महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-57, verse-3

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
इत्युक्तस्तामुत्तङ्कस्तु भर्तुर्वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् ।
श्रुत्वा च सा ततः प्रादात्तस्मै ते मणिकुण्डले ॥३॥

3. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ityuktastāmuttaṅkastu bharturvākyamathābravīt ,
śrutvā ca sā tataḥ prādāttasmai te maṇikuṇḍale.

3. vaiśampāyana uvāca iti uktaḥ tām uttaṅkaḥ tu bhartuḥ vākyam
atha abravīt śrutvā ca sā tataḥ prādāt tasmai te maṇikuṇḍale

3. vaiśampāyana uvāca uttaṅkaḥ tu iti tām uktaḥ atha bhartuḥ
vākyam abravīt sā ca śrutvā tataḥ te maṇikuṇḍale tasmai prādāt

3. Vaiśampāyana said: Thus addressed, Uttanka then conveyed his master's command to her. And she, having heard, then gave those jeweled earrings to him.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana, the narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - (Vaiśampāyana) said (said, spoke)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or completion of a statement))

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by the master's wife) (spoken, said, addressed)

• ताम् (tām) - her (the master's wife) (her, that (feminine singular))

• उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - the disciple Uttanka (Uttanka)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the master (Gautama) (of the master, of the husband, of the supporter)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - command (from the master) (word, speech, statement, command)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, next, now)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - (Uttanka) said (said, spoke)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - (the master's wife) having heard (Uttanka's request) (having heard)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सा (sā) - she (the master's wife) (she, that (feminine singular))

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

• प्रादात् (prādāt) - (the master's wife) gave (gave, granted)

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Uttanka) (to him, for him)

• ते (te) - those two (earrings) (those two, they two (masculine/feminine dual nominative/accusative))

• मणिकुण्डले (maṇikuṇḍale) - the jeweled earrings (requested by Uttanka's master's wife) (jeweled earrings)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana, the narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - (Vaiśampāyana) said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or completion of a statement))

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by the master's wife) (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

from root vac (to speak), irregular participle

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: participle, agrees with Uttanka

ताम् (tām) - her (the master's wife) (her, that (feminine singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Refers to the master's wife, whose name is not explicitly mentioned in this verse but implied from context.

उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - the disciple Uttanka (Uttanka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - name of a sage, a disciple of Gautama

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Uttanka's action.

भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the master (Gautama) (of the master, of the husband, of the supporter)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - master, husband, supporter, maintainer

agent noun from root bhṛ (to bear, support)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Refers to Gautama, Uttanka's guru.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - command (from the master) (word, speech, statement, command)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

from vac (to speak)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'

अथ (atha) - then (then, next, now)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates sequence of events.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - (Uttanka) said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vac

imperfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - (the master's wife) having heard (Uttanka's request) (having heard)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Acts as a prior action to 'prādāt'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'śrutvā' with the main clause.

सा (sā) - she (the master's wife) (she, that (feminine singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Subject of 'prādāt'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates sequence.

प्रादात् (prādāt) - (the master's wife) gave (gave, granted)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dā

imperfect 3rd singular active

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Root dā with prefix pra.

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Uttanka) (to him, for him)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Recipient of the earrings.

ते (te) - those two (earrings) (those two, they two (masculine/feminine dual nominative/accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with 'maṇikuṇḍale'.

मणिकुण्डले (maṇikuṇḍale) - the jeweled earrings (requested by Uttanka's master's wife) (jeweled earrings)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of maṇikuṇḍala

maṇikuṇḍala - jeweled earring

Compound type : tatpurusha (maṇi+kuṇḍala)

• maṇi – jewel, gem
  noun (masculine)
• kuṇḍala – earring, ring
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'prādāt'.