महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-29, verse-6

पृष्टश्चाहं तमवोचं महर्षिं सूतोऽहमस्मीति स मां शशाप ।
सूतोपधावाप्तमिदं त्वयास्त्रं न कर्मकाले प्रतिभास्यति त्वाम् ॥६॥

6. pṛṣṭaścāhaṁ tamavocaṁ maharṣiṁ; sūto'hamasmīti sa māṁ śaśāpa ,
sūtopadhāvāptamidaṁ tvayāstraṁ; na karmakāle pratibhāsyati tvām.

6. pṛṣṭaḥ ca aham tam avocam maharṣim
sūtaḥ aham asmi iti sa mām śaśāpa
| sūtopadhāvāptam idam tvayā astram
na karmakāle pratibhāsyati tvām

6. ca aham pṛṣṭaḥ tam maharṣim sūtaḥ
aham asmi iti avocam sa mām śaśāpa:
(yat) tvayā sūtopadhāvāptam idam
astram karmakāle tvām na pratibhāsyati

6. And when questioned, I told that great sage, 'I am a sūta.' Thereupon, he cursed me: 'This weapon, obtained by you through sūta-deception, will not manifest to you at the crucial time of action (karma).'

Words meanings summery:

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - questioned, asked

• च (ca) - and, also

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तम् (tam) - to that

• अवोचम् (avocam) - I said, I spoke

• महर्षिम् (maharṣim) - Refers to Paraśurāma (great sage, venerable seer)

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - charioteer, bard, a mixed caste

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

• स (sa) - Refers to the maharṣi (Paraśurāma) (he, that)

• माम् (mām) - me

• शशाप (śaśāpa) - he cursed

• सूतोपधावाप्तम् (sūtopadhāvāptam) - obtained through a charioteer's deception, acquired by sūta-trickery

• इदम् (idam) - this

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile

• न (na) - not

• कर्मकाले (karmakāle) - at the time of action (karma), at the time of need

• प्रतिभास्यति (pratibhāsyati) - it will appear, it will shine, it will manifest

• त्वाम् (tvām) - to you, you (accusative)

Words meanings and morphology

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - questioned, asked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - questioned, asked

Past Passive Participle

From root pracch (to ask) with suffix -ta

Root: pracch (class 6)

Note: Used in an absolute construction

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

तम् (tam) - to that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with maharṣim

अवोचम् (avocam) - I said, I spoke

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vac

Imperfect, 1st person singular

From root vac (to speak), imperfect active voice

Prefix: a

Root: vac (class 2)

महर्षिम् (maharṣim) - Refers to Paraśurāma (great sage, venerable seer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, venerable seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - charioteer, bard, a mixed caste

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, storyteller, a mixed caste (son of a Brahmin father and Kṣatriya mother, or vice versa)

Root: sū (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present, 1st person singular

From root as (to be), present active voice

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a direct quote

स (sa) - Refers to the maharṣi (Paraśurāma) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

शशाप (śaśāpa) - he cursed

(verb)

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

Perfect, 3rd person singular

From root śap (to curse), perfect active voice

Root: śap (class 1)

सूतोपधावाप्तम् (sūtopadhāvāptam) - obtained through a charioteer's deception, acquired by sūta-trickery

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sūtopadhāvāpta

sūtopadhāvāpta - obtained through sūta-deception

Compound with Past Passive Participle

Compound of sūta (charioteer) + upadhāva (deceit) + āpta (obtained, P.P.P. of āp)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+upadhāva+āpta)

• sūta – charioteer, bard
  noun (masculine)
• upadhāva – deception, fraudulent contrivance
  noun (masculine)
  From upa + dhāv (to run, to pursue)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: dhāv (class 1)
• āpta – obtained, acquired
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root āp (to obtain) with suffix -ta
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with astram

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

Note: Agrees with astram

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Agent in passive construction

अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of astra

astra - weapon, missile, dart

From root as (to throw)

Root: as (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

कर्मकाले (karmakāle) - at the time of action (karma), at the time of need

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of karmakāla

karmakāla - time for action, time of duty, time of work

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma+kāla)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual action, fate (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)

प्रतिभास्यति (pratibhāsyati) - it will appear, it will shine, it will manifest

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pratibhā

Future, 3rd person singular

From root bhā (to shine) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

त्वाम् (tvām) - to you, you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Object of pratibhāsyati