महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-96, verse-2

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एतत्पूर्वं न पृष्टोऽहं न चास्माभिः प्रभाषितम् ।
श्रूयतां नकुलो योऽसौ यथा वागस्य मानुषी ॥२॥

2. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
etatpūrvaṁ na pṛṣṭo'haṁ na cāsmābhiḥ prabhāṣitam ,
śrūyatāṁ nakulo yo'sau yathā vāgasya mānuṣī.

2. vaiśampāyana uvāca | etat pūrvam
na pṛṣṭaḥ aham na ca asmābhiḥ
prabhāṣitam | śrūyatām nakulaḥ
yaḥ asau yathā vāk asya mānuṣī

2. vaiśampāyana uvāca aham etat pūrvam na pṛṣṭaḥ ca asmābhiḥ na prabhāṣitam yaḥ asau nakulaḥ,
asya vāk yathā mānuṣī (asti),
(etat) śrūyatām

2. Vaiśampāyana said: "I have not been asked this before, nor has this matter been discussed by us. Listen now to how the mongoose's speech is human-like."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Sage Vaiśampāyana (Vaiśampāyana (a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before (before, previously, formerly)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked (of me) (asked, questioned)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - nor (and, also)

• अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

• प्रभाषितम् (prabhāṣitam) - discussed (this matter) (spoken, declared)

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - Listen now (let it be heard, listen)

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - the mongoose (mongoose)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which, that)

• असौ (asau) - this one (that one, he)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, how)

• वाक् (vāk) - speech (speech, word)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (mongoose) (of this, his)

• मानुषी (mānuṣī) - human-like (human, human-like)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Sage Vaiśampāyana (Vaiśampāyana (a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyasa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before (before, previously, formerly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use of neuter accusative singular

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked (of me) (asked, questioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √prach (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle

च (ca) - nor (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

प्रभाषितम् (prabhāṣitam) - discussed (this matter) (spoken, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prabhāṣita

prabhāṣita - spoken, declared, discussed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √bhāṣ (to speak) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - Listen now (let it be heard, listen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of √śru

Imperative Passive

Imperative 3rd person singular, passive voice of √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - the mongoose (mongoose)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

असौ (asau) - this one (that one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one (demonstrative pronoun)

यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, how)

(indeclinable)

वाक् (vāk) - speech (speech, word)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice

अस्य (asya) - of this (mongoose) (of this, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (pronoun)

मानुषी (mānuṣī) - human-like (human, human-like)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, human-like

Feminine form of mānuṣa