महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-92, verse-10

अग्निरुवाच ।
सहितास्तात भोक्ष्यामो निवापे समुपस्थिते ।
जरयिष्यथ चाप्यन्नं मया सार्धं न संशयः ॥१०॥

10. agniruvāca ,
sahitāstāta bhokṣyāmo nivāpe samupasthite ,
jarayiṣyatha cāpyannaṁ mayā sārdhaṁ na saṁśayaḥ.

10. agniḥ uvāca sahitāḥ tāta bhokṣyāmaḥ nivāpe samupasthite
jarayiṣyatha ca api annam mayā sārdham na saṃśayaḥ

10. agniḥ uvāca tāta nivāpe samupasthite sahitāḥ
bhokṣyāmaḥ ca api annam mayā sārdham saṃśayaḥ na

10. Agni said: 'O dear one, when the ancestral offering (nivāpa) is prepared, we will consume it together. And you (ancestors) will certainly digest that food along with me; there is no doubt about it.'

Words meanings summery:

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - The god Agni (fire, fire-god)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - (we) united (Agni and ancestors) (accompanied, joined, together)

• तात (tāta) - O dear one (addressing Brahmā) (O dear one, father, son (term of endearment))

• भोक्ष्यामः (bhokṣyāmaḥ) - we (Agni and ancestors) will consume (the offerings) (we will eat, we will enjoy)

• निवापे (nivāpe) - when the ancestral offering (nivāpa) is present (in the offering, at the ancestral offering)

• समुपस्थिते (samupasthite) - when the ancestral offering is prepared/available (having arrived, being present, ready)

• जरयिष्यथ (jarayiṣyatha) - you (ancestors) will digest (you (plural) will digest)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अन्नम् (annam) - the ancestral offering (nivāpa) food (food)

• मया (mayā) - with me (Agni) (by me, with me)

• सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - no doubt (doubt)

Words meanings and morphology

अग्निः (agniḥ) - The god Agni (fire, fire-god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, fire-god, Agni

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

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

Perfect

From verb root 'vac', perfect tense, third person singular active.

Root: vac (class 2)

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - (we) united (Agni and ancestors) (accompanied, joined, together)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - joined, united, accompanied by

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'sa' (with) and 'hita' (placed), which is the Past Passive Participle of the verb root 'dhā' (to place).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sa+hita)

• sa – with, together
  indeclinable
• hita – placed, fixed, beneficial
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root 'dhā' (to place).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'we' (Agni and ancestors).

तात (tāta) - O dear one (addressing Brahmā) (O dear one, father, son (term of endearment))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of endearment, used for father, son, or revered person)

Note: Agni addressing Brahmā.

भोक्ष्यामः (bhokṣyāmaḥ) - we (Agni and ancestors) will consume (the offerings) (we will eat, we will enjoy)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhuj

Future

From verb root 'bhuj', future tense, first person plural active (parasmaipada).

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Implied subject is 'vayam' (we).

निवापे (nivāpe) - when the ancestral offering (nivāpa) is present (in the offering, at the ancestral offering)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nivāpa

nivāpa - scattering, offering of food to ancestors, oblation

Prefix: ni

Root: vap (class 1)

समुपस्थिते (samupasthite) - when the ancestral offering is prepared/available (having arrived, being present, ready)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of samupasthita

samupasthita - present, near, arrived, ready

Past Passive Participle

From verb root 'sthā' with upasargas 'sam-upa'.

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'nivāpe'.

जरयिष्यथ (jarayiṣyatha) - you (ancestors) will digest (you (plural) will digest)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of jī

Future (Causative)

From verb root 'jī' (to live, to wear out), causative stem 'jaraya', future tense, second person plural active.

Root: jī (class 1)

Note: The suffix -atha is for 2nd person plural.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or additive.

अन्नम् (annam) - the ancestral offering (nivāpa) food (food)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain, boiled rice

Past Passive Participle

From root 'ad' (to eat).

Root: ad (class 2)

मया (mayā) - with me (Agni) (by me, with me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used with 'sārdham'.

सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'saṃśayaḥ'.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - no doubt (doubt)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for an implied 'there is'.