महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-7, verse-4

संवर्त उवाच ।
सत्यमेतद्भवानाह स मां जानाति सत्रिणम् ।
कथयस्वैतदेकं मे क्व नु संप्रति नारदः ॥४॥

4. saṁvarta uvāca ,
satyametadbhavānāha sa māṁ jānāti satriṇam ,
kathayasvaitadekaṁ me kva nu saṁprati nāradaḥ.

4. saṃvarta uvāca satyam etat bhavān āha saḥ mām jānāti
satriṇam kathayasva etat ekam me kva nu saṃprati nāradaḥ

4. saṃvarta uvāca bhavān etat satyam āha saḥ mām satriṇam
jānāti nu etat ekam me kathayasva saṃprati nāradaḥ kva

4. Saṃvarta said: 'You speak the truth. He (Nārada) knows me as a performer of (Vedic rituals). Now, tell me just one thing: where is Nārada at present?'

Words meanings summery:

• संवर्त (saṁvarta) - Saṃvarta (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth; truly

• एतत् (etat) - this

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), your honor

• आह (āha) - said, spoke

• सः (saḥ) - Nārada (he)

• माम् (mām) - me

• जानाति (jānāti) - knows, understands

• सत्रिणम् (satriṇam) - one who performs a Vedic ritual (satra)

• कथयस्व (kathayasva) - tell, relate

• एतत् (etat) - this

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single thing

• मे (me) - to me

• क्व (kva) - where?

• नु (nu) - now, indeed (interrogative particle)

• संप्रति (saṁprati) - now, at present

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (name of a divine sage)

Words meanings and morphology

संवर्त (saṁvarta) - Saṃvarta (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvarta

saṁvarta - a sage, name of a ṛṣi; destruction, deluge

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root 'vac' (class 2) with reduplication 'uvāc-a'

Root: vac (class 2)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth; truly

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality; true, real

Note: Used here adverbially, 'truly' or 'the truth'

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), your honor

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite address)

present active participle (used as a pronoun)

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be) with suffix '-at', used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

आह (āha) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of ah

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root 'ah' (class 2) conjugated in the perfect tense

Root: ah (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - Nārada (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

जानाति (jānāti) - knows, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of jñā

present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root 'jñā' (class 9) conjugated in the present tense

Root: jñā (class 9)

सत्रिणम् (satriṇam) - one who performs a Vedic ritual (satra)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of satrin

satrin - one who performs a satra (long Vedic ritual)

Derived from 'satra' (Vedic ritual) with suffix '-in'

कथयस्व (kathayasva) - tell, relate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kathay

imperative, 2nd person singular, middle voice

Root 'kath' (class 10, causative stem) conjugated in the imperative mood

Root: kath (class 10)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single thing

(numeral)

मे (me) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - now, indeed (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

संप्रति (saṁprati) - now, at present

(indeclinable)

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (name of a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (a divine sage, son of Brahmā, known as a cosmic messenger and musician)