महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-7

डुण्डुभ उवाच ।
अहं पुरा रुरो नाम्ना ऋषिरासं सहस्रपात् ।
सोऽहं शापेन विप्रस्य भुजगत्वमुपागतः ॥७॥

7. ḍuṇḍubha uvāca ,
ahaṁ purā ruro nāmnā ṛṣirāsaṁ sahasrapāt ,
so'haṁ śāpena viprasya bhujagatvamupāgataḥ.

7. ḍuṇḍubhaḥ uvāca aham purā ruro nāmnā ṛṣiḥ āsam
sahasrapāt saḥ aham śāpena viprasya bhujagatvam upāgataḥ

7. The Ḍuṇḍubha said: "O Ruru, in the past I was a sage named Sahasrapāt. That same I have now attained the state of a serpent due to the curse of a Brahmin."

Words meanings summery:

• डुण्डुभः (ḍuṇḍubhaḥ) - The Ḍuṇḍubha (speaker) (Ḍuṇḍubha (proper name, type of snake))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पुरा (purā) - in the past (formerly, in the past, anciently)

• रुरो (ruro) - O Ruru

• नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage (sage, seer)

• आसम् (āsam) - I was

• सहस्रपात् (sahasrapāt) - Sahasrapāt (the sage's name) (Sahasrapāt (a proper name, lit. 'thousand-footed'))

• सः (saḥ) - that (same one) (he, that)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शापेन (śāpena) - by the curse (by a curse)

• विप्रस्य (viprasya) - of a Brahmin (of a Brahmin, of a sage)

• भुजगत्वम् (bhujagatvam) - serpent-hood (state of being a serpent, serpent-hood)

• उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - attained (attained, reached, arrived at)

Words meanings and morphology

डुण्डुभः (ḍuṇḍubhaḥ) - The Ḍuṇḍubha (speaker) (Ḍuṇḍubha (proper name, type of snake))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ḍuṇḍubha

ḍuṇḍubha - a kind of harmless snake

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)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

पुरा (purā) - in the past (formerly, in the past, anciently)

(indeclinable)

रुरो (ruro) - O Ruru

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ruru

ruru - a deer, Ruru (name)

Note: vocative singular form of Ruru.

नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name

(noun)

neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage (sage, seer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

Note: Predicate nominative for 'aham'.

आसम् (āsam) - I was

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

imperfect

imperfect tense form

Root: as (class 2)

सहस्रपात् (sahasrapāt) - Sahasrapāt (the sage's name) (Sahasrapāt (a proper name, lit. 'thousand-footed'))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahasrapāt

sahasrapāt - thousand-footed, Sahasrapāt (proper name)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+pād)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• pād – foot
  noun (masculine)

Note: A proper name, meaning 'having a thousand feet'.

सः (saḥ) - that (same one) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Emphatic, 'that very I'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

शापेन (śāpena) - by the curse (by a curse)

(noun)

masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse

विप्रस्य (viprasya) - of a Brahmin (of a Brahmin, of a sage)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage

भुजगत्वम् (bhujagatvam) - serpent-hood (state of being a serpent, serpent-hood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhujagatva

bhujagatva - state of being a serpent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhujaga+tva)

• bhujaga – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix indicating state or condition
  suffix (neuter)
  abstract_noun_suffix

Note: Object of 'upāgataḥ'.

उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - attained (attained, reached, arrived at)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gam

gam - to go, to reach

past_participle

-kta suffix

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'aham'.