महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-52, verse-9

बृहदश्व उवाच ।
एवमुक्तः स देवैस्तैर्नैषधः पुनरब्रवीत् ।
सुरक्षितानि वेश्मानि प्रवेष्टुं कथमुत्सहे ॥९॥

9. bṛhadaśva uvāca ,
evamuktaḥ sa devaistairnaiṣadhaḥ punarabravīt ,
surakṣitāni veśmāni praveṣṭuṁ kathamutsahe.

9. bṛhadaśva uvāca evam uktaḥ sa devaiḥ taiḥ naiṣadhaḥ
punaḥ abravīt surakṣitāni veśmāni praveṣṭum katham utsahe

9. Bṛhadaśva said: "Addressed in this way by those gods, Nala replied again, 'How can I dare to enter such well-guarded dwellings?'"

Words meanings summery:

• बृहदश्व (bṛhadaśva) - Bṛhadaśva (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

• स (sa) - he (Nala) (he, that)

• देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those gods (by those)

• नैषधः (naiṣadhaḥ) - Nala, the King of Niṣadha

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• सुरक्षितानि (surakṣitāni) - well-guarded, well-protected

• वेश्मानि (veśmāni) - dwellings, houses, abodes

• प्रवेष्टुम् (praveṣṭum) - to enter

• कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

• उत्सहे (utsahe) - I dare, I am able, I strive

Words meanings and morphology

बृहदश्व (bṛhadaśva) - Bṛhadaśva (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhadaśva

bṛhadaśva - Bṛhadaśva (name of a sage)

Compound type : karmadharaya (bṛhat+aśva)

• bṛhat – great, large, vast
  adjective (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

स (sa) - he (Nala) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

तैः (taiḥ) - by those gods (by those)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नैषधः (naiṣadhaḥ) - Nala, the King of Niṣadha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naiṣadha

naiṣadha - King of Niṣadha, Nala

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सुरक्षितानि (surakṣitāni) - well-guarded, well-protected

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of surakṣita

surakṣita - well-guarded, well-protected

Past Passive Participle

From root 'rakṣ' with prefix 'su'

Prefix: su

Root: rakṣ (class 10)

वेश्मानि (veśmāni) - dwellings, houses, abodes

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of veśman

veśman - house, dwelling, abode

प्रवेष्टुम् (praveṣṭum) - to enter

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root 'viś' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

(indeclinable)

उत्सहे (utsahe) - I dare, I am able, I strive

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of utsah

Prefix: ud

Root: sah (class 1)