महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-191, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
एवमुक्तस्य दूतेन द्रुपदस्य तदा नृप ।
चोरस्येव गृहीतस्य न प्रावर्तत भारती ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
evamuktasya dūtena drupadasya tadā nṛpa ,
corasyeva gṛhītasya na prāvartata bhāratī.

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca evam uktasya dūtena drupadasya tadā
nṛpa corasya iva gṛhītasya na prāvartata bhāratī

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca nṛpa tadā dūtena evam uktasya drupadasya
gṛhītasya corasya iva bhāratī na prāvartata

1. Bhishma said: O King, when Drupada was thus addressed by the messenger, his speech ceased, just like that of a thief who has been caught.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

• उक्तस्य (uktasya) - of Drupada, who was spoken to (of one who was spoken to, of the one thus addressed)

• दूतेन (dūtena) - by the messenger

• द्रुपदस्य (drupadasya) - of Drupada

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King (Dhritarashtra) (O King)

• चोरस्य (corasya) - of a thief

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as if)

• गृहीतस्य (gṛhītasya) - of one who has been caught (of one caught, of one seized)

• न (na) - did not (not)

• प्रावर्तत (prāvartata) - did not proceed (ceased) (did not proceed, did not manifest, did not utter)

• भारती (bhāratī) - speech (speech, utterance, Sarasvati)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्तस्य (uktasya) - of Drupada, who was spoken to (of one who was spoken to, of the one thus addressed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Participial adjective modifying Drupada.

दूतेन (dūtena) - by the messenger

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dūta

dūta - messenger, envoy

द्रुपदस्य (drupadasya) - of Drupada

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of drupada

drupada - Drupada (name of a king)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

नृप (nṛpa) - O King (Dhritarashtra) (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

Note: Addressing Dhritarashtra.

चोरस्य (corasya) - of a thief

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cora

cora - thief, robber

Root: cur (class 10)

इव (iva) - just like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

गृहीतस्य (gṛhītasya) - of one who has been caught (of one caught, of one seized)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - caught, seized, taken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root grah (to seize, to take)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Participial adjective modifying corasya.

न (na) - did not (not)

(indeclinable)

प्रावर्तत (prāvartata) - did not proceed (ceased) (did not proceed, did not manifest, did not utter)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of pravṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Atmāne-pada form.

भारती (bhāratī) - speech (speech, utterance, Sarasvati)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāratī

bhāratī - speech, utterance, language, Sarasvati (goddess of speech)

Note: Subject of prāvartata.