महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-70, verse-17

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यमोऽब्रवीन्मां न मृतोऽसि सौम्य यमं पश्येत्याह तु त्वां तपस्वी ।
पिता प्रदीप्ताग्निसमानतेजा न तच्छक्यमनृतं विप्र कर्तुम् ॥१७॥

17. yamo'bravīnmāṁ na mṛto'si saumya; yamaṁ paśyetyāha tu tvāṁ tapasvī ,
pitā pradīptāgnisamānatejā; na tacchakyamanṛtaṁ vipra kartum.

17. yamaḥ abravīt mām na mṛtaḥ asi saumya
yamam paśya iti āha tu tvām tapasvī
| pitā pradīpta-agni-samāna-tejāḥ
na tat śakyam anṛtam vipra kartum

17. Yama said to me, 'O gentle one! You are not dead. But your ascetic father, whose brilliance is like a blazing fire, said to you, "See Yama!" O Brahmin, it is not possible for him to utter a falsehood.'

Words meanings summery:

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यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama (the god of death and (dharma))

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

माम् (mām) - to me

न (na) - not, no

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead

असि (asi) - you are

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (addressing Nārada) (O gentle one, O tranquil one)

यमम् (yamam) - Yama

पश्य (paśya) - see! behold!

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

आह (āha) - he said, he spoke

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (acc.)

तपस्वी (tapasvī) - Nārada's ascetic father (the ascetic, the one who practices austerities ((tapas)))

पिता (pitā) - father

प्रदीप्त-अग्नि-समान-तेजाः (pradīpta-agni-samāna-tejāḥ) - whose splendor is like a blazing fire, of brilliance equal to a burning flame

न (na) - not, no

तत् (tat) - referring to the act of speaking an untruth (that)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untrue, a lie, falsehood

विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin (addressing Nārada) (O Brahmin!)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to utter, to speak (to do, to make, to act)

Words meanings and morphology

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama (the god of death and (dharma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - (dharma) god of death, controller, restraint

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Derived from root bru (class 2) in imperfect tense.

Root: bru (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

माम् (mām) - to me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛ - to die

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛ (class 6) with -ta suffix.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tvam' (you).

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

Derived from root as (class 2) in present tense.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula for 'tvam mṛtaḥ'.

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (addressing Nārada) (O gentle one, O tranquil one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, tranquil, agreeable, relating to Soma

Note: Addressed to Nārada.

यमम् (yamam) - Yama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - (dharma) god of death, controller, restraint

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'paśya'.

पश्य (paśya) - see! behold!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of paś

Imperative Active

Derived from root dṛś (class 1, uses paśya- stem) in imperative tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Command given by Nārada's father.

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of the direct speech.

आह (āha) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Derived from root ah (class 2) in perfect tense.

Root: ah (class 2)

Note: Main verb, subject is 'tapasvī pitā'.

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction indicating a contrast or continuation.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (acc.)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Object of 'āha' (indirect object in English translation).

तपस्वी (tapasvī) - Nārada's ascetic father (the ascetic, the one who practices austerities ((tapas)))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, devout, practicing austerities (tapas)

Derived from 'tapas' (austerity).

Note: Subject of 'āha', refers to Nārada's father.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Modifies and specifies 'tapasvī'.

प्रदीप्त-अग्नि-समान-तेजाः (pradīpta-agni-samāna-tejāḥ) - whose splendor is like a blazing fire, of brilliance equal to a burning flame

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pradīpta-agni-samāna-tejas

pradīpta-agni-samāna-tejas - whose splendor is like a blazing fire

Bahuvrihi compound describing 'tapasvī pitā'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pradīpta+agni+samāna+tejas)

pradīpta – blazing, flaming, brilliant, illuminated
adjective
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root dīp (to shine) with upasarga pra.
Prefix: pra
Root: dīp (class 4)
agni – fire
noun (masculine)
samāna – similar, equal, like
adjective
Prefix: sam
tejas – splendor, brilliance, energy, power
noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'tapasvī pitā'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation for 'śakyam'.

तत् (tat) - referring to the act of speaking an untruth (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the act of speaking an untruth.

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya