महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-8

न भूतपूर्वं बीभत्सोर्वाक्यं परुषमीदृशम् ।
अथ कस्मात्स कौन्तेयः सखायं रूक्षमब्रवीत् ॥८॥

8. na bhūtapūrvaṁ bībhatsorvākyaṁ paruṣamīdṛśam ,
atha kasmātsa kaunteyaḥ sakhāyaṁ rūkṣamabravīt.

8. na bhūtapūrvam bībhatsoḥ vākyam paruṣam īdṛśam
atha kasmāt saḥ kaunteyaḥ sakhāyam rūkṣam abravīt

8. īdṛśam paruṣam vākyam bībhatsoḥ na bhūtapūrvam (āsīt).
atha kasmāt saḥ kaunteyaḥ sakhāyam rūkṣam abravīt?

8. Never before was such a harsh statement (vākya) uttered by Bibhatsu (Arjuna). Why, then, did that son of Kunti (Arjuna) speak so harshly to his friend?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• भूतपूर्वम् (bhūtapūrvam) - having been before, unprecedented, never before

• बीभत्सोः (bībhatsoḥ) - of Arjuna (of Bibhatsu (an epithet of Arjuna))

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, statement

• परुषम् (paruṣam) - harsh, rough, cruel, severe

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of such a kind

• अथ (atha) - now, then, therefore, subsequently

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what, for what reason

• सः (saḥ) - Arjuna (he, that)

• कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Arjuna, son of Kunti (son of Kunti)

• सखायम् (sakhāyam) - his friend, Krishna (friend)

• रूक्षम् (rūkṣam) - harshly, roughly, cruelly

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भूतपूर्वम् (bhūtapūrvam) - having been before, unprecedented, never before

(adjective)

neuter, singular of bhūtapūrva

bhūtapūrva - having existed before, unprecedented

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+pūrva)

• bhūta – been, past, existing, creature
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• pūrva – before, former, earlier
  adjective

बीभत्सोः (bībhatsoḥ) - of Arjuna (of Bibhatsu (an epithet of Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bībhatsu

bībhatsu - Bibhatsu (epithet of Arjuna, meaning 'loathing of war' or 'terrible in war')

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, statement

(noun)

neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, statement, sentence

परुषम् (paruṣam) - harsh, rough, cruel, severe

(adjective)

neuter, singular of paruṣa

paruṣa - harsh, rough, cruel, severe, unkind

Note: Qualifies 'vākyam'

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of such a kind

(adjective)

neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

Note: Qualifies 'vākyam'

अथ (atha) - now, then, therefore, subsequently

(indeclinable)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what, for what reason

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'why'

सः (saḥ) - Arjuna (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Arjuna, son of Kunti (son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti (e.g., Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishthira)

सखायम् (sakhāyam) - his friend, Krishna (friend)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion

रूक्षम् (rūkṣam) - harshly, roughly, cruelly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūkṣa

rūkṣa - rough, harsh, dry, cruel

Note: Used adverbially, qualifying the verb 'abravīt'

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)