महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-85, verse-68

भीष्म उवाच ।
इत्युक्तः स वसिष्ठेन जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् ।
ददौ सुवर्णं विप्रेभ्यो व्यमुच्यत च किल्बिषात् ॥६८॥

68. bhīṣma uvāca ,
ityuktaḥ sa vasiṣṭhena jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān ,
dadau suvarṇaṁ viprebhyo vyamucyata ca kilbiṣāt.

68. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti uktaḥ saḥ vasiṣṭhena jāmadagnyaḥ
pratāpavān dadau suvarṇam viprebhyaḥ vyamucyata ca kilbiṣāt

68. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti vasiṣṭhena uktaḥ saḥ pratāpavān
jāmadagnyaḥ viprebhyaḥ suvarṇam dadau ca kilbiṣāt vyamucyata

68. Bhishma said: Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, the mighty Jāmadagnya gave gold to the Brahmins and was freed from sin.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma, the speaker of these verses (Bhishma (a proper name, specific character in the Mahabharata))

• उवाच (uvāca) - (Bhishma) spoke (spoke, said)

• इति (iti) - thus (spoken) (thus, so, in this manner, (quotation marker))

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by Vasiṣṭha) (spoken, said, addressed)

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to Jāmadagnya) (he, that)

• वसिष्ठेन (vasiṣṭhena) - by the sage Vasiṣṭha (by Vasiṣṭha)

• जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyaḥ) - Jāmadagnya (referring to Paraśurāma, who is being spoken about) (son of Jamadagni, Jāmadagnya (Parasurama))

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty (Jāmadagnya) (powerful, mighty, glorious)

• ददौ (dadau) - (Jāmadagnya) gave (gave, offered)

• सुवर्णम् (suvarṇam) - gold (gold, good color)

• विप्रेभ्यः (viprebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins (to the Brahmins, to the twice-born)

• व्यमुच्यत (vyamucyata) - was freed (was freed, was liberated)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• किल्बिषात् (kilbiṣāt) - from sin (from sin, from fault, from impurity)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma, the speaker of these verses (Bhishma (a proper name, specific character in the Mahabharata))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name)

Root: bhīṣ (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - (Bhishma) spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

Perfect tense, third person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus (spoken) (thus, so, in this manner, (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by Vasiṣṭha) (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Participial form modifying 'saḥ' (he).

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to Jāmadagnya) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वसिष्ठेन (vasiṣṭhena) - by the sage Vasiṣṭha (by Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (a proper name, name of a prominent Vedic sage)

जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyaḥ) - Jāmadagnya (referring to Paraśurāma, who is being spoken about) (son of Jamadagni, Jāmadagnya (Parasurama))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāmadagnya

jāmadagnya - descendant of Jamadagni

Derived from Jamadagni + 'ṇya' suffix.

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty (Jāmadagnya) (powerful, mighty, glorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - powerful, mighty, glorious, full of majesty

'matup' suffix indicating possession.

Root: tapat

Note: Adjective modifying 'jāmadagnyaḥ'.

ददौ (dadau) - (Jāmadagnya) gave (gave, offered)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

Perfect tense, third person singular.

Root: dā (class 3)

सुवर्णम् (suvarṇam) - gold (gold, good color)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of suvarṇa

suvarṇa - gold; good color; beautiful

Note: Object of 'dadau'.

विप्रेभ्यः (viprebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins (to the Brahmins, to the twice-born)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, a learned man, twice-born

Root: vip

Note: Recipient of the action 'dadau'.

व्यमुच्यत (vyamucyata) - was freed (was freed, was liberated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of muc

imperfect passive indicative

Imperfect tense, third person singular, passive voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

किल्बिषात् (kilbiṣāt) - from sin (from sin, from fault, from impurity)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kilbiṣa

kilbiṣa - sin, fault, impurity, guilt