महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-24, verse-97

एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो देवा वाक्यमुक्तं महात्मना ।
गत्वा पितामहं देवं प्रसाद्यैवं वचोऽब्रुवन् ॥९७॥

97. etacchrutvā tato devā vākyamuktaṁ mahātmanā ,
gatvā pitāmahaṁ devaṁ prasādyaivaṁ vaco'bruvan.

97. etat śrutvā tataḥ devāḥ vākyam uktam mahātmanā
gatvā pitāmaham devam prasādya evam vacaḥ abruvan

97. devāḥ mahātmanā uktam etat vākyam śrutvā tataḥ
pitāmaham devam gatvā prasādya evam vacaḥ abruvan

97. Having heard these words spoken by the great soul, the gods then went to the divine grandfather (Brahma), and after appeasing him, they spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, after that

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, divine beings

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, utterance, sentence

• उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken, said, told

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul, by the exalted one

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to Lord Brahma (to the grandfather)

• देवम् (devam) - to the god, divine

• प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having appeased, having propitiated, having satisfied

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

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech, utterance

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke, they said

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, that

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from the root śru (to hear) with the suffix -tvā.

Root: śru (class 5)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, after that

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronoun tad with the suffix -tas.

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, divine beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, divine, celestial being

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, utterance, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, utterance, sentence

Derived from vāc (speech, word).

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken, said, told

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root vac (to speak) with the suffix -ta, undergoing samprasarana (u replaces va).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'vākyam'.

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul, by the exalted one

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, exalted one, high-minded, noble

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast, eminent
  adjective
• ātman – soul, self, spirit, breath
  noun (masculine)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from the root gam (to go) with the suffix -tvā.

Root: gam (class 1)

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to Lord Brahma (to the grandfather)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather (father's father), a name of Brahma

देवम् (devam) - to the god, divine

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine, celestial being

प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having appeased, having propitiated, having satisfied

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from the root sad (to sit, settle) with the upasarga pra- and the suffix -lyaP (which becomes -ya after a prefix).

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech, utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vacas

vacas - word, speech, utterance, sound

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke, they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abruvan

Imperfect tense

3rd person plural, imperfect active of the root brū (to speak).

Root: brū (class 2)