महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-6, verse-8

बृहस्पतिरुवाच ।
अमर्त्यं याजयित्वाहं याजयिष्ये न मानुषम् ।
मरुत्त गच्छ वा मा वा निवृत्तोऽस्म्यद्य याजनात् ॥८॥

8. bṛhaspatiruvāca ,
amartyaṁ yājayitvāhaṁ yājayiṣye na mānuṣam ,
marutta gaccha vā mā vā nivṛtto'smyadya yājanāt.

8. bṛhaspatiḥ uvāca | amartyam yājayitvā aham yājayişye na
mānuṣam | marutta gaccha vā mā vā nivṛttaḥ asmi adya yājanāt

8. bṛhaspatiḥ uvāca aham amartyam yājayitvā,
mānuṣam na yājayişye marutta,
gaccha vā mā vā; adya yājanāt nivṛttaḥ asmi.

8. Bṛhaspati said: 'After officiating for an immortal, I will not officiate for a mortal. O Marutta, go or stay; I have now withdrawn from officiating Vedic rituals.'

Words meanings summery:

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati (preceptor of the gods)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अमर्त्यम् (amartyam) - an immortal, a deity

• याजयित्वा (yājayitvā) - having caused to perform a Vedic ritual, having officiated for

• अहम् (aham) - I

• याजयिşये (yājayişye) - I will officiate for, I will cause to perform a Vedic ritual

• न (na) - not, no

• मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - a human, a mortal

• मरुत्त (marutta) - O Marutta (name of a king)

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go, proceed

• वा (vā) - or

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• वा (vā) - or

• निवृत्तः (nivṛttaḥ) - turned back, ceased, abstained, withdrawn

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• याजनात् (yājanāt) - from the act of officiating Vedic rituals (from officiating Vedic rituals, from causing performance of rituals)

Words meanings and morphology

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati (preceptor of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - Bṛhaspati, preceptor of the gods

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

अमर्त्यम् (amartyam) - an immortal, a deity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of amartya

amartya - immortal, not mortal; a god

From 'a-' (negation) + 'martya' (mortal)

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+martya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• martya – mortal, human
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root √mṛ (to die), meaning 'subject to death'. Used as a noun meaning 'mortal'.
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Object of 'yājayitvā'.

याजयित्वा (yājayitvā) - having caused to perform a Vedic ritual, having officiated for

(indeclinable)

Causative Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive (gerund) of the causative stem of √yaj (to worship, perform ritual)

Root: yaj (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (1st person pronoun)

याजयिşये (yājayişye) - I will officiate for, I will cause to perform a Vedic ritual

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of yājaya

Causative Future Middle

1st person singular, future middle of causative stem of √yaj

Root: yaj (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - a human, a mortal

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, pertaining to man, mortal; a man

Derived from manu (man)

Note: Object of 'yājayişye'.

मरुत्त (marutta) - O Marutta (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of marutta

marutta - name of a king, a mythical monarch

गच्छ (gaccha) - go, proceed

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

2nd person singular, imperative active

Root: gam (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Prohibitive particle

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

निवृत्तः (nivṛttaḥ) - turned back, ceased, abstained, withdrawn

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nivṛtta

nivṛtta - turned back, ceased, abstained, retired, stopped

Past Passive Participle

From ni-√vṛt (to turn back, cease)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

1st person singular, present active

Root: as (class 2)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time

याजनात् (yājanāt) - from the act of officiating Vedic rituals (from officiating Vedic rituals, from causing performance of rituals)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yājana

yājana - causing to perform a Vedic ritual, officiating a Vedic ritual

Action noun from causative √yaj

From causative stem yājaya + -ana (suffix for action noun)

Root: yaj (class 1)