महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-52, verse-8

देवा ऊचुः ।
करिष्य इति संश्रुत्य पूर्वमस्मासु नैषध ।
न करिष्यसि कस्मात्त्वं व्रज नैषध माचिरम् ॥८॥

8. devā ūcuḥ ,
kariṣya iti saṁśrutya pūrvamasmāsu naiṣadha ,
na kariṣyasi kasmāttvaṁ vraja naiṣadha māciram.

8. devāḥ ūcuḥ kariṣya iti saṃśrutya pūrvam asmāsu naiṣadha
na kariṣyasi kasmāt tvam vraja naiṣadha mā ciram

8. The gods said, "O Nala (naiṣadha), having previously promised us, 'I will do it,' why will you not do so now? Go, O Nala, without delay!"

Words meanings summery:

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said, spoke

• करिष्य (kariṣya) - I will do (it)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so)

• संश्रुत्य (saṁśrutya) - having promised, having agreed

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, before

• अस्मासु (asmāsu) - to us, among us

• नैषध (naiṣadha) - O King of Niṣadha, O Nala

• न (na) - not

• करिष्यसि (kariṣyasi) - you will do, you will make

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• व्रज (vraja) - go!

• नैषध (naiṣadha) - O King of Niṣadha, O Nala

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

• चिरम् (ciram) - in conjunction with 'mā', means 'without delay, quickly' (for a long time)

Words meanings and morphology

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

करिष्य (kariṣya) - I will do (it)

(verbal adjective)

इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

संश्रुत्य (saṁśrutya) - having promised, having agreed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'śru' with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: śru (class 5)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, before

(indeclinable)

अस्मासु (asmāsu) - to us, among us

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

नैषध (naiṣadha) - O King of Niṣadha, O Nala

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naiṣadha

naiṣadha - King of Niṣadha, Nala

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

करिष्यसि (kariṣyasi) - you will do, you will make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'why'

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

व्रज (vraja) - go!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)

नैषध (naiṣadha) - O King of Niṣadha, O Nala

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naiṣadha

naiṣadha - King of Niṣadha, Nala

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

चिरम् (ciram) - in conjunction with 'mā', means 'without delay, quickly' (for a long time)

(indeclinable)