महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-12, verse-2

किमर्थं मोक्षिताश्चैव पन्नगास्तेन शंस मे ।
आस्तीकेन तदाचक्ष्व श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यशेषतः ॥२॥

2. kimarthaṁ mokṣitāścaiva pannagāstena śaṁsa me ,
āstīkena tadācakṣva śrotumicchāmyaśeṣataḥ.

2. kimartham mokṣitāḥ ca eva pannagāḥ tena śaṃsa me
| āstīkena tat ācakṣva śrotum icchāmi aśeṣataḥ

2. And for what purpose were those serpents released by him, by Āstīka? Tell me that (story); I wish to hear it completely.

Words meanings summery:

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

• मोक्षिताः (mokṣitāḥ) - were released (released, liberated)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - the serpents (serpents, crawling creatures)

• तेन (tena) - by him (referring to Āstīka) (by him, by that)

• शंस (śaṁsa) - tell (tell, relate)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

• आस्तीकेन (āstīkena) - by Āstīka (emphasizing the agent of release) (by Āstīka)

• तत् (tat) - that (story or topic previously mentioned) (that, that one)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, narrate

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• अशेषतः (aśeṣataḥ) - completely, fully (completely, without remainder)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which, why
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

मोक्षिताः (mokṣitāḥ) - were released (released, liberated)

(nominal form)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mokṣita

mokṣ - to release, liberate, free

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to 'pannagāḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word or idea.

पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - the serpents (serpents, crawling creatures)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - serpent, snake (lit. 'moving with the feet')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pad+ga)

• pad – foot, step
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective
  agent noun
  from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'mokṣitāḥ'.

तेन (tena) - by him (referring to Āstīka) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Āstīka.

शंस (śaṁsa) - tell (tell, relate)

(verb)

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

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

Note: Command to the Rishi.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Recipient of the action 'tell'.

आस्तीकेन (āstīkena) - by Āstīka (emphasizing the agent of release) (by Āstīka)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of āstīka

āstīka - Āstīka (proper name of a sage)

Note: Emphasizes the agent who released the serpents.

तत् (tat) - that (story or topic previously mentioned) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'ācakṣva'.

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, narrate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of ācakṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Command to the Rishi.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(verb)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Governs 'icchāmi'.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Subject is 'I' (Ruru).

अशेषतः (aśeṣataḥ) - completely, fully (completely, without remainder)

(indeclinable)

tasil suffix

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+śeṣa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• śeṣa – remainder, rest
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'śrotum icchāmi'.