महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-177, verse-4

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
देवो वा यदि वा दैत्य उरगो वा भवान्यदि ।
सत्यं सर्प वचो ब्रूहि पृच्छति त्वां युधिष्ठिरः ॥४॥

4. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
devo vā yadi vā daitya urago vā bhavānyadi ,
satyaṁ sarpa vaco brūhi pṛcchati tvāṁ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ.

4. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca | devaḥ vā
yadi vā daityaḥ uragaḥ vā bhavān
yadi | satyam sarpa vacaḥ
brūhi pṛcchati tvām yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

4. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "Whether you are a god, a demon, or a serpent (uraga), speak the truth, O serpent (sarpa). Yudhiṣṭhira is asking you."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• देवः (devaḥ) - a god, a deity

• वा (vā) - or, either

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• वा (vā) - or, either

• दैत्यः (daityaḥ) - a demon, a son of Diti

• उरगः (uragaḥ) - a serpent, a reptile, an aquatic creature (uraga)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, truly

• सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell

• पृच्छति (pṛcchati) - asks, inquires

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle; a name of the eldest Pandava brother

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle, in war
  indeclinable
  Locative singular of yudh (battle) used adverbially
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd singular active of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

देवः (devaḥ) - a god, a deity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

Root: div (class 4)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

दैत्यः (daityaḥ) - a demon, a son of Diti

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daitya

daitya - demon, son of Diti

Derived from Diti with patronymic suffix -ya

उरगः (uragaḥ) - a serpent, a reptile, an aquatic creature (uraga)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uraga

uraga - serpent, reptile, a snake

Uras (chest) + ga (going)

Compound type : tatpurusha (uras+ga)

• uras – chest, breast
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving, a goer
  adjective
  Kṛt suffix -a to root gam
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, truly

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Can also function adverbially.

सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

Root: sṛp (class 1)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative Active

Imperative 2nd singular active of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

पृच्छति (pṛcchati) - asks, inquires

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prach

Present Active

Present 3rd singular active of prach (class 6)

Root: prach (class 6)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle; a name of the eldest Pandava brother

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle, in war
  indeclinable
  Locative singular of yudh (battle) used adverbially
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective
  Root: sthā (class 1)