महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-133, verse-24

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
मा स्म ते ते गृहे राजञ्शात्रवाणामपि ध्रुवम् ।
वातसारथिराधत्ते गर्भं सुषुवतुश्च तम् ॥२४॥

24. aṣṭāvakra uvāca ,
mā sma te te gṛhe rājañśātravāṇāmapi dhruvam ,
vātasārathirādhatte garbhaṁ suṣuvatuśca tam.

24. aṣṭāvakra uvāca | mā sma te te gṛhe rājan śātravāṇām api
dhruvam | vātasārathiḥ ā dhatte garbham suṣuvatuḥ ca tam

24. Aṣṭāvakra said, "May those two (Day and Night) not cease in your house, O King, nor certainly even in the houses of your enemies! The one whose charioteer is the wind (vātasārathi, i.e., Fire/Agni) causes them to conceive a child, and they both give birth to that [child, which is Time]."

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मा (mā) - used with 'sma' to form an archaic prohibition (do not, let not)

• स्म (sma) - used with 'mā' for negation/prohibition: 'let not' (a particle indicating past tense, or used with 'mā' for prohibition)

• ते (te) - those two (Day and Night) (those two; they two)

• ते (te) - your (referring to the King) (your, to you)

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, in the home

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• शात्रवाणाम् (śātravāṇām) - of enemies

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixed

• वातसारथिः (vātasārathiḥ) - Fire (Agni), the answer to 'who causes them to conceive' (one whose charioteer is the wind; Fire (Agni))

• आ (ā) - prefix for the verb 'dhatte' (towards, to, up to)

• धत्ते (dhatte) - causes to conceive (when combined with 'ā') (holds, places, conceives)

• गर्भम् (garbham) - a child (the outcome or effect of their union) (embryo, fetus, child)

• सुषुवतुः (suṣuvatuḥ) - the two mares (Day and Night) gave birth (they two gave birth, they two produced)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तम् (tam) - that child (which is Time) (that, him, it)

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (proper name, literally 'eight-curved')

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मा (mā) - used with 'sma' to form an archaic prohibition (do not, let not)

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - used with 'mā' for negation/prohibition: 'let not' (a particle indicating past tense, or used with 'mā' for prohibition)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those two (Day and Night) (those two; they two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ते (te) - your (referring to the King) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, in the home

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, monarch, ruler

शात्रवाणाम् (śātravāṇām) - of enemies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śātravā

śātravā - enemy, hostile person

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixed

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

वातसारथिः (vātasārathiḥ) - Fire (Agni), the answer to 'who causes them to conceive' (one whose charioteer is the wind; Fire (Agni))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vātasārathi

vātasārathi - having wind as charioteer; a name for Fire (Agni)

Bahuvrihi compound: vāta (wind) + sārathi (charioteer)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vāta+sārathi)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• sārathi – charioteer, driver
  noun (masculine)

आ (ā) - prefix for the verb 'dhatte' (towards, to, up to)

(indeclinable)

धत्ते (dhatte) - causes to conceive (when combined with 'ā') (holds, places, conceives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used with prefix 'ā'.

गर्भम् (garbham) - a child (the outcome or effect of their union) (embryo, fetus, child)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, child, womb, interior

सुषुवतुः (suṣuvatuḥ) - the two mares (Day and Night) gave birth (they two gave birth, they two produced)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of sū

Root: sū (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that child (which is Time) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it