महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-352, verse-3

नाग उवाच ।
अनुक्त्वा मद्गतं कार्यं क्वेदानीं प्रस्थितो भवान् ।
उच्यतां द्विज यत्कार्यं यदर्थं त्वमिहागतः ॥३॥

3. nāga uvāca ,
anuktvā madgataṁ kāryaṁ kvedānīṁ prasthito bhavān ,
ucyatāṁ dvija yatkāryaṁ yadarthaṁ tvamihāgataḥ.

3. nāga uvāca | anuktvā madgatam kāryam kva idānīm prasthitaḥ
bhavān | ucyatām dvija yat kāryam yadartham tvam iha āgataḥ

3. nāga uvāca madgatam kāryam anuktvā bhavān idānīm kva
prasthitaḥ dvija yat kāryam yadartham tvam iha āgataḥ ucyatām

3. The Nāga said: "Without having told me the task that concerns me, where are you going now, Sir? O brahmin (dvija), let that task be stated, for which purpose you have come here."

Words meanings summery:

• नाग (nāga) - The Nāga (the speaker) (serpent, a class of semi-divine beings)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अनुक्त्वा (anuktvā) - without telling (without having said/spoken)

• मद्गतम् (madgatam) - concerning me (gone to me, fallen to my lot, pertaining to me)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, business, duty, task, to be done

• क्व (kva) - where? (where?, to what place?)

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at this time)

• प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - departed, going (departed, set forth, started)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you, Sir (you (honorific), Sir, Madam)

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be stated, tell (let it be said, let it be spoken)

• द्विज (dvija) - O brahmin (addressing the brahmin listener) (twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth)

• यत् (yat) - which (task) (which, what)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, business, duty, task, to be done

• यदर्थम् (yadartham) - for which purpose (for which purpose, why)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - have come (come, arrived, approached)

Words meanings and morphology

नाग (nāga) - The Nāga (the speaker) (serpent, a class of semi-divine beings)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, cobra, a semi-divine being (serpent deity)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

अनुक्त्वा (anuktvā) - without telling (without having said/spoken)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √vac (to speak) with negative prefix an- and suffix -ktvā.

Prefix: an

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Negated absolutive.

मद्गतम् (madgatam) - concerning me (gone to me, fallen to my lot, pertaining to me)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madgata

madgata - gone to me, fallen to my lot, pertaining to me

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mat+gata)

• mat – me, my (from asmad)
  pronoun
  Ablative singular of 'asmad'
• gata – gone, arrived at, pertaining to
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kāryam.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, business, duty, task, to be done

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, business, duty, task, to be done

Gerundive

From root √kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of anuktvā.

क्व (kva) - where? (where?, to what place?)

(indeclinable)

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at this time)

(indeclinable)

प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - departed, going (departed, set forth, started)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasthita

prasthita - departed, set forth, started

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (to stand) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicative for bhavān.

भवान् (bhavān) - you, Sir (you (honorific), Sir, Madam)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), Sir, Madam

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the question.

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be stated, tell (let it be said, let it be spoken)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

Imperative 3rd person singular, passive voice

Root: vac (class 2)

द्विज (dvija) - O brahmin (addressing the brahmin listener) (twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used as an address.

यत् (yat) - which (task) (which, what)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Relative pronoun for kāryam.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, business, duty, task, to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, business, duty, task, to be done

Gerundive

From root √kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of ucyatām.

यदर्थम् (yadartham) - for which purpose (for which purpose, why)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yad+artha)

• yad – which, what
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of āgataḥ.

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

आगतः (āgataḥ) - have come (come, arrived, approached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

From root √gam (to go) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicative for tvam.