महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-106, verse-8

भगीरथ उवाच ।
निःशङ्कमन्नमददं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः शतं सहस्राणि सदैव दानम् ।
ब्राह्मं व्रतं नित्यमास्थाय विद्धि न त्वेवाहं तस्य फलादिहागाम् ॥८॥

8. bhagīratha uvāca ,
niḥśaṅkamannamadadaṁ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ; śataṁ sahasrāṇi sadaiva dānam ,
brāhmaṁ vrataṁ nityamāsthāya viddhi; na tvevāhaṁ tasya phalādihāgām.

8. bhagīratha uvāca niḥśaṅkam annam adadam
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ śatam sahasrāṇi sadā eva
dānam brāhmam vratam nityam āsthāya
viddhi na tu eva aham tasya phalāt iha āgām

8. bhagīratha uvāca aham niḥśaṅkam brāhmaṇebhyaḥ
śatam sahasrāṇi annam sadā eva dānam
adadam brāhmam vratam nityam āsthāya
viddhi tu aham tasya phalāt iha na eva āgām

8. Bhagīratha said: 'I fearlessly gave food (anna) to Brahmins—hundreds of thousands of donations (dāna) always. Know that I regularly performed the sacred vow (brāhma vrata), but I did not come here by the fruit of that (action).

Words meanings summery:

• भगीरथ (bhagīratha) - Bhagīratha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• निःशङ्कम् (niḥśaṅkam) - fearlessly (without doubt, fearlessly)

• अन्नम् (annam) - food (food, sustenance)

• अददम् (adadam) - I gave

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to Brahmins

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever)

• एव (eva) - always (only, just, indeed (emphatic particle))

• दानम् (dānam) - donation (dāna) (gift, giving, donation (dāna))

• ब्राह्मम् (brāhmam) - sacred (sacred, related to Brahman, divine)

• व्रतम् (vratam) - sacred vow (vow, sacred observance)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - regularly (always, constantly, regularly)

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having performed (having undertaken, having performed, resorting to)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know! (know! (imperative))

• न (na) - not

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (only, just, indeed)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (action/vow) (of that, his)

• फलात् (phalāt) - by the fruit (from the fruit, result)

• इह (iha) - here

• आगाम् (āgām) - I came (I came, I arrived)

Words meanings and morphology

भगीरथ (bhagīratha) - Bhagīratha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagīratha

bhagīratha - Bhagīratha (a legendary king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active third singular

Root: vac (class 2)

निःशङ्कम् (niḥśaṅkam) - fearlessly (without doubt, fearlessly)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+śaṅkā)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
  prefix/indeclinable particle
• śaṅkā – doubt, fear
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śaṅk (class 1)

Note: used adverbially

अन्नम् (annam) - food (food, sustenance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain, boiled rice

past passive participle of ad (to eat) used as a noun

Root: ad (class 2)

अददम् (adadam) - I gave

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of dā

aorist active first singular, reduplicated

Root: dā (class 3)

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to Brahmins

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śata

śata - hundred

Note: functioning as an adjective for 'sahasrāṇi' or implying 'hundreds of'

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: refers to 'dānam' in the plural, implying thousands of acts of giving

सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever)

(indeclinable)

Note: adverb of time

एव (eva) - always (only, just, indeed (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: used here to emphasize the continuous nature of 'sadā dānam'

दानम् (dānam) - donation (dāna) (gift, giving, donation (dāna))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - gift, giving, donation, act of giving

root dā + suffix -ana

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: object of 'adadam', referring to the act of giving in general

ब्राह्मम् (brāhmam) - sacred (sacred, related to Brahman, divine)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brāhma

brāhma - relating to Brahman, sacred, divine

Note: modifies vratam

व्रतम् (vratam) - sacred vow (vow, sacred observance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, sacred observance, religious duty

Note: object of implied performance, or with āsthāya

नित्यम् (nityam) - regularly (always, constantly, regularly)

(indeclinable)

Note: used adverbially (accusative neuter singular form of adjective)

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having performed (having undertaken, having performed, resorting to)

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

from root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: completes an action before the main verb 'viddhi'

विद्धि (viddhi) - know! (know! (imperative))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

imperative active second singular, root class 2

Root: vid (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Note: connects two contrasting ideas

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: emphatic particle

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (action/vow) (of that, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: refers to the vow/actions mentioned

फलात् (phalāt) - by the fruit (from the fruit, result)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence

Note: denotes cause or origin, 'from the fruit of'

इह (iha) - here

(indeclinable)

Note: locative adverb

आगाम् (āgām) - I came (I came, I arrived)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of ā + gam

aorist active first singular

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)