महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-2

हन्यां सदैव भुजगं यं यं पश्येयमित्युत ।
ततोऽहं त्वां जिघांसामि जीवितेन विमोक्ष्यसे ॥२॥

2. hanyāṁ sadaiva bhujagaṁ yaṁ yaṁ paśyeyamityuta ,
tato'haṁ tvāṁ jighāṁsāmi jīvitena vimokṣyase.

2. hanyām sadā eva bhujagam yam yam paśyeyam iti uta
| tataḥ aham tvām jighāṃsāmi jīvitena vimokṣyase

2. I vowed, 'I shall always kill any snake I see.' Therefore, I wish to kill you. However, you shall be freed with your life (your life shall be spared).

Words meanings summery:

• हन्याम् (hanyām) - I shall kill (I should/would kill)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• एव (eva) - always (reinforcing sadā) (indeed, only, just)

• भुजगम् (bhujagam) - snake

• यम् (yam) - whichever (which, whom)

• यम् (yam) - any (which, whom)

• पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I see (I should/would see)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• उत (uta) - and, moreover, also

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (then, therefore, from that)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• जिघांसामि (jighāṁsāmi) - I wish to kill

• जीवितेन (jīvitena) - with your life (spared) (by/with life, by means of life)

• विमोक्ष्यसे (vimokṣyase) - you shall be freed (with your life) (you will be freed, you will escape)

Words meanings and morphology

हन्याम् (hanyām) - I shall kill (I should/would kill)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses potential, wish, or obligation. Here, a firm resolve.

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - always (reinforcing sadā) (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

भुजगम् (bhujagam) - snake

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhujaga

bhujaga - snake, serpent

Compound type : upapada (bhuja+ga)

• bhuja – arm, hand, shoulder
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'hanyām'.

यम् (yam) - whichever (which, whom)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'whichever'. Agrees with 'bhujagam'.

यम् (yam) - any (which, whom)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'whichever'. Agrees with 'bhujagam'.

पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I see (I should/would see)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of dṛś

Root dṛś, class 1 (paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Conditional or potential mood.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - and, moreover, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Here, emphasizes the statement.

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (then, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'jighāṃsāmi'.

जिघांसामि (jighāṁsāmi) - I wish to kill

(verb)

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

desiderative

Desiderative of root han (to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

जीवितेन (jīvitena) - with your life (spared) (by/with life, by means of life)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood

past participle

Derived from root jīv (to live), used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Freed *with* life, i.e., life preserved.

विमोक्ष्यसे (vimokṣyase) - you shall be freed (with your life) (you will be freed, you will escape)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, future (lṛṭ) of vimuc

Root muc with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: The ātmanepada termination -se indicates a passive sense for this root in the future tense.