महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-6, verse-20

मरुत्त उवाच ।
संजीवितोऽहं भवता वाक्येनानेन नारद ।
पश्येयं क्व नु संवर्तं शंस मे वदतां वर ॥२०॥

20. marutta uvāca ,
saṁjīvito'haṁ bhavatā vākyenānena nārada ,
paśyeyaṁ kva nu saṁvartaṁ śaṁsa me vadatāṁ vara.

20. maruttaḥ uvāca sañjīvitaḥ aham bhavatā vākyena anena
nārada paśyeyam kva nu saṃvartam śaṃsa me vadatām vara

20. maruttaḥ uvāca nārada vadatām vara bhavatā anena vākyena
aham sañjīvitaḥ kva nu saṃvartam paśyeyam me śaṃsa

20. Marutta said: 'O Nārada, I have been revived by these words of yours. Where, indeed, might I see Saṃvarta? Tell me, O best of speakers!'

Words meanings summery:

• मरुत्तः (maruttaḥ) - King Marutta (Marutta (name of a king))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सञ्जीवितः (sañjīvitaḥ) - revived, brought to life

• अहम् (aham) - King Marutta (I)

• भवता (bhavatā) - by Nārada (by you (honorific))

• वाक्येन (vākyena) - by these words/statement (by word, by speech, by statement)

• अनेन (anena) - by this

• नारद (nārada) - O Nārada (name of a divine sage)

• पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I wish to see (may I see, I should see, I would see)

• क्व (kva) - where, in what place

• नु (nu) - indeed (emphasizing the question) (indeed, now, then (interrogative or emphatic particle))

• संवर्तम् (saṁvartam) - the sage Saṃvarta (Saṃvarta (accusative))

• शंस (śaṁsa) - tell (me) (tell, declare, praise)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my (dative/genitive of asmad))

• वदताम् (vadatām) - of those who speak, of speakers

• वर (vara) - O best (speaker) (O best, O excellent)

Words meanings and morphology

मरुत्तः (maruttaḥ) - King Marutta (Marutta (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of marutta

marutta - Marutta (name of an ancient king)

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect

Irregular perfect form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सञ्जीवितः (sañjīvitaḥ) - revived, brought to life

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sañjīvita

sañjīvita - revived, brought to life, enlivened

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle from root jīv (to live) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for `aham`.

अहम् (aham) - King Marutta (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'am'.

भवता (bhavatā) - by Nārada (by you (honorific))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite address)

Present participle of bhū 'to be' used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agent of `sañjīvitaḥ`.

वाक्येन (vākyena) - by these words/statement (by word, by speech, by statement)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Instrument for `sañjīvitaḥ`.

अनेन (anena) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Adjective modifying `vākyena`.

नारद (nārada) - O Nārada (name of a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (name of a divine sage, messenger of the gods)

Note: Direct address to Nārada.

पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I wish to see (may I see, I should see, I would see)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of dṛś

optative

Optative mood, 1st person singular, from root dṛś (with present stem paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Expresses a wish or desire.

क्व (kva) - where, in what place

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed (emphasizing the question) (indeed, now, then (interrogative or emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

संवर्तम् (saṁvartam) - the sage Saṃvarta (Saṃvarta (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvarta

saṁvarta - Saṃvarta (name of a sage); rolling up, revolving, destruction of the world

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Object of `paśyeyam`.

शंस (śaṁsa) - tell (me) (tell, declare, praise)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śaṃs

imperative

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

मे (me) - to me (to me, my (dative/genitive of asmad))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic pronoun.

वदताम् (vadatām) - of those who speak, of speakers

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vadat

vadat - speaking, telling

Present Active Participle

Present active participle from root vad (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Denotes a group for comparison.

वर (vara) - O best (speaker) (O best, O excellent)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, splendid; boon, choice, wish

Note: Used in compound `vadatām vara` (best among speakers).