महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-7, verse-6

व्यास उवाच ।
श्रुत्वा तु पार्थिवस्यैतत्संवर्तः परया मुदा ।
एतावदहमप्येनं कुर्यामिति तदाब्रवीत् ॥६॥

6. vyāsa uvāca ,
śrutvā tu pārthivasyaitatsaṁvartaḥ parayā mudā ,
etāvadahamapyenaṁ kuryāmiti tadābravīt.

6. vyāsaḥ uvāca | śrutvā tu pārthivasya etat saṃvartaḥ parayā
mudā | etāvat aham api enam kuryām iti tadā abravīt

6. Vyāsa said: "Having heard this from the king, Saṃvarta, with great delight, then said, 'I also shall do this much for him.'"

Words meanings summery:

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa (a sage's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

• पार्थिवस्य (pārthivasya) - of the king, of the earthly ruler

• एतत् (etat) - this

• संवर्तः (saṁvartaḥ) - Saṃvarta (a sage's name)

• परया (parayā) - with great, with supreme

• मुदा (mudā) - with joy, with delight

• एतावत् (etāvat) - so much, this much

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अपि (api) - also, even

• एनम् (enam) - him

• कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I should do, I would do

• इति (iti) - thus (quotation marker)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

Words meanings and morphology

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - a celebrated sage, compiler of the Vedas and author of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense

root vac, perfect 3rd singular

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root śru, absolutive suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

(indeclinable)

पार्थिवस्य (pārthivasya) - of the king, of the earthly ruler

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, royal, king

derived from pṛthivī (earth)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this

संवर्तः (saṁvartaḥ) - Saṃvarta (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvarta

saṁvarta - a proper name (of a sage), cosmic dissolution

परया (parayā) - with great, with supreme

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, utmost, great

मुदा (mudā) - with joy, with delight

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mud

mud - joy, delight, happiness

एतावत् (etāvat) - so much, this much

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enas

enas - him, this (referring to a previously mentioned masculine noun)

कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I should do, I would do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

optative mood

root kṛ, optative 1st singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - thus (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bru

imperfect tense

root bru (or vac), imperfect 3rd singular

Root: bru (class 2)