महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-19, verse-41

इति संपरिपृष्टोऽहं तेन विप्रेण माधव ।
प्रत्यब्रुवं महाबाहो यथाश्रुतमरिंदम ॥४१॥

41. iti saṁparipṛṣṭo'haṁ tena vipreṇa mādhava ,
pratyabruvaṁ mahābāho yathāśrutamariṁdama.

41. iti samparipṛṣṭaḥ aham tena vipreṇa mādhava
pratyabruvam mahābāho yathāśrutam arindama

41. mādhava mahābāho arindama iti tena vipreṇa
samparipṛṣṭaḥ aham yathāśrutam pratyabruvam

41. O Mādhava, O mighty-armed one, O subduer of enemies, when I was thus thoroughly questioned by that brahmin, I replied exactly as I had heard.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सम्परिपृष्टः (samparipṛṣṭaḥ) - thoroughly questioned (thoroughly questioned, completely asked)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

• तेन (tena) - by that (brahmin) (by that, by him)

• विप्रेण (vipreṇa) - by that brahmin (by a brahmin, by a wise man)

• माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (addressing Krishna) (O Mādhava, O descendant of Madhu (an epithet of Krishna/Vishnu))

• प्रत्यब्रुवम् (pratyabruvam) - I replied (I replied, I spoke in return)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (addressing Krishna) (O mighty-armed one, O great-armed one)

• यथाश्रुतम् (yathāśrutam) - exactly as I had heard (as heard, according to what was heard)

• अरिन्दम (arindama) - O subduer of enemies (addressing Krishna) (O subduer of enemies, O tamer of foes)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

सम्परिपृष्टः (samparipṛṣṭaḥ) - thoroughly questioned (thoroughly questioned, completely asked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samparipṛṣṭa

samparipṛṣṭa - thoroughly questioned, completely asked, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root PṚCH (to ask) with upasargas SAM- and PARI-.

Prefixes: sam+pari

Root: pṛch (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तेन (tena) - by that (brahmin) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'vipreṇa'.

विप्रेण (vipreṇa) - by that brahmin (by a brahmin, by a wise man)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, wise man, inspired, learned

माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (addressing Krishna) (O Mādhava, O descendant of Madhu (an epithet of Krishna/Vishnu))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - descendant of Madhu, related to spring, name of Krishna/Vishnu

प्रत्यब्रुवम् (pratyabruvam) - I replied (I replied, I spoke in return)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pratibru

Imperfect tense, 1st person singular, active voice

Root BRŪ (class 2) with upasarga PRATI-. Used in aorist (luṅ) or imperfect (laṅ) context. Here it is imperfect.

Prefix: prati

Root: bru (class 2)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (addressing Krishna) (O mighty-armed one, O great-armed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

यथाश्रुतम् (yathāśrutam) - exactly as I had heard (as heard, according to what was heard)

(indeclinable)

Compound formed with YATHĀ (as) and ŚRUTA (heard, PPP of ŚRU). Functions adverbially here.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śruta)

• yathā – as, according to, in which manner
  indeclinable
• śruta – heard, revealed, sacred text
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root ŚRU (to hear).
  Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Functions adverbially.

अरिन्दम (arindama) - O subduer of enemies (addressing Krishna) (O subduer of enemies, O tamer of foes)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of arindama

arindama - subduer of enemies, destroyer of foes

From ARI (enemy) + DAM (to tame, subdue). Agent noun from dam- root.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• dama – taming, subduing; one who tames/subdues
  noun (masculine)
  From root DAM (to tame).
  Root: dam (class 4)