महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-11, verse-20

बृहस्पतिरथोवाच इन्द्राणीं भयमोहिताम् ।
यदुक्तासि मया देवि सत्यं तद्भविता ध्रुवम् ॥२०॥

20. bṛhaspatirathovāca indrāṇīṁ bhayamohitām ,
yaduktāsi mayā devi satyaṁ tadbhavitā dhruvam.

20. bṛhaspatiḥ atha uvāca indrāṇīm bhayamohitām yat
uktā asi mayā devi satyam tad bhavitā dhruvam

20. Bṛhaspati then said to Indrāṇī, who was bewildered by fear: 'O Goddess, whatever I have told you, that will certainly be true.'

Words meanings summery:

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - The speaker in this verse, responding to Indrāṇī. (Bṛhaspati (preceptor of the gods))

• अथ (atha) - Indicates a sequence of events, 'Bṛhaspati then spoke'. (then, next, now)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Bṛhaspati said. (he said, he spoke)

• इन्द्राणीम् (indrāṇīm) - The addressee of Bṛhaspati's speech. (Indrāṇī (Indra's wife))

• भयमोहिताम् (bhayamohitām) - Describes Indrāṇī's state of mind when Bṛhaspati spoke. (bewildered/deluded by fear)

• यत् (yat) - Introducing a relative clause, referring to 'what has been told'. (whatever, which)

• उक्ता (uktā) - You (feminine) have been told. (said, spoken, told)

• असि (asi) - you are

• मया (mayā) - Bṛhaspati is the agent of telling. (by me)

• देवि (devi) - Referring to Indrāṇī (devī). (O Goddess!)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - true, truth

• तद् (tad) - Refers to the statement made by Bṛhaspati, meaning 'that statement/truth'. (that)

• भविता (bhavitā) - Expresses future certainty, implying an inevitable outcome. (will be, shall be)

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - Emphasizes the certainty of the future event: it will *certainly* be true. (certainly, surely, fixedly)

Words meanings and morphology

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - The speaker in this verse, responding to Indrāṇī. (Bṛhaspati (preceptor of the gods))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - preceptor of the gods, a planetary deity (Jupiter)

Compound of `bṛhat` (great) + `pati` (lord).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bṛhat+pati)

• bṛhat – great, large, strong
  adjective
  Root `bṛh` + `at` suffix.
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• pati – master, lord, protector
  noun (masculine)

अथ (atha) - Indicates a sequence of events, 'Bṛhaspati then spoke'. (then, next, now)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

उवाच (uvāca) - Bṛhaspati said. (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (liṭ)

Perfect, 3rd person singular, active. Reduplicated root.

Root: vac (class 2)

इन्द्राणीम् (indrāṇīm) - The addressee of Bṛhaspati's speech. (Indrāṇī (Indra's wife))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of indrāṇī

indrāṇī - wife of Indra, Indrāṇī

From `indra` + `āṇī` (feminine suffix).

Note: Object of `uvāca`.

भयमोहिताम् (bhayamohitām) - Describes Indrāṇī's state of mind when Bṛhaspati spoke. (bewildered/deluded by fear)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhayamohitā

bhayamohita - deluded by fear, bewildered by terror

Past Passive Participle

Compound. `mohita` from root `muh` (to be bewildered).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+mohita)

• bhaya – fear, terror, dread
  noun (neuter)
  From root `bhī` (to fear).
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• mohita – bewildered, deluded, confused
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `muh` (to be bewildered, to faint).
  Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Modifies `indrāṇīm`.

यत् (yat) - Introducing a relative clause, referring to 'what has been told'. (whatever, which)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Base for relative pronoun.

Note: Refers to `satyam`.

उक्ता (uktā) - You (feminine) have been told. (said, spoken, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

From root `vac` (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used with `asi` to form 'you have been told'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present tense, 2nd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

मया (mayā) - Bṛhaspati is the agent of telling. (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mayā

asmad - I, me

Instrumental singular of `asmad`.

देवि (devi) - Referring to Indrāṇī (devī). (O Goddess!)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine female

Feminine form of `deva`.

सत्यम् (satyam) - true, truth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, truth

From `sat` (being, existing).

Root: as (class 2)

तद् (tad) - Refers to the statement made by Bṛhaspati, meaning 'that statement/truth'. (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Base for demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of `bhavitā`.

भविता (bhavitā) - Expresses future certainty, implying an inevitable outcome. (will be, shall be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, periphrastic future (luṭ) of bhū

Periphrastic Future

Periphrastic Future (luṭ), 3rd person singular, active.

Root: bhū (class 1)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - Emphasizes the certainty of the future event: it will *certainly* be true. (certainly, surely, fixedly)

(indeclinable)

From root `dhru` (to be firm).

Root: dhru (class 1)