महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-5

सूत उवाच ।
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य भुजगस्य रुरुस्तदा ।
नावधीद्भयसंविग्न ऋषिं मत्वाथ डुण्डुभम् ॥५॥

5. sūta uvāca ,
iti śrutvā vacastasya bhujagasya rurustadā ,
nāvadhīdbhayasaṁvigna ṛṣiṁ matvātha ḍuṇḍubham.

5. sūtaḥ uvāca iti śrutvā vacaḥ tasya bhujagasya ruruḥ tadā
na avadhīt bhayasaṃvignaḥ ṛṣim matvā atha ḍuṇḍubham

5. Sūta said: Having heard the words of that serpent, Ruru, agitated by fear, then did not kill the Ḍuṇḍubha, considering him to be a sage.

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - The narrator Sūta (charioteer, bard, Sūta (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, indicates direct speech/quotation)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (of him, his, of that)

• भुजगस्य (bhujagasya) - of the serpent (of a snake, serpent)

• रुरुः (ruruḥ) - Ruru (Ruru (proper name))

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अवधीत् (avadhīt) - killed (killed, struck down)

• भयसंविग्नः (bhayasaṁvignaḥ) - agitated by fear (agitated by fear, trembling with fear)

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage (sage, seer)

• मत्वा (matvā) - having considered (having thought, having considered)

• अथ (atha) - thereupon, then (then, now, thereupon)

• डुण्डुभम् (ḍuṇḍubham) - the Ḍuṇḍubha (referring to the transformed sage) (Ḍuṇḍubha (a specific type of snake, often refers to a non-venomous one))

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - The narrator Sūta (charioteer, bard, Sūta (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, Sūta

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfective

perfect tense form

Root: vac

Note: From root vac (ब्रूञ्)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, indicates direct speech/quotation)

(indeclinable)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutiv

-tvā ending

Root: śru (class 5)

वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

तस्य (tasya) - of that (of him, his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to bhujagasya.

भुजगस्य (bhujagasya) - of the serpent (of a snake, serpent)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhujaga

bhujaga - snake, serpent

रुरुः (ruruḥ) - Ruru (Ruru (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ruru

ruru - a deer, Ruru (name)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अवधीत् (avadhīt) - killed (killed, struck down)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of han

aorist

aorist form

Root: han (class 2)

Note: From root han (हन्)

भयसंविग्नः (bhayasaṁvignaḥ) - agitated by fear (agitated by fear, trembling with fear)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhayasaṃvigna

bhayasaṁvigna - agitated by fear

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+saṃvigna)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• saṃvigna – agitated, disturbed, troubled
  adjective
  past_participle
  -kta suffix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vij

Note: Compound of bhaya (fear) and saṃvigna (agitated).

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage (sage, seer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

Note: Object of 'matvā'.

मत्वा (matvā) - having considered (having thought, having considered)

(indeclinable)

absolutiv

-tvā ending

Root: man (class 4)

अथ (atha) - thereupon, then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

डुण्डुभम् (ḍuṇḍubham) - the Ḍuṇḍubha (referring to the transformed sage) (Ḍuṇḍubha (a specific type of snake, often refers to a non-venomous one))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ḍuṇḍubha

ḍuṇḍubha - a kind of harmless snake

Note: Object of 'na avadhīt' and also 'matvā'.