महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-9, verse-25

अग्निरुवाच ।
गन्धर्वराड्यात्वयं तत्र दूतो बिभेम्यहं वासव तत्र गन्तुम् ।
संरब्धो मामब्रवीत्तीक्ष्णरोषः संवर्तो वाक्यं चरितब्रह्मचर्यः ॥२५॥

25. agniruvāca ,
gandharvarāḍyātvayaṁ tatra dūto; bibhemyahaṁ vāsava tatra gantum ,
saṁrabdho māmabravīttīkṣṇaroṣaḥ; saṁvarto vākyaṁ caritabrahmacaryaḥ.

25. agniḥ uvāca gandharvarājaḥ yātu ayam
tatra dūtaḥ bibhemi aham vāsava tatra
gantum saṃrabdhaḥ mām abravīt tīkṣṇaroṣaḥ
saṃvartaḥ vākyam caritabrahmacaryaḥ

25. agniḥ uvāca: "ayam gandharvarājaḥ tatra dūtaḥ yātu.
he vāsava,
aham tatra gantum bibhemi.
tīkṣṇaroṣaḥ,
caritabrahmacaryaḥ saṃvartaḥ saṃrabdhaḥ (san) mām vākyam abravīt (yathā.
.
.
)"

25. Agni said: "Let this Gandharva king go there as a messenger. O Vāsava (Indra), I am afraid to go there. Saṃvarta, intensely enraged and one who has practiced celibacy (brahmacarya), spoke these words to me."

Words meanings summery:

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni (Agni, fire god)

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

• गन्धर्वराजः (gandharvarājaḥ) - Gandharva king (king of Gandharvas)

• यातु (yātu) - let him go (let him go, he may go)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (Gandharva king) (this (masculine nominative singular))

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger (messenger, envoy)

• बिभेमि (bibhemi) - I am afraid (I fear, I am afraid)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Agni) (I)

• वासव (vāsava) - O Vāsava (Indra) (O Vāsava, O Indra)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go (to go, for going)

• संरब्धः (saṁrabdhaḥ) - intensely enraged (enraged, furious, agitated)

• माम् (mām) - to me (me (accusative singular))

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

• तीक्ष्णरोषः (tīkṣṇaroṣaḥ) - intensely enraged (having fierce anger, intensely angry)

• संवर्तः (saṁvartaḥ) - Saṃvarta (Saṃvarta (name of a sage))

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, message (word, speech, statement, message)

• चरितब्रह्मचर्यः (caritabrahmacaryaḥ) - one who has practiced celibacy (brahmacarya) (one who has practiced celibacy/studentship)

Words meanings and morphology

अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni (Agni, fire god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, fire god

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

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd singular active, from root vac (irregular Perfect 'uvāca')

Root: vac (class 2)

गन्धर्वराजः (gandharvarājaḥ) - Gandharva king (king of Gandharvas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gandharvarāja

gandharvarāja - king of Gandharvas (celestial musicians)

Compound type : tatpurusha (gandharva+rāja)

• gandharva – celestial musician, a Gandharva
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

यातु (yātu) - let him go (let him go, he may go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of yā

Imperative Active

Imperative 3rd singular active, from root yā

Root: yā (class 2)

अयम् (ayam) - this (Gandharva king) (this (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

Note: Refers to `gandharvarājaḥ`.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger (messenger, envoy)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dūta

dūta - messenger, envoy, ambassador

बिभेमि (bibhemi) - I am afraid (I fear, I am afraid)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present 1st singular active, from root bhī

Root: bhī (class 3)

अहम् (aham) - I (Agni) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: The speaker is Agni.

वासव (vāsava) - O Vāsava (Indra) (O Vāsava, O Indra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra (as son of Vasu, or pertaining to Vasus)

Note: Addressed to Indra.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go (to go, for going)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used with `bibhemi` (I am afraid to go).

संरब्धः (saṁrabdhaḥ) - intensely enraged (enraged, furious, agitated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃrabdha

saṁrabdha - enraged, furious, agitated, provoked

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root rabh (to seize) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `saṃvartaḥ`.

माम् (mām) - to me (me (accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Object of `abravīt`.

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

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Imperfect 3rd singular active, from root brū (irregular form of root vac)

Root: brū (class 2)

तीक्ष्णरोषः (tīkṣṇaroṣaḥ) - intensely enraged (having fierce anger, intensely angry)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīkṣṇaroṣa

tīkṣṇaroṣa - having sharp/fierce anger

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tīkṣṇa+roṣa)

• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, fierce, hot
  adjective (masculine)
• roṣa – anger, wrath, fury
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `saṃvartaḥ`.

संवर्तः (saṁvartaḥ) - Saṃvarta (Saṃvarta (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvarta

saṁvarta - Saṃvarta (name of a sage, also 'rolling up, destruction of the world')

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The subject of `abravīt`.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, message (word, speech, statement, message)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, message, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of `abravīt`.

चरितब्रह्मचर्यः (caritabrahmacaryaḥ) - one who has practiced celibacy (brahmacarya) (one who has practiced celibacy/studentship)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of caritabrahmacarya

caritabrahmacarya - one who has practiced brahmacarya, one who has observed celibacy/religious studentship

Compound type : bahuvrihi (carita+brahmacarya)

• carita – practiced, observed, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of car (to move, perform)
  Root: car (class 1)
• brahmacarya – celibacy, religious studentship, pursuit of brahman
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `saṃvartaḥ`.