महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-207, verse-17

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
तच्छ्रुत्वाङ्गिरसो वाक्यं जातवेदास्तथाकरोत् ।
राजन्बृहस्पतिर्नाम तस्याप्यङ्गिरसः सुतः ॥१७॥

17. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
tacchrutvāṅgiraso vākyaṁ jātavedāstathākarot ,
rājanbṛhaspatirnāma tasyāpyaṅgirasaḥ sutaḥ.

17. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tat śrutvā aṅgirasaḥ vākyam jātavedāḥ
tathā akarot rājan bṛhaspatiḥ nāma tasya api aṅgirasaḥ sutaḥ

17. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard that statement of Aṅgiras, Jātavedas (Agni) acted accordingly. O King, the one named Bṛhaspati was also a son of that Aṅgiras.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - The sage Markandeya (as the speaker) (Markandeya)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तत् (tat) - referring to the statement of Angiras (that, thus)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Angiras

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, statement, sentence

• जातवेदाः (jātavedāḥ) - Referring to the fire-god Agni (Agni, fire-god; one who knows all born things; possessing wealth of knowledge)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, accordingly

• अकरोत् (akarot) - acted according to the statement (did, made, acted)

• राजन् (rājan) - addressing the listener, Janamejaya (O king!)

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brihaspati (preceptor of the gods)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, namely

• तस्य (tasya) - of that Angiras (his, of him, of that)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Angiras

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - The sage Markandeya (as the speaker) (Markandeya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - a descendant of Mṛkaṇḍu; name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect

Root 'vac' (to speak) in perfect tense, 3rd person singular active.

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - referring to the statement of Angiras (that, thus)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'śru' (to hear) with suffix -tvā.

Root: śru (class 5)

अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Angiras

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aṅgiras

aṅgiras - name of a Vedic sage, a class of divine beings, a priest, fire

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, statement, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, statement, sentence

Root: vac

जातवेदाः (jātavedāḥ) - Referring to the fire-god Agni (Agni, fire-god; one who knows all born things; possessing wealth of knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jātavedas

jātavedas - Agni, fire-god; one who knows all born things; possessing wealth of knowledge

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jāta+vedas)

• jāta – born, produced, occurred
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'jan' (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• vedas – knowledge, wisdom, wealth, property
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vid

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, accordingly

(indeclinable)

अकरोत् (akarot) - acted according to the statement (did, made, acted)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of akarot

Imperfect

Root 'kṛ' (to do, make) in imperfect tense, 3rd person singular active.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

राजन् (rājan) - addressing the listener, Janamejaya (O king!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brihaspati (preceptor of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - Brihaspati (the preceptor of the gods, name of a deity and a planet)

नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, namely

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that Angiras (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Angiras

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aṅgiras

aṅgiras - name of a Vedic sage, a class of divine beings, a priest, fire

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, offspring, produced, born

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sū' (to beget, produce).

Root: sū (class 2)