महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-191, verse-7

स मुहूर्तं ध्यात्वाब्रवीदेनम् ।
नाभिजाने भवन्तमिति ॥७॥

7. sa muhūrtaṁ dhyātvābravīdenam ,
nābhijāne bhavantamiti.

7. sa muhūrtaṃ dhyātvā abravīt
enam na abhijāne bhavantam iti

7. He meditated (dhyāna) for a moment and then said to him, "I do not know you."

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (the king, referring to Indradyumna from previous context) (he, that)

• मुहूर्तं (muhūrtaṁ) - for a moment, an instant

• ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having thought

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• एनम् (enam) - to the king (Indradyumna) (him, to him)

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिजाने (abhijāne) - I do not know (I know, I recognize)

• भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (respectful)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote (thus, so, in this way)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (the king, referring to Indradyumna from previous context) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुहूर्तं (muhūrtaṁ) - for a moment, an instant

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, an instant (specifically a period of 48 minutes)

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration.

ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having thought

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'dhyā' with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: dhyā (class 1)

Note: An absolutive (gerund) indicating a completed action prior to the main verb.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

imperfect (laṅ)

3rd person singular active, imperfect tense, from root 'brū'.

Root: brū (class 2)

एनम् (enam) - to the king (Indradyumna) (him, to him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिजाने (abhijāne) - I do not know (I know, I recognize)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

present (laṭ)

1st person singular middle voice, present tense, from root 'jñā' with prefix 'abhi'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (respectful)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, your honor, being, existing

present active participle

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be) with the present active participle suffix '-at', used here as a respectful pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a respectful second-person pronoun.

इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)