महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-21, verse-19

अनुत्पन्नेषु वाक्येषु चोद्यमाना सिसृक्षया ।
किं नु पूर्वं ततो देवी व्याजहार सरस्वती ॥१९॥

19. anutpanneṣu vākyeṣu codyamānā sisṛkṣayā ,
kiṁ nu pūrvaṁ tato devī vyājahāra sarasvatī.

19. anutpanneṣu vākyeṣu codyamānā sisṛkṣayā kim
nu pūrvam tataḥ devī vyājahāra sarasvatī

19. tataḥ sisṛkṣayā anutpanneṣu vākyeṣu codyamānā
devī sarasvatī kim nu pūrvam vyājahāra

19. Then, impelled by the desire to create even in regard to words yet unproduced, the goddess (devī) Sarasvatī declared: 'What indeed was prior?'

Words meanings summery:

• अनुत्पन्नेषु (anutpanneṣu) - in the words that are not yet produced or spoken (in the unproduced, in the unmanifested)

• वाक्येषु (vākyeṣu) - in the context of spoken or expressed words (in words, in speeches, in sentences)

• चोद्यमाना (codyamānā) - Sarasvatī being prompted by the creative desire (being impelled, being urged, being prompted)

• सिसृक्षया (sisṛkṣayā) - by the desire to create

• किम् (kim) - an interrogative particle asking 'what' (what? why?)

• नु (nu) - emphasizing the question 'what was prior' (indeed, now, certainly (particle))

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - referring to what existed or came into being first (first, prior, previously)

• ततः (tataḥ) - indicating a sequence of events, 'then' (then, thereafter, from that)

• देवी (devī) - referring to goddess Sarasvatī (goddess)

• व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - spoke, declared, uttered

• सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - the specific goddess who is speaking (Sarasvatī (goddess of speech, learning, arts))

Words meanings and morphology

अनुत्पन्नेषु (anutpanneṣu) - in the words that are not yet produced or spoken (in the unproduced, in the unmanifested)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of anutpanna

anutpanna - unproduced, unmanifested, unborn

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad with prefix ud, negated by 'a-'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+utpanna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• utpanna – produced, born, arisen, manifested
  verbal derivative
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pad with prefix ud.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: pad (class 4)

वाक्येषु (vākyeṣu) - in the context of spoken or expressed words (in words, in speeches, in sentences)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

चोद्यमाना (codyamānā) - Sarasvatī being prompted by the creative desire (being impelled, being urged, being prompted)

(verbal derivative)

सिसृक्षया (sisṛkṣayā) - by the desire to create

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sisṛkṣā

sisṛkṣā - desire to create, creative impulse

Desiderative noun from root sṛj (to create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

किम् (kim) - an interrogative particle asking 'what' (what? why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? which? why?

नु (nu) - emphasizing the question 'what was prior' (indeed, now, certainly (particle))

(indeclinable)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - referring to what existed or came into being first (first, prior, previously)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - indicating a sequence of events, 'then' (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

देवी (devī) - referring to goddess Sarasvatī (goddess)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine lady, queen

व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - spoke, declared, uttered

(verb)

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

Perfect form from root hṛ with prefixes vi and ā. Means 'to declare' or 'to speak'.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - the specific goddess who is speaking (Sarasvatī (goddess of speech, learning, arts))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī (name of a goddess); eloquent, rich in water