महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-49, verse-24

ऋचीक उवाच ।
नोक्तपूर्वं मया भद्रे स्वैरेष्वप्यनृतं वचः ।
किमुताग्निं समाधाय मन्त्रवच्चरुसाधने ॥२४॥

24. ṛcīka uvāca ,
noktapūrvaṁ mayā bhadre svaireṣvapyanṛtaṁ vacaḥ ,
kimutāgniṁ samādhāya mantravaccarusādhane.

24. ṛcīka uvāca | na uktapūrvam mayā bhadre svairesu api anṛtam
vacaḥ | kim uta agnim samādhāya mantravat carusādhane

24. ṛcīka uvāca bhadre svairesu api
mayā anṛtam vacaḥ na uktapūrvam
kim uta agnim samādhāya mantravat
carusādhane (asatyam vadāmi)

24. Ṛcīka said: "O gentle lady, a false word has never been spoken by me, not even in casual conversations. How much less so when I have established the fire and am preparing the oblation (caru) with sacred mantras!"

Words meanings summery:

• ऋचीक (ṛcīka) - Ṛcīka (name of the sage, husband of Satyavatī) (Ṛcīka)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not

• उक्तपूर्वम् (uktapūrvam) - previously spoken, said before

• मया (mayā) - by me

• भद्रे (bhadre) - O Satyavatī (O gentle lady, O fortunate one)

• स्वैरेसु (svairesu) - in informal situations, in casual matters

• अपि (api) - even, also

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, false, lie

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, statement

• किम् (kim) - how much (less likely) (what, how much)

• उत (uta) - how much more then (or, moreover, indeed)

• अग्निम् (agnim) - the sacrificial fire (fire)

• समाधाय (samādhāya) - having kindled the sacrificial fire (having established, having kindled)

• मन्त्रवत् (mantravat) - reciting sacred mantras (with mantras, endowed with mantras)

• चरुसाधने (carusādhane) - during the preparation of the `caru` (cooked rice oblation) for a ritual (in the preparation of the oblation)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋचीक (ṛcīka) - Ṛcīka (name of the sage, husband of Satyavatī) (Ṛcīka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛcīka

ṛcīka - Ṛcīka (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense

Perfect active, 3rd person singular of √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

उक्तपूर्वम् (uktapūrvam) - previously spoken, said before

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uktapūrva

uktapūrva - spoken previously, said before

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ukta+pūrva)

• ukta – spoken, said
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)
• pūrva – prior, former, earlier, previously
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'vacaḥ'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

भद्रे (bhadre) - O Satyavatī (O gentle lady, O fortunate one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - gentle, good, auspicious; a gentle lady

स्वैरेसु (svairesu) - in informal situations, in casual matters

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of svaira

svaira - voluntary, unrestrained, informal, casual

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, false, lie

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untrue, false; untruth, falsehood, lie

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ṛta)

• an – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √ṛ (to go), often used as a noun meaning 'truth'.
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, statement

किम् (kim) - how much (less likely) (what, how much)

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - how much more then (or, moreover, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अग्निम् (agnim) - the sacrificial fire (fire)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire, sacrificial fire

समाधाय (samādhāya) - having kindled the sacrificial fire (having established, having kindled)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive (gerund) form from the verb √dhā (to place, to hold) with upasargas sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

मन्त्रवत् (mantravat) - reciting sacred mantras (with mantras, endowed with mantras)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial formation using the suffix -vat (like) appended to 'mantra'.

चरुसाधने (carusādhane) - during the preparation of the `caru` (cooked rice oblation) for a ritual (in the preparation of the oblation)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of carusādhana

carusādhana - preparation of a `caru` oblation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (caru+sādhana)

• caru – oblation of boiled rice or grain
  noun (masculine)
• sādhana – means, instrument, preparation, accomplishment
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from √sādh (to accomplish).
  Root: sādh (class 5)