महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-144, verse-21

ततोऽहं ज्वलमानं वै पायसं प्रत्यवेदयम् ।
तद्भुक्त्वैव तु स क्षिप्रं ततो वचनमब्रवीत् ।
क्षिप्रमङ्गानि लिम्पस्व पायसेनेति स स्म ह ॥२१॥

21. tato'haṁ jvalamānaṁ vai pāyasaṁ pratyavedayam ,
tadbhuktvaiva tu sa kṣipraṁ tato vacanamabravīt ,
kṣipramaṅgāni limpasva pāyaseneti sa sma ha.

21. tataḥ aham jvalamānam vai pāyasam
pratyavedayam tat bhuktvā eva tu saḥ
kṣipram tataḥ vacanam abravīt kṣipram
aṅgāni limpasva pāyasena iti saḥ sma ha

21. Then I offered him the still-hot rice pudding. Having eaten it immediately, he quickly spoke these words: "Quickly smear your limbs with the rice pudding!"

Words meanings summery:

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

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ज्वलमानम् (jvalamānam) - still-hot (burning, blazing, hot)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• पायसम् (pāyasam) - rice pudding

• प्रत्यवेदयम् (pratyavedayam) - I offered, I presented

• तत् (tat) - the rice pudding (that, it)

• भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having eaten, after eating

• एव (eva) - immediately after (only, just)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• सः (saḥ) - he (the sage)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

• वचनम् (vacanam) - these words (word, speech, command)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs, body parts

• लिम्पस्व (limpasva) - smear (yourself)

• पायसेन (pāyasena) - with rice pudding

• इति (iti) - thus (introduces direct speech)

• सः (saḥ) - the sage (he)

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our

ज्वलमानम् (jvalamānam) - still-hot (burning, blazing, hot)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jvalamāna

jvalamāna - burning, blazing, shining, hot

Present Active Participle

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'pāyasam'.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

पायसम् (pāyasam) - rice pudding

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāyasa

pāyasa - rice pudding, milk dish, sweet gruel

प्रत्यवेदयम् (pratyavedayam) - I offered, I presented

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of prativeday

causative/denominative from prati-vid

Prefix: prati

Root: vid (class 2)

तत् (tat) - the rice pudding (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having eaten, after eating

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Indeclinable verbal participle indicating prior action.

एव (eva) - immediately after (only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the immediacy of the action.

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he (the sage)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - these words (word, speech, command)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, command

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

root of 2nd class, Ātmanepada, sometimes Parasmaipada

Root: brū (class 2)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs, body parts

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body part, constituent, member

लिम्पस्व (limpasva) - smear (yourself)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of lip

root of 6th class, Parasmaipada/Ātmanepada

Root: lip (class 6)

पायसेन (pāyasena) - with rice pudding

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pāyasa

pāyasa - rice pudding, milk dish, sweet gruel

इति (iti) - thus (introduces direct speech)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - the sage (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to reinforce the narrative past, although 'abravīt' is already a past tense form.

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)