महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-13

एकमन्तमुपाश्लिष्टा नागराज्ञो महासुराः ।
विबुधाः सहिताः सर्वे यतः पुच्छं ततः स्थिताः ॥१३॥

13. ekamantamupāśliṣṭā nāgarājño mahāsurāḥ ,
vibudhāḥ sahitāḥ sarve yataḥ pucchaṁ tataḥ sthitāḥ.

13. ekam antam upāśliṣṭāḥ nāgarājñaḥ mahāsurāḥ
vibudhāḥ sahitāḥ sarve yataḥ puccham tataḥ sthitāḥ

13. The great Asuras clung to one end of the serpent king (Vāsuki), while all the gods, together, stood at the end where the tail was.

Words meanings summery:

• एकम् (ekam) - one (end) (one, a single)

• अन्तम् (antam) - end (of the serpent) (end, side, vicinity)

• उपाश्लिष्टाः (upāśliṣṭāḥ) - clung to, stood at (clung to, embraced, joined)

• नागराज्ञः (nāgarājñaḥ) - of the serpent king (Vāsuki) (of the king of serpents)

• महासुराः (mahāsurāḥ) - the great Asuras (great asuras, mighty demons)

• विबुधाः (vibudhāḥ) - the gods (gods, wise ones)

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together (accompanied by, together with)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

• यतः (yataḥ) - where (indicating location) (from where, where, since)

• पुच्छम् (puccham) - the tail (tail)

• ततः (tataḥ) - there (indicating location) (there, from there, then)

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - stood (stood, situated, placed)

Words meanings and morphology

एकम् (ekam) - one (end) (one, a single)

(numeral)

Note: agrees with antam

अन्तम् (antam) - end (of the serpent) (end, side, vicinity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, side, proximity

Note: used adverbially or as object of implied verb of clinging

उपाश्लिष्टाः (upāśliṣṭāḥ) - clung to, stood at (clung to, embraced, joined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upāśliṣṭa

upāśliṣṭa - clung to, embraced, united with

past passive participle

from upa-ā-śliṣ (to cling to)

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

Note: agrees with mahāsurāḥ

नागराज्ञः (nāgarājñaḥ) - of the serpent king (Vāsuki) (of the king of serpents)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nāgarājan

nāgarājan - king of serpents, Vāsuki

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāga+rājan)

• nāga – serpent, snake, Nāga (a semi-divine race)
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive, 'of Vāsuki', describing 'antam' (end of Vāsuki)

महासुराः (mahāsurāḥ) - the great Asuras (great asuras, mighty demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāsura

mahāsura - great Asura, mighty demon

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+asura)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• asura – demon, titan
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a

Note: Subject of upāśliṣṭāḥ

विबुधाः (vibudhāḥ) - the gods (gods, wise ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vibudha

vibudha - wise, learned; a god

from vi-budh (to awaken, enlighten)

Prefix: vi

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of sthitāḥ

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together (accompanied by, together with)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, connected with, together with

past passive participle

from sa-dhā (to put together) or simply sa- + hita

Prefix: sa

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with vibudhāḥ

सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with vibudhāḥ

यतः (yataḥ) - where (indicating location) (from where, where, since)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with tataḥ

पुच्छम् (puccham) - the tail (tail)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puccha

puccha - tail

Note: Part of the yataḥ...tataḥ construction.

ततः (tataḥ) - there (indicating location) (there, from there, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with yataḥ

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - stood (stood, situated, placed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing, firm

past passive participle

from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: agrees with vibudhāḥ