महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-97, verse-4

अथाब्रवीदगस्त्यस्तान्राजर्षीनृषिसत्तमः ।
विषादो वो न कर्तव्यो अहं भोक्ष्ये महासुरम् ॥४॥

4. athābravīdagastyastānrājarṣīnṛṣisattamaḥ ,
viṣādo vo na kartavyo ahaṁ bhokṣye mahāsuram.

4. atha abravīt agastyaḥ tān rājarṣīn ṛṣisattamaḥ
viṣādaḥ vaḥ na kartavyaḥ aham bhokṣye mahāsuram

4. Then Agastya, the foremost among the sages, said to those royal sages, "You should not feel dejection; I will consume the great demon."

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said (said, spoke)

• अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - Agastya (Agastya (name of a sage))

• तान् (tān) - those (royal sages) (them, those)

• राजर्षीन् (rājarṣīn) - the royal sages (royal sages, king-sages)

• ऋषिसत्तमः (ṛṣisattamaḥ) - the foremost among the sages (best of sages, foremost sage)

• विषादः (viṣādaḥ) - dejection (dejection, despondency, sorrow)

• वः (vaḥ) - your (should not be felt) (your, to you)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - should be felt/done (to be done, proper to be done, duty)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भोक्ष्ये (bhokṣye) - I will consume (I will eat, I will consume)

• महासुरम् (mahāsuram) - the great demon (great demon)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: bru (class 2)

अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - Agastya (Agastya (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - name of a famous sage

तान् (tān) - those (royal sages) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

राजर्षीन् (rājarṣīn) - the royal sages (royal sages, king-sages)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - royal sage, king-sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

ऋषिसत्तमः (ṛṣisattamaḥ) - the foremost among the sages (best of sages, foremost sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣisattama

ṛṣisattama - best of sages, foremost sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛṣi+sattama)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama

विषादः (viṣādaḥ) - dejection (dejection, despondency, sorrow)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣāda

viṣāda - dejection, despondency, sorrow

From vi-sad

Prefix: vi

Root: sad (class 1)

वः (vaḥ) - your (should not be felt) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Can be dative, genitive, or accusative. Dative fits the context 'for you' or 'by you' (in the passive construction).

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - should be felt/done (to be done, proper to be done, duty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, fit to be done, duty

Gerundive

From kṛ + tavya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used passively: 'dejection should not be felt'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भोक्ष्ये (bhokṣye) - I will consume (I will eat, I will consume)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

महासुरम् (mahāsuram) - the great demon (great demon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāsura

mahāsura - great demon

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+asura)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)