महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-16, verse-3

एवमस्त्विति तद्वाक्यं
मयोक्तः प्राह शंकरः ॥३॥

3. evamastviti tadvākyaṁ
mayoktaḥ prāha śaṁkaraḥ.

3. evam astu iti tat vākyam
mayā uktaḥ prāha śaṅkaraḥ

3. mayā uktaḥ śaṅkaraḥ tat
vākyam evam astu iti prāha

3. When I spoke to him, Lord Shankara said that statement, 'So be it.'

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - so (thus, so, in this manner)

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be (let it be, may it be)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking quotation) (thus, so (quotation marker))

• तत् (tat) - that (that, by that)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement (word, speech, statement)

• मया (mayā) - by me

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

• प्राह (prāha) - said (he spoke, he said)

• शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Lord Shankara (Shankara, Lord Shiva)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - so (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be (let it be, may it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus (marking quotation) (thus, so (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (that, by that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with vākyam (neuter accusative singular).

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of prāha.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in the passive construction with uktaḥ.

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

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies śaṅkaraḥ. 'Having been spoken to by me'.

प्राह (prāha) - said (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of prahā

Perfect tense of root ah (to say) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Lord Shankara (Shankara, Lord Shiva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaṅkara

śaṅkara - Shankara, a name of Shiva, giver of happiness

From śam (happiness) + kara (making)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of prāha.