महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-92, verse-18

इति पृष्टो द्विजैस्तैः स प्रहस्य नकुलोऽब्रवीत् ।
नैषानृता मया वाणी प्रोक्ता दर्पेण वा द्विजाः ॥१८॥

18. iti pṛṣṭo dvijaistaiḥ sa prahasya nakulo'bravīt ,
naiṣānṛtā mayā vāṇī proktā darpeṇa vā dvijāḥ.

18. iti pṛṣṭaḥ dvijaiḥ taiḥ saḥ prahasya nakulaḥ abravīt
na eṣā anṛtā mayā vāṇī proktā darpeṇa vā dvijāḥ

18. nakulaḥ saḥ taiḥ dvijaiḥ pṛṣṭaḥ prahasya abravīt
dvijāḥ mayā proktā eṣā vāṇī na anṛtā vā darpeṇa

18. When asked thus by those Brahmins, the mongoose laughed and said, 'O Brahmins, this statement I made is not false, nor was it spoken out of arrogance.'

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner, therefore)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked (asked, questioned, interrogated, requested)

• द्विजैः (dvijaiḥ) - by the Brahmins (by the twice-born ones, by the Brahmins, by the birds)

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those (by those, by them)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• प्रहस्य (prahasya) - having laughed (having laughed, after laughing, by laughing)

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - the mongoose (a mongoose)

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

• न (na) - not (not, no, neither)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (this, she, this one)

• अनृता (anṛtā) - untrue, false (untrue, false, dishonest, unrighteous)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• वाणी (vāṇī) - speech, statement (speech, voice, language, Sarasvati)

• प्रोक्ता (proktā) - spoken, made (spoken, said, declared)

• दर्पेण (darpeṇa) - out of pride, out of arrogance (by pride, out of pride, by arrogance)

• वा (vā) - or (or, and, like)

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O Brahmins (O Brahmins, O twice-born ones)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner, therefore)

(indeclinable)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked (asked, questioned, interrogated, requested)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated, requested, desired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √prach (to ask).

Root: prach (class 6)

द्विजैः (dvijaiḥ) - by the Brahmins (by the twice-born ones, by the Brahmins, by the birds)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born, Brahmin, bird, tooth

तैः (taiḥ) - by those (by those, by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रहस्य (prahasya) - having laughed (having laughed, after laughing, by laughing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root √has (to laugh) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - the mongoose (a mongoose)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose

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

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no, neither)

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (this, she, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, she

अनृता (anṛtā) - untrue, false (untrue, false, dishonest, unrighteous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untrue, false, dishonest, unrighteous, lie, falsehood

Derived from 'a' (not) and 'ṛta' (truth, righteousness).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ṛta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, righteousness, true
  noun (neuter)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

वाणी (vāṇī) - speech, statement (speech, voice, language, Sarasvati)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāṇī

vāṇī - speech, voice, sound, language, Sarasvati (goddess of speech)

प्रोक्ता (proktā) - spoken, made (spoken, said, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prokta

prokta - spoken, said, declared, told, announced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √vac (to speak) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

दर्पेण (darpeṇa) - out of pride, out of arrogance (by pride, out of pride, by arrogance)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of darpa

darpa - pride, arrogance, haughtiness, conceit, intoxication

वा (vā) - or (or, and, like)

(indeclinable)

द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O Brahmins (O Brahmins, O twice-born ones)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born, Brahmin, bird, tooth