महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-140, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
इत्युक्तः स तदा तूष्णीमभूद्वायुस्ततोऽब्रवीत् ।
शृणु राजन्नगस्त्यस्य माहात्म्यं ब्राह्मणस्य ह ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
ityuktaḥ sa tadā tūṣṇīmabhūdvāyustato'bravīt ,
śṛṇu rājannagastyasya māhātmyaṁ brāhmaṇasya ha.

1. bhīṣma uvāca iti uktaḥ sa tadā tūṣṇīm abhūt vāyuḥ tataḥ
abravīt śṛṇu rājan agastyasya māhātmyam brāhmaṇasya ha

1. Bhishma said: Having been spoken to in this manner, he then became silent. Then Vayu spoke: "O King, listen to the greatness of the brahmin Agastya."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma (the speaker) (Bhishma (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he (Bhishma) said (he said, he spoke)

• इति (iti) - thus, indicating the previous quote (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech))

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been spoken to (spoken, said, addressed)

• स (sa) - he (the king, Dhritarashtra, addressed by Bhishma) (he, that (masculine singular nominative))

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently (silently, quietly)

• अभूत् (abhūt) - he became (he was, it became)

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - Vayu (the deity/speaker) (Vayu (deity of wind), wind)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, from that, thereafter)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he (Vayu) spoke (he spoke, he said)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! (O King) (listen!, hear!)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative, addressing the listener, Dhritarashtra) (O king)

• अगस्त्यस्य (agastyasya) - of Agastya (the sage) (of Agastya)

• माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness (greatness, glory, majesty)

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the brahmin (Agastya) (of the brahmin)

• ह (ha) - indeed, emphasizing the statement (indeed, surely (an emphatic particle))

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma (the speaker) (Bhishma (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character in the Mahābhārata)

Root: bhī (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - he (Bhishma) said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect

from root vac- (class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, indicating the previous quote (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been spoken to (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said

Past Passive Participle

from root vac- (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Past Passive Participle

स (sa) - he (the king, Dhritarashtra, addressed by Bhishma) (he, that (masculine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

adverbial derivative of tad

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently (silently, quietly)

(indeclinable)

adverb

अभूत् (abhūt) - he became (he was, it became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist

from root bhū- (class 1), a-augmentation

Root: bhū (class 1)

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - Vayu (the deity/speaker) (Vayu (deity of wind), wind)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, Vayu (name of a deity)

Root: vā (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, from that, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

ablative of tad (that), adverbialized

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he (Vayu) spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect

from root brū- (class 2) with a-augmentation

Root: brū (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! (O King) (listen!, hear!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of śru

Imperative

from root śru- (class 5)

Root: śru (class 5)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative, addressing the listener, Dhritarashtra) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

अगस्त्यस्य (agastyasya) - of Agastya (the sage) (of Agastya)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - Agastya (name of a great sage)

माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness (greatness, glory, majesty)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māhātmya

māhātmya - greatness, glory, majesty

from mahātman (great-souled) + suffix -ya

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the brahmin (Agastya) (of the brahmin)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - brahmin, belonging to Brahmā

Root: bṛh (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed, emphasizing the statement (indeed, surely (an emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

particle