महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-207, verse-19

स तु पृष्टस्तदा देवैस्ततः कारणमब्रवीत् ।
प्रत्यगृह्णंस्तु देवाश्च तद्वचोऽङ्गिरसस्तदा ॥१९॥

19. sa tu pṛṣṭastadā devaistataḥ kāraṇamabravīt ,
pratyagṛhṇaṁstu devāśca tadvaco'ṅgirasastadā.

19. saḥ tu pṛṣṭaḥ tadā devaiḥ tataḥ kāraṇam abravīt
pratyagṛhṇan tu devāḥ ca tat vacaḥ aṅgirasaḥ tadā

19. When he was asked by the gods then, he explained the reason (kāraṇa). And the gods, for their part, accepted that statement of Aṅgiras at that time.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - referring to the first-born son, Brihaspati (he, that (masculine))

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods

• ततः (tataḥ) - as a result of being asked (then, from that, therefore)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason, cause, motive

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• प्रत्यगृह्णन् (pratyagṛhṇan) - they accepted, they assented

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - referring to the explanation/speech of Angiras (that, his)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, statement

• अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Angiras

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - referring to the first-born son, Brihaspati (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'prach' (to ask).

Root: prach (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

Root: div

ततः (tataḥ) - as a result of being asked (then, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason, cause, motive

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - reason, cause, motive, instrument

Root: kṛ

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Root 'brū' (to speak) in imperfect tense, 3rd person singular active.

Root: brū (class 2)

प्रत्यगृह्णन् (pratyagṛhṇan) - they accepted, they assented

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pratigrah

Imperfect

Root 'grah' (to seize, take) with prefix 'prati', imperfect tense, 3rd person plural active.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

Root: div

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - referring to the explanation/speech of Angiras (that, his)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, statement, voice

Root: vac

अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Angiras

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aṅgiras

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

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)