महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-8

रुरुरुवाच ।
किमर्थं शप्तवान्क्रुद्धो द्विजस्त्वां भुजगोत्तम ।
कियन्तं चैव कालं ते वपुरेतद्भविष्यति ॥८॥

8. rururuvāca ,
kimarthaṁ śaptavānkruddho dvijastvāṁ bhujagottama ,
kiyantaṁ caiva kālaṁ te vapuretadbhaviṣyati.

8. ruruḥ uvāca kimartham śaptavān kruddhaḥ dvijaḥ tvām bhujaga
uttama kiyantam ca eva kālam te vapuḥ etat bhaviṣyati

8. Ruru said: "O best of serpents, why did that enraged Brahmin curse you? And for how long will this body be yours?"

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why (for what purpose, why)

• शप्तवान् (śaptavān) - cursed

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (enraged, angry)

• द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - Brahmin (Brahmin, twice-born)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (acc. sg.))

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

• उत्तम (uttama) - O best (of serpents) (best, excellent, highest)

• कियन्तम् (kiyantam) - for how long (how much, how many, for how long)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, just (indeed, only, just)

• कालम् (kālam) - for a period of time (time, period)

• ते (te) - yours (to you, for you, your)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form (body, form, figure)

• एतत् (etat) - this (this (neuter nom/acc sg))

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ruru

ruru - a deer, Ruru (name)

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)

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why (for what purpose, why)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  interrogative pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: adverbial accusative.

शप्तवान् (śaptavān) - cursed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śap

śap - to curse

past_participle

-ktavat suffix

Root: śap (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'dvijaḥ'.

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (enraged, angry)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krudh

krudh - to be angry

past_participle

-kta suffix

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'dvijaḥ'.

द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - Brahmin (Brahmin, twice-born)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - Brahmin, a bird, a tooth

Note: Subject of 'śaptavān'.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (acc. sg.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'śaptavān'.

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

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhujaga

bhujaga - snake, serpent

उत्तम (uttama) - O best (of serpents) (best, excellent, highest)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest

Note: Qualifies 'bhujaga'.

कियन्तम् (kiyantam) - for how long (how much, how many, for how long)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kiyat

kiyat - how much, how many

Note: Qualifies 'kālam'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

कालम् (kālam) - for a period of time (time, period)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period

Note: Accusative of duration.

ते (te) - yours (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of the genitive/dative of yuṣmad.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form (body, form, figure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

Note: Subject of 'bhaviṣyati'.

एतत् (etat) - this (this (neuter nom/acc sg))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Qualifies 'vapuḥ'.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be

(verb)

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

future

future tense form

Root: bhū (class 1)