly, cosmic order)

• ब्रह्म-सुता (brahma-sutā) - daughter of Brahmā

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• सत्या (satyā) - truthful, real, true

• देवी (devī) - goddess, divine

• सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvati (goddess of knowledge, speech, art)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

उक्त-पूर्वं (ukta-pūrvaṁ) - previously spoken, formerly said

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ukta-pūrva

ukta-pūrva - previously spoken, formerly said

Compound 'ukta' (spoken) + 'pūrva' (before)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ukta+pūrva)

• ukta – spoken, said
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vac' (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• pūrva – former, previous
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Refers to something (speech) that was not previously uttered.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Instrumental singular of `aham`

क्षुद्रम् (kṣudram) - petty, mean, vulgar, small

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣudra

kṣudra - small, minute, low, mean, insignificant

Root: kṣud (class 7)

अश्लीलम् (aślīlam) - indecent, vulgar, obscene, not beautiful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aślīla

aślīla - indecent, ungraceful, improper

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' (not) and 'ślīla' (graceful, decent)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ślīla)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• ślīla – decent, graceful, proper
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: ślī (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time, never (with negation)

(indeclinable)

Formed from `kadā` + `cana`

ऋता (ṛtā) - embodying cosmic order/truth (truthful, right, orderly, cosmic order)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ṛta

ṛta - truth, cosmic order, right

Root: ṛ

Note: Adjective modifying Sarasvatī.

ब्रह्म-सुता (brahma-sutā) - daughter of Brahmā

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of brahma-sutā

brahma-sutā - daughter of Brahmā

Compound 'brahman' (Brahmā) + 'sutā' (daughter)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+sutā)

• brahman – Brahmā (the creator god)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bṛh
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'sū' (to bring forth, bear)
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Compound modifying Sarasvatī.

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Feminine nominative singular of `tad`

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Dative/Genitive singular of `aham` (alternate form)

सत्या (satyā) - truthful, real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satya

satya - true, real, truthful

Feminine nominative singular form

Root: as

देवी (devī) - goddess, divine

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman

Feminine form of `deva`

Root: div (class 4)

सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvati (goddess of knowledge, speech, art)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvati (name of a goddess, river)

`saras` (fluid, speech) + `vatī` (possessing)