महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-191, verse-8

स एवमुक्तो राजर्षिरिन्द्रद्युम्नः पुनस्तमुलूकमब्रवीत् ।
अस्ति कश्चिद्भवतश्चिरजाततर इति ॥८॥

8. sa evamukto rājarṣirindradyumnaḥ punastamulūkamabravīt ,
asti kaścidbhavataścirajātatara iti.

8. sa evam uktaḥ rājarṣiḥ indradyumnaḥ punaḥ tam ulūkam
abravīt asti kaścit bhavataḥ cirajātataraḥ iti

8. That royal sage (rājarṣi) Indradyumna, thus addressed, again said to that owl, "Is there anyone older than you?"

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - that (royal sage) (he, that)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by the owl) (spoken, said, addressed)

• राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, king-sage

• इन्द्रद्युम्नः (indradyumnaḥ) - Indradyumna (proper name)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• तम् (tam) - that (owl) (that, him)

• उलूकम् (ulūkam) - owl

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• अस्ति (asti) - is there (a question) (is, exists)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, something, anyone

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - than you (the owl) (than you, from you, your)

• चिरजाततरः (cirajātataraḥ) - older, more long-born

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

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - that (royal sage) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by the owl) (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

past passive participle

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak) with suffix '-ta'.

Root: vac (class 2)

राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, king-sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - a royal sage, a king who is also a sage

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

इन्द्रद्युम्नः (indradyumnaḥ) - Indradyumna (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indradyumna

indradyumna - Indradyumna (a proper name, particularly of a legendary king)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (owl) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उलूकम् (ulūkam) - owl

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ulūka

ulūka - owl

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)

अस्ति (asti) - is there (a question) (is, exists)

(verb)

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

present (laṭ)

3rd person singular active, present tense, from root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, something, anyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - someone, something, anyone, anything

Formed from 'kim' (who/what) and 'cit' (an indefinite particle).

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - than you (the owl) (than you, from you, your)

(noun)

Ablative, 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: Used in ablative case for comparison, meaning 'than you'.

चिरजाततरः (cirajātataraḥ) - older, more long-born

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cirajātatara

cirajātatara - older, more ancient, having been born a longer time ago

Comparative form of 'cirajāta' (long-born).

Compound type : tatpurusha (cira+jāta+tara)

• cira – long (time), ancient
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced, arisen
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root 'jan' (to be born) with suffix '-ta'.
  Root: jan (class 4)
• tara – more, exceedingly (comparative suffix)
  suffix
  Comparative suffix, usually forming adjectives.

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

(indeclinable)