महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-17, verse-166

तण्डिः प्रोवाच शुक्राय गौतमायाह भार्गवः ।
वैवस्वताय मनवे गौतमः प्राह माधव ॥१६६॥

166. taṇḍiḥ provāca śukrāya gautamāyāha bhārgavaḥ ,
vaivasvatāya manave gautamaḥ prāha mādhava.

166. taṇḍiḥ provāca śukrāya gautamāya āha bhārgavaḥ
vaivasvatāya manave gautamaḥ prāha mādhava

166. Taṇḍi spoke to Śukra. Bhārgava (Śukra) spoke to Gautama. Gautama spoke to Vaivasvata Manu, O Mādhava.

Words meanings summery:

• तण्डिः (taṇḍiḥ) - Taṇḍi

• प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke (spoke, said, declared)

• शुक्राय (śukrāya) - to Śukra

• गौतमाय (gautamāya) - to Gautama

• आह (āha) - spoke (said, spoke)

• भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - Bhārgava (Śukra) (son of Bhṛgu, Bhārgava (an epithet of Śukra))

• वैवस्वताय (vaivasvatāya) - to Vaivasvata

• मनवे (manave) - to Manu

• गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama

• प्राह (prāha) - spoke (said, spoke)

• माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (Mādhava (an epithet of Kṛṣṇa))

Words meanings and morphology

तण्डिः (taṇḍiḥ) - Taṇḍi

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taṇḍi

taṇḍi - Taṇḍi (a sage)

प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke (spoke, said, declared)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Perfect tense of root vac with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

शुक्राय (śukrāya) - to Śukra

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of śukra

śukra - Śukra (name of a sage, preceptor of daityas, also the planet Venus)

गौतमाय (gautamāya) - to Gautama

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - Gautama (name of a sage)

आह (āha) - spoke (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect tense

Perfect tense of root ah (defective verb).

Root: ah (class 2)

Note: Alternative perfect form of 'vac'.

भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - Bhārgava (Śukra) (son of Bhṛgu, Bhārgava (an epithet of Śukra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhṛgu, pertaining to Bhṛgu (an epithet of Śukra)

Derived from Bhṛgu.

Note: Refers to Śukra.

वैवस्वताय (vaivasvatāya) - to Vaivasvata

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vaivasvata

vaivasvata - descendant of Vivasvat (an epithet of Manu)

Derived from Vivasvat.

Note: Refers to Manu.

मनवे (manave) - to Manu

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of manu

manu - Manu (progenitor of mankind, lawgiver)

Root: man (class 4)

गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - Gautama (name of a sage)

प्राह (prāha) - spoke (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect tense

Perfect tense of root ah (defective verb) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (Mādhava (an epithet of Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - descendant of Madhu, lord of Lakṣmī (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)

Derived from Madhu.