महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-6

उवाच चैनं भगवान्रुरुः संशमयन्निव ।
कामया भुजग ब्रूहि कोऽसीमां विक्रियां गतः ॥६॥

6. uvāca cainaṁ bhagavānruruḥ saṁśamayanniva ,
kāmayā bhujaga brūhi ko'sīmāṁ vikriyāṁ gataḥ.

6. uvāca ca enam bhagavān ruruḥ saṃśamayan iva
kāmayā bhujaga brūhi kaḥ asi imām vikriyām gataḥ

6. And the divine Ruru spoke to him, as if pacifying (him), saying: "O serpent, please tell me, who are you, having attained this transformed state?"

Words meanings summery:

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एनम् (enam) - him (the snake) (him, this (masc. acc. sg.))

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - divine, venerable (Ruru) (illustrious, divine, glorious, venerable)

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

• संशमयन् (saṁśamayan) - pacifying (the snake) (pacifying, calming, quieting)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if)

• कामया (kāmayā) - please (lit. by desire/kindly) (by desire, for love, out of desire)

• भुजग (bhujaga) - O serpent (O serpent, O snake)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

• असि (asi) - you are

• इमाम् (imām) - this (this (fem. acc. sg.))

• विक्रियाम् (vikriyām) - transformed state, changed form (transformation, change of form, altered state)

• गतः (gataḥ) - having reached, attained (gone, attained, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

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)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (the snake) (him, this (masc. acc. sg.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, him

भगवान् (bhagavān) - divine, venerable (Ruru) (illustrious, divine, glorious, venerable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - illustrious, divine, glorious, venerable

Note: Adjective for Ruru.

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ruru

ruru - a deer, Ruru (name)

संशमयन् (saṁśamayan) - pacifying (the snake) (pacifying, calming, quieting)

(nominal form)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śam

śam - to be quiet, to pacify

causative

present participle

Prefix: sam

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Qualifies Ruru.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

कामया (kāmayā) - please (lit. by desire/kindly) (by desire, for love, out of desire)

(noun)

masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love

Note: Often used idiomatically to express 'please' or 'out of kindness'.

भुजग (bhujaga) - O serpent (O serpent, O snake)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhujaga

bhujaga - snake, serpent

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of brū

imperative

imperative form

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Root ब्रूञ्

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present

present tense form

Root: as (class 2)

Note: From root अस् (to be)

इमाम् (imām) - this (this (fem. acc. sg.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to vikriyām.

विक्रियाम् (vikriyām) - transformed state, changed form (transformation, change of form, altered state)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vikriyā

vikriyā - transformation, change, altered state

Note: Object of 'gataḥ'.

गतः (gataḥ) - having reached, attained (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gam

gam - to go, to reach

past_participle

-kta suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kaḥ' (who).