महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-16, verse-8

एवमुक्तस्ततः कृष्णः फल्गुनं प्रत्यभाषत ।
परिष्वज्य महातेजा वचनं वदतां वरः ॥८॥

8. evamuktastataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ phalgunaṁ pratyabhāṣata ,
pariṣvajya mahātejā vacanaṁ vadatāṁ varaḥ.

8. evam uktaḥ tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ phālgunam prati abhāṣata
pariṣvajya mahātejā vacanam vadatām varaḥ

8. evam uktaḥ tataḥ mahātejā vadatām varaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
pariṣvajya phālgunam prati vacanam abhāṣata

8. Thus addressed, Kṛṣṇa, the greatly effulgent one and best among speakers, then embraced Phālguna and replied to him with a word.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (to) (spoken, said, addressed)

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

• कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa

• फाल्गुनम् (phālgunam) - to Phālguna (Arjuna) (Phālguna, Arjuna)

• प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, against, in reply to)

• अभाषत (abhāṣata) - replied (spoke, said, replied)

• परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - embracing (having embraced, after embracing)

• महातेजा (mahātejā) - the greatly effulgent one (greatly effulgent, of great splendor)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - a word (word, speech, statement)

• वदताम् (vadatām) - among speakers (of those speaking, among speakers)

• वरः (varaḥ) - the best (best, excellent, boon)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'uktaḥ'

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (to) (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -ta, with vac becoming ukta

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to Kṛṣṇa

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb

कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (a prominent deity in Hinduism, the eighth incarnation of Viṣṇu)

Note: Subject of 'pratyabhāṣata'

फाल्गुनम् (phālgunam) - to Phālguna (Arjuna) (Phālguna, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of phālguna

phālguna - Phālguna (an epithet of Arjuna)

Note: Object of 'abhāṣata'

प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, against, in reply to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Separated from verb for parsing, but functions as part of the compound verb 'pratyabhāṣata'.

अभाषत (abhāṣata) - replied (spoke, said, replied)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Imperfect tense, middle voice

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: The 'a-' prefix indicates past tense (augment)

परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - embracing (having embraced, after embracing)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Derived from root svaj (to embrace) with upasarga pari-, and suffix -ya

Prefix: pari

Root: svaj (class 1)

महातेजा (mahātejā) - the greatly effulgent one (greatly effulgent, of great splendor)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - greatly effulgent, of great splendor

Compound of mahā (great) and tejas (splendor)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, effulgence, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies Kṛṣṇa

वचनम् (vacanam) - a word (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, saying, word, speech

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of implicit 'said' by 'abhāṣata'

वदताम् (vadatām) - among speakers (of those speaking, among speakers)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vadat

vadat - speaking, telling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vad (to speak) with suffix -at

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Part of the phrase 'vadatām varaḥ' (best among speakers)

वरः (varaḥ) - the best (best, excellent, boon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choice, boon

Note: Qualifies Kṛṣṇa as 'best among speakers', often forming a tatpuruṣa compound with 'vadatām'.