महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-218, verse-11

शशाप तं च संक्रुद्धो बीभत्सुर्जिह्मगामिनम् ।
पावको वासुदेवश्च अप्रतिष्ठो भवेदिति ॥११॥

11. śaśāpa taṁ ca saṁkruddho bībhatsurjihmagāminam ,
pāvako vāsudevaśca apratiṣṭho bhavediti.

11. śaśāpa tam ca saṃkruddhaḥ bībhatsuḥ jihmagāminam
pāvakaḥ vāsudevaḥ ca apratiṣṭhaḥ bhavet iti

11. And the furious Bibhatsu (Arjuna) cursed that crooked-moving (serpent), saying, "May Fire (Pāvaka) and Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) be without a fixed abode (apratiṣṭha)!"

11. בִּיבְּהַטְסוּ (אַרְג׳וּנַה) התמלא זעם וקילל את הנחש הזוחל בעקלקלות, שגם האש וגם וָאסוּדֵוַה (קְרְשְׁנַה) יהיו נטולי עמידה, כלומר שלא יהיה לו מקום יציב לעמוד בו.

Words meanings summery:

• शशाप (śaśāpa) - he cursed

• तम् (tam) - the serpent Aśvasena (him, that (masculine))

• च (ca) - and

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - highly enraged, furious

• बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Arjuna (one who is disgusted by foul deeds or war) (Bibhatsu)

• जिह्मगामिनम् (jihmagāminam) - the serpent (Aśvasena) (the crooked-moving one)

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - The deity Agni, or fire itself (Fire, purifier)

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva)

• च (ca) - and

• अप्रतिष्ठः (apratiṣṭhaḥ) - without a fixed abode, unstable, without support

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may he be, should he be

• इति (iti) - Marks the end of a direct quote or thought (thus, so)

Words meanings and morphology

शशाप (śaśāpa) - he cursed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of śap

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: śap (class 1)

तम् (tam) - the serpent Aśvasena (him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, him

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - highly enraged, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - enraged, very angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root krudh (to be angry) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Arjuna (one who is disgusted by foul deeds or war) (Bibhatsu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bībhatsu

bībhatsu - disgusted, abhorrent, name of Arjuna

जिह्मगामिनम् (jihmagāminam) - the serpent (Aśvasena) (the crooked-moving one)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jihmagāmin

jihmagāmin - crooked-moving, moving tortuously; a serpent

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (jihma+gāmin)

• jihma – crooked, oblique, dishonest
  adjective (masculine)
• gāmin – going, moving, leading to
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - The deity Agni, or fire itself (Fire, purifier)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier; sacred fire

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अप्रतिष्ठः (apratiṣṭhaḥ) - without a fixed abode, unstable, without support

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apratiṣṭha

apratiṣṭha - without a footing, unsteady, without support or abode

Compound type : nañ tatpurusha (a+pratiṣṭha)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• pratiṣṭha – fixed, established, resting place, abode
  adjective (masculine)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may he be, should he be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - Marks the end of a direct quote or thought (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

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