महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-281, verse-63

सत्यवानुवाच ।
सुचिरं बत सुप्तोऽस्मि किमर्थं नावबोधितः ।
क्व चासौ पुरुषः श्यामो योऽसौ मां संचकर्ष ह ॥६३॥

63. satyavānuvāca ,
suciraṁ bata supto'smi kimarthaṁ nāvabodhitaḥ ,
kva cāsau puruṣaḥ śyāmo yo'sau māṁ saṁcakarṣa ha.

63. satyavān uvāca | suciram bata
suptaḥ asmi kimartham na
avabodhitaḥ | kva ca asau puruṣaḥ
śyāmaḥ yaḥ asau mām saṃcakarṣa ha

63. Satyavān said, "Alas, I have been sleeping for a very long time! Why was I not awakened? And where is that dark-skinned person (puruṣa) who dragged me away?"

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यवान् (satyavān) - Satyavān (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

• बत (bata) - alas, oh, indeed

• सुप्तः (suptaḥ) - asleep, slept

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose

• न (na) - not, no

• अवबोधितः (avabodhitaḥ) - awakened, made aware

• क्व (kva) - where, whither

• च (ca) - and, also

• असौ (asau) - that (person)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person (puruṣa), man, male

• श्यामः (śyāmaḥ) - dark, dark-skinned, black

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• असौ (asau) - that (person)

• माम् (mām) - me

• संचकर्ष (saṁcakarṣa) - dragged, pulled away

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यवान् (satyavān) - Satyavān (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyavat

satyavat - Satyavān (name of a king's son, Sāvitrī's husband), truthful, virtuous

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sucira

sucira - very long, for a very long time

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+cira)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• cira – long (of time), lasting, old
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Adverbial usage

बत (bata) - alas, oh, indeed

(indeclinable)

सुप्तः (suptaḥ) - asleep, slept

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of supta

supta - slept, asleep, dormant

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'svap' (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, Parasmaipada, 1st person singular of √as

Root: as (class 2)

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which, why
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अवबोधितः (avabodhitaḥ) - awakened, made aware

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avabodhita

avabodhita - awakened, enlightened, made aware

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the causal of root 'budh' (to know/wake) with upasarga 'ava'.

Prefix: ava

Root: budh (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where, whither

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (demonstrative pronoun, often referring to something remote or not immediately present)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person (puruṣa), man, male

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, person (puruṣa), spirit, cosmic person

श्यामः (śyāmaḥ) - dark, dark-skinned, black

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śyāma

śyāma - dark, black, dark-blue, green, dark-skinned

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

असौ (asau) - that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (demonstrative pronoun, often referring to something remote or not immediately present)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

संचकर्ष (saṁcakarṣa) - dragged, pulled away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of saṃ-kṛṣ

perfect

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular of √kṛṣ with upasarga 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)