महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-33, verse-28

प्रवृत्तवाक्चित्रकथ ऊहवान्प्रतिभानवान् ।
आशु ग्रन्थस्य वक्ता च स वै पण्डित उच्यते ॥२८॥

28. pravṛttavākcitrakatha ūhavānpratibhānavān ,
āśu granthasya vaktā ca sa vai paṇḍita ucyate.

28. pravṛttavāk citrakathaḥ ūhavān pratibhānavān
āśu granthasya vaktā ca sa vai paṇḍitaḥ ucyate

28. That person who speaks fluently, whose discourse is captivating, who is sagacious and witty, and who can quickly expound on texts, is indeed called a wise person (paṇḍita).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवृत्तवाक् (pravṛttavāk) - fluent speaker, eloquent speaker

• चित्रकथः (citrakathaḥ) - whose discourse is varied, whose speech is charming

• ऊहवान् (ūhavān) - sagacious, resourceful, logical, discerning

• प्रतिभानवान् (pratibhānavān) - intelligent, ingenious, witty, intuitive

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, promptly

• ग्रन्थस्य (granthasya) - of the text, of the book, of the composition

• वक्ता (vaktā) - speaker, expounder, orator

• च (ca) - and, also

• स (sa) - he, that (person)

• वै (vai) - Emphatic particle (indeed, certainly, surely)

• पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a wise person, a scholar, an expert

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said, is spoken

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवृत्तवाक् (pravṛttavāk) - fluent speaker, eloquent speaker

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravṛttavāc

pravṛttavāc - fluent of speech, eloquent

Compound formed from pravṛtta and vāc

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pravṛtta+vāc)

• pravṛtta – begun, commenced, fluent, flowing
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra- + vṛt (to turn, roll, proceed)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• vāc – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)
  From root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Sandhi: c -> k in word-final position.

चित्रकथः (citrakathaḥ) - whose discourse is varied, whose speech is charming

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citrakatha

citrakatha - one whose speech is charming/varied/picturesque

Compound formed from citra and kathā

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (citra+kathā)

• citra – variegated, wonderful, brilliant, picture
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: cit
• kathā – speech, tale, discourse, story
  noun (feminine)
  From root kath (to tell)
  Root: kath (class 10)

ऊहवान् (ūhavān) - sagacious, resourceful, logical, discerning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūhavat

ūhavat - sagacious, intelligent, resourceful, possessed of reasoning

Possessive suffix -vat

Formed from ūha (reasoning, conjecture) with possessive suffix -vat

प्रतिभानवान् (pratibhānavān) - intelligent, ingenious, witty, intuitive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratibhānavat

pratibhānavat - intelligent, ingenious, witty, endowed with intuition/genius

Possessive suffix -vat

Formed from pratibhāna (intelligence, intuition) with possessive suffix -vat

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, promptly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial usage

Note: Adverb.

ग्रन्थस्य (granthasya) - of the text, of the book, of the composition

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of grantha

grantha - text, book, composition, knot

From root granth (to bind, compose)

Root: granth (class 1)

वक्ता (vaktā) - speaker, expounder, orator

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaktṛ

vaktṛ - speaker, orator, expounder

Agent noun from root vac

Formed with suffix -tṛ from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

स (sa) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Pronoun 'tad' (masculine nominative singular).

वै (vai) - Emphatic particle (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a wise person, a scholar, an expert

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, wise, scholar, pundit

From root paṇḍ (to collect, accumulate, know)

Root: paṇḍ (class 1)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said, is spoken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Passive form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Root 'vac' changes to 'uc' in passive stem.