महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-2, verse-1

भीम उवाच ।
पौरोगवो ब्रुवाणोऽहं बल्लवो नाम नामतः ।
उपस्थास्यामि राजानं विराटमिति मे मतिः ॥१॥

1. bhīma uvāca ,
paurogavo bruvāṇo'haṁ ballavo nāma nāmataḥ ,
upasthāsyāmi rājānaṁ virāṭamiti me matiḥ.

1. bhīmaḥ uvāca pauragavaḥ bruvāṇaḥ ahaṃ ballavaḥ nāma
nāmataḥ upasthāsyāmi rājānaṃ virāṭaṃ iti me matiḥ

1. Bhīma said: 'I will declare myself as Ballava by name, the chief cook. I will serve King Virāṭa; this is my intention (mati).'

Words meanings summery:

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (a name of the second Pāṇḍava)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• पौरगवः (pauragavaḥ) - chief cook, head of the kitchen

• ब्रुवाणः (bruvāṇaḥ) - calling myself (saying, speaking, calling oneself)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• बल्लवः (ballavaḥ) - Ballava (Bhīma's name in disguise) (Ballava (a proper name))

• नाम (nāma) - by name (emphasizing the preceding name) (by name, indeed, by all means)

• नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name

• उपस्थास्यामि (upasthāsyāmi) - I will serve (I will serve, I will attend upon, I will present myself)

• राजानम् (rājānam) - the king

• विराटम् (virāṭam) - King Virāṭa

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

• मे (me) - my, to me

• मतिः (matiḥ) - intention, thought, mind, opinion

Words meanings and morphology

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (a name of the second Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable; a name of the second Pāṇḍava

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

पौरगवः (pauragavaḥ) - chief cook, head of the kitchen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pauragava

pauragava - chief cook, head of the kitchen; supervisor of the kitchen

ब्रुवाणः (bruvāṇaḥ) - calling myself (saying, speaking, calling oneself)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bruvāṇa

brū - to speak, to say

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root 'brū' (to speak), ātmanepada form with śānac suffix

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: A participle functioning adjectivally to describe the agent 'I'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

बल्लवः (ballavaḥ) - Ballava (Bhīma's name in disguise) (Ballava (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ballava

ballava - cowherd; a proper name (Bhīma's name in disguise as a cook)

नाम (nāma) - by name (emphasizing the preceding name) (by name, indeed, by all means)

(indeclinable)

नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix 'tas' implying 'from/by name'

Note: Functions adverbially.

उपस्थास्यामि (upasthāsyāmi) - I will serve (I will serve, I will attend upon, I will present myself)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (ḷṛṭ) of upasthā

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

राजानम् (rājānam) - the king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

विराटम् (virāṭam) - King Virāṭa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of virāṭa

virāṭa - Virāṭa (name of a king, kingdom, or city)

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

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

मतिः (matiḥ) - intention, thought, mind, opinion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, intelligence, intention, opinion