महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-40, verse-14

उत्तर उवाच ।
परमोऽनुग्रहो मेऽद्य यत्प्रतर्को न मे वृथा ।
न हीदृशाः क्लीबरूपा भवन्तीह नरोत्तमाः ॥१४॥

14. uttara uvāca ,
paramo'nugraho me'dya yatpratarko na me vṛthā ,
na hīdṛśāḥ klībarūpā bhavantīha narottamāḥ.

14. uttaraḥ uvāca paramaḥ anugrahaḥ me adya yat pratarkaḥ na
me vṛthā na hi īdṛśāḥ klībarūpāḥ bhavanti iha narottamāḥ

14. Uttara said: This is a supreme favor for me today, because my conjecture was not in vain. Indeed, excellent men (puruṣa) do not assume such an effeminate appearance here.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तरः (uttaraḥ) - Uttara (name of the prince) (North, higher, later, reply, Uttara (name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, best, ultimate)

• अनुग्रहः (anugrahaḥ) - favor (favor, grace, kindness, blessing)

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• यत् (yat) - because (that, which, because)

• प्रतर्कः (pratarkaḥ) - conjecture / guess (conjecture, inference, consideration, argument)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain (in vain, uselessly, wrongly)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, for, surely)

• ईदृशाः (īdṛśāḥ) - such (such, of this kind)

• क्लीबरूपाः (klībarūpāḥ) - in such an effeminate guise / having an effeminate appearance (having the form of an impotent person/eunuch, effeminate)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they assume / they are (they are, they become)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, now)

• नरोत्तमाः (narottamāḥ) - excellent men (puruṣa) (best among men, excellent men, heroes (puruṣa))

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तरः (uttaraḥ) - Uttara (name of the prince) (North, higher, later, reply, Uttara (name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttara

uttara - higher, northern, later, superior, reply, Uttara (name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect form of √vac (class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, best, ultimate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, best, ultimate

अनुग्रहः (anugrahaḥ) - favor (favor, grace, kindness, blessing)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anugraha

anugraha - favor, grace, kindness, blessing

From anu-√grah (to seize, to hold)

Prefix: anu

Root: grah (class 9)

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

Dative/Genitive singular of 'I'

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - because (that, which, because)

(indeclinable)

प्रतर्कः (pratarkaḥ) - conjecture / guess (conjecture, inference, consideration, argument)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratarka

pratarka - conjecture, inference, consideration, argument

From prati-√tark (to infer, to guess)

Prefix: prati

Root: tark (class 10)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Genitive/Dative singular of 'I'

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain (in vain, uselessly, wrongly)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, for, surely)

(indeclinable)

ईदृशाः (īdṛśāḥ) - such (such, of this kind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind

क्लीबरूपाः (klībarūpāḥ) - in such an effeminate guise / having an effeminate appearance (having the form of an impotent person/eunuch, effeminate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of klībarūpa

klībarūpa - having the form of an impotent person/eunuch, effeminate

Compound of klība (impotent) and rūpa (form)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (klība+rūpa)

• klība – impotent, eunuch, neuter
  noun (neuter)
• rūpa – form, appearance, shape, beauty
  noun (neuter)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they assume / they are (they are, they become)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present Active

Present tense, 3rd person plural of √bhū (class 1)

Root: bhū (class 1)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, now)

(indeclinable)

नरोत्तमाः (narottamāḥ) - excellent men (puruṣa) (best among men, excellent men, heroes (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of narottama

narottama - best among men, excellent man, hero (puruṣa)

Compound of nara (man) and uttama (best)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)