महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-96, verse-31

नाभाग उवाच ।
अनृतं भाषतु सदा सद्भिश्चैव विरुध्यतु ।
शुल्केन कन्यां ददतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥३१॥

31. nābhāga uvāca ,
anṛtaṁ bhāṣatu sadā sadbhiścaiva virudhyatu ,
śulkena kanyāṁ dadatu yaste harati puṣkaram.

31. nābhāgaḥ uvāca | anṛtam bhāṣatu sadā sadbhiḥ ca eva
virudhyatu | śulkena kanyām dadatu yaḥ te harati puṣkaram

31. nābhāgaḥ uvāca yaḥ te puṣkaram harati,
(saḥ) sadā anṛtam bhāṣatu,
ca eva sadbhiḥ virudhyatu,
ca śulkena kanyām dadatu.

31. Nābhāga said: May he always speak untruth, may he oppose the virtuous, and may he give his daughter in marriage for a bride-price—whoever takes your lotus.

Words meanings summery:

• नाभागः (nābhāgaḥ) - Nābhāga (a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

• भाषतु (bhāṣatu) - may he speak

• सदा (sadā) - always, constantly

• सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, with the virtuous

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• विरुध्यतु (virudhyatu) - may he oppose, may he contend

• शुल्केन (śulkena) - by means of a fee, for a price (bride-price)

• कन्याम् (kanyām) - daughter, girl, maiden

• ददतु (dadatu) - may he give

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• ते (te) - your (referring to the interlocutor) (your, to you)

• हरति (harati) - takes away, seizes, steals

• पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the lotus (possibly referring to the celestial lotus of Brahmā or Indra, or a prized possession) (lotus)

Words meanings and morphology

नाभागः (nābhāgaḥ) - Nābhāga (a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nābhāga

nābhāga - Name of a king, son of Manu Vaivasvata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of uvāca

Root: vac (class 2)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untrue, false; untruth, falsehood, lie

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ṛta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ṛta – right, true, just; truth, divine law, order
  adjective (neuter)

भाषतु (bhāṣatu) - may he speak

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhāṣ

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, with the virtuous

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous; a good or virtuous person

Present Active Participle (of as)

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

विरुध्यतु (virudhyatu) - may he oppose, may he contend

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of virudh

Prefix: vi

Root: rudh (class 7)

शुल्केन (śulkena) - by means of a fee, for a price (bride-price)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śulka

śulka - toll, tax, duty, fee, price, bride-price

कन्याम् (kanyām) - daughter, girl, maiden

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, virgin, daughter

ददतु (dadatu) - may he give

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

ते (te) - your (referring to the interlocutor) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (personal pronoun, second person)

हरति (harati) - takes away, seizes, steals

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the lotus (possibly referring to the celestial lotus of Brahmā or Indra, or a prized possession) (lotus)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - blue lotus, water, sky, tip of an elephant's trunk, a specific throw of dice, a holy place, a drum