महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-22, verse-17

तमुवाच ततो विप्रः प्रतिगृह्णीष्व मे सुताम् ।
नक्षत्रतिथिसंयोगे पात्रं हि परमं भवान् ॥१७॥

17. tamuvāca tato vipraḥ pratigṛhṇīṣva me sutām ,
nakṣatratithisaṁyoge pātraṁ hi paramaṁ bhavān.

17. tam uvāca tataḥ vipraḥ pratigṛhṇīṣva me sutām
nakṣatra-tithi-saṃyoge pātram hi paramam bhavān

17. tataḥ vipraḥ tam uvāca me sutām pratigṛhṇīṣva
hi bhavān nakṣatra-tithi-saṃyoge paramam pātram

17. Then the Brahmin said to him, 'Please accept my daughter. Indeed, you are the most suitable recipient for this auspicious conjunction of star and lunar day.'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - to him (Aṣṭāvakra) (him, that)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, from there)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - the Brahmin (Aṣṭāvakra's father, Kahola) (a Brahmin)

• प्रतिगृह्णीष्व (pratigṛhṇīṣva) - please accept (accept, receive)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• सुताम् (sutām) - my daughter (daughter)

• नक्षत्र-तिथि-संयोगे (nakṣatra-tithi-saṁyoge) - on this auspicious planetary alignment for marriage (on the conjunction of star and lunar day)

• पात्रम् (pātram) - the most worthy recipient (worthy recipient, vessel)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely)

• परमम् (paramam) - most suitable (supreme, best)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (Aṣṭāvakra) (your honor, you)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - to him (Aṣṭāvakra) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him

Note: Object of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect form of √vac (class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, from there)

(indeclinable)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - the Brahmin (Aṣṭāvakra's father, Kahola) (a Brahmin)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - a Brahmin, a sage

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

प्रतिगृह्णीष्व (pratigṛhṇīṣva) - please accept (accept, receive)

(verb)

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

Imperative, Middle Voice

2nd person singular imperative, middle voice from pra-ti- + √grah (to seize, accept)

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सुताम् (sutām) - my daughter (daughter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

Feminine of suta (son), from √sū (to beget)

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Object of 'pratigṛhṇīṣva'.

नक्षत्र-तिथि-संयोगे (nakṣatra-tithi-saṁyoge) - on this auspicious planetary alignment for marriage (on the conjunction of star and lunar day)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nakṣatra-tithi-saṃyoga

nakṣatra-tithi-saṁyoga - conjunction of stellar constellation (nakṣatra) and lunar day (tithi)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nakṣatra+tithi+saṃyoga)

• nakṣatra – star, lunar mansion
  noun (neuter)
• tithi – lunar day
  noun (feminine)
• saṃyoga – conjunction, union, combination
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam- + √yuj (to join)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

पात्रम् (pātram) - the most worthy recipient (worthy recipient, vessel)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pātra

pātra - vessel, recipient, worthy person

Note: Predicate nominative for 'bhavān'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

परमम् (paramam) - most suitable (supreme, best)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, excellent, best

Note: Modifies 'pātram'.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (Aṣṭāvakra) (your honor, you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), your honor

Present Active Participle (from bhū, used as pronoun)

Derived from √bhū (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'to be'.