महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-39, verse-7

उत्तर उवाच ।
दश पार्थस्य नामानि यानि पूर्वं श्रुतानि मे ।
प्रब्रूयास्तानि यदि मे श्रद्दध्यां सर्वमेव ते ॥७॥

7. uttara uvāca ,
daśa pārthasya nāmāni yāni pūrvaṁ śrutāni me ,
prabrūyāstāni yadi me śraddadhyāṁ sarvameva te.

7. uttaraḥ uvāca daśa pārthasya nāmāni yāni pūrvam śrutāni
me prabrūyāḥ tāni yadi me śraddadhyām sarvam eva te

7. Uttara said: 'If you would tell me the ten names of Partha (Arjuna) which I have heard before, I would indeed believe all you say.'

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तरः (uttaraḥ) - Uttara (name of the prince of Matsya kingdom)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दश (daśa) - ten

• पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Partha, of Arjuna

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names

• यानि (yāni) - which (plural)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly

• श्रुतानि (śrutāni) - heard

• मे (me) - by me (heard by me) (by me, to me, my)

• प्रब्रूयाः (prabrūyāḥ) - you would tell, you should tell

• तानि (tāni) - those names (those (plural))

• यदि (yadi) - if

• मे (me) - to me (by me, to me, my)

• श्रद्दध्याम् (śraddadhyām) - I would believe

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• ते (te) - from you (all you say) (by you, of you, your)

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तरः (uttaraḥ) - Uttara (name of the prince of Matsya kingdom)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttara

uttara - Uttara (name of the prince of the Matsya kingdom), north, higher

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

From root vac (2nd class, but perfect form 'uvāca' is common)

Root: vac (class 2)

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Always plural.

पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Partha, of Arjuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pritha (Kunti)

Derived from 'pṛthā' with a patronymic suffix 'aṇ'

नामानि (nāmāni) - names

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name

यानि (yāni) - which (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial usage of the neuter accusative singular

श्रुतानि (śrutāni) - heard

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śruta

śruta - heard, listened to

past passive participle

From root 'śru' (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - by me (heard by me) (by me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun

प्रब्रूयाः (prabrūyāḥ) - you would tell, you should tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of brū

optative active

From root 'brū' (2nd class Parasmaipada), with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

तानि (tāni) - those names (those (plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (by me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun

श्रद्दध्याम् (śraddadhyām) - I would believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of śrad-dhā

optative active

From root 'dhā' (3rd class Parasmaipada) with prefix 'śrad'

Prefix: śrad

Root: dhā (class 3)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - from you (all you say) (by you, of you, your)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Enclitic form of the 2nd person pronoun