महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-41, verse-13

एह्येहीति ततः सा तं प्रतिवक्तुमियेष च ।
स तां वाचं गुरोः पत्न्या विपुलः पर्यवर्तयत् ॥१३॥

13. ehyehīti tataḥ sā taṁ prativaktumiyeṣa ca ,
sa tāṁ vācaṁ guroḥ patnyā vipulaḥ paryavartayat.

13. ehyehi iti tataḥ sā tam prativaktum iyeṣa ca saḥ
tām vācam guroḥ patnyāḥ vipulaḥ paryavartayat

13. tataḥ sā 'ehyehi' iti tam prativaktum iyeṣa ca
saḥ vipulaḥ guror patnyāḥ tām vācam paryavartayat

13. Then, as she intended to reply to him, saying 'Come, come!', he (Śukra), by his great power, diverted that speech of the guru's wife.

Words meanings summery:

• एह्येहि (ehyehi) - Come! Come!

• इति (iti) - (indicating the preceding words are a quote) (thus, so, end of quotation)

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

• सा (sā) - she (the guru's wife) (she, that (feminine))

• तम् (tam) - him (Indra) (him, that (masculine))

• प्रतिवक्तुम् (prativaktum) - to reply (to reply, to speak against)

• इयेष (iyeṣa) - she wished, she desired

• च (ca) - and, also

• सः (saḥ) - he (Śukra) (he, that)

• ताम् (tām) - that (speech) (that (feminine))

• वाचम् (vācam) - speech (speech, word, voice)

• गुरोः (guroḥ) - of the guru (Bṛhaspati) (of the guru, from the guru)

• पत्न्याः (patnyāḥ) - of the wife (of the guru) (of the wife, from the wife)

• विपुलः (vipulaḥ) - great (describing Śukra's power or influence) (vast, great, extensive, abundant)

• पर्यवर्तयत् (paryavartayat) - he diverted (the speech) (he turned back, he diverted, he caused to turn around)

Words meanings and morphology

एह्येहि (ehyehi) - Come! Come!

(indeclinable)

Repetition of ehi (imperative 2nd singular of √i - to go)

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

इति (iti) - (indicating the preceding words are a quote) (thus, so, end of quotation)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

from tad + -tas

सा (sā) - she (the guru's wife) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: feminine nominative singular of tad

तम् (tam) - him (Indra) (him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine accusative singular of tad

प्रतिवक्तुम् (prativaktum) - to reply (to reply, to speak against)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

from prati-√vac + -tum

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

इयेष (iyeṣa) - she wished, she desired

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of iṣ

Perfect Active

from √iṣ, irregular perfect

Root: iṣ (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he (Śukra) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine nominative singular of tad

ताम् (tām) - that (speech) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: feminine accusative singular of tad

वाचम् (vācam) - speech (speech, word, voice)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice

Root: vac

गुरोः (guroḥ) - of the guru (Bṛhaspati) (of the guru, from the guru)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual guide, respected person

पत्न्याः (patnyāḥ) - of the wife (of the guru) (of the wife, from the wife)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of patnī

patnī - wife, spouse

विपुलः (vipulaḥ) - great (describing Śukra's power or influence) (vast, great, extensive, abundant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipula

vipula - vast, extensive, great, abundant

from vi + √pṛ

Prefix: vi

Root: pṛ

पर्यवर्तयत् (paryavartayat) - he diverted (the speech) (he turned back, he diverted, he caused to turn around)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Lṅ) of vṛt

Causative Imperfect Active

from pari-ava-√vṛt in causative (vartayati), Lṅ (Imperfect) 3rd Singular Active

Prefixes: pari+ava

Root: vṛt (class 1)

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