महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-25, verse-26

सूत उवाच ।
स तच्छ्रुत्वा पितुर्वाक्यं भीमवेगोऽन्तरिक्षगः ।
नखेन गजमेकेन कूर्ममेकेन चाक्षिपत् ॥२६॥

26. sūta uvāca ,
sa tacchrutvā piturvākyaṁ bhīmavego'ntarikṣagaḥ ,
nakhena gajamekena kūrmamekena cākṣipat.

26. sūtaḥ uvāca saḥ tat śrutvā pituḥ vākyam bhīmavegaḥ
antarikṣagaḥ nakhena gajam ekena kūrmam ekena ca ākṣipat

26. Suta said: Having heard his father's command, he (Garuda), who possessed terrible speed and moved through the sky, seized the elephant with one claw and the tortoise with another.

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Suta (the narrator) (charioteer, bard, storyteller)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• सः (saḥ) - He (Garuda, implied from epic context) (he, that)

• तत् (tat) - that (command) (that, it)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of his father (Kashyapa, Garuda's father) (of the father)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - command, instruction (word, speech, command)

• भीमवेगः (bhīmavegaḥ) - of terrible speed (having terrible speed, of dreadful velocity)

• अन्तरिक्षगः (antarikṣagaḥ) - moving through the sky (moving in the sky, sky-goer)

• नखेन (nakhena) - with a claw (by the nail, claw)

• गजम् (gajam) - the elephant (elephant)

• एकेन (ekena) - with one (claw) (by one, with one)

• कूर्मम् (kūrmam) - the tortoise (tortoise, turtle)

• एकेन (ekena) - with one (other claw) (by one, with one)

• च (ca) - and

• आक्षिपत् (ākṣipat) - seized, snatched (threw, cast, seized)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Suta (the narrator) (charioteer, bard, storyteller)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, storyteller

From root sū (to generate, impel)

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - He (Garuda, implied from epic context) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'ākṣipat'.

तत् (tat) - that (command) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(gerund)

Note: Indicates action prior to the main verb.

पितुः (pituḥ) - of his father (Kashyapa, Garuda's father) (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Possessive of 'vākyam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - command, instruction (word, speech, command)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, command

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

भीमवेगः (bhīmavegaḥ) - of terrible speed (having terrible speed, of dreadful velocity)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmavega

bhīmavega - having terrible speed

Bahuvrīhi compound of bhīma (terrible) and vega (speed).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhīma+vega)

• bhīma – terrible, dreadful, fearful
  adjective
  From root bhī (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• vega – speed, velocity, force
  noun (masculine)
  From root vij (to tremble, move quickly)
  Root: vij (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'.

अन्तरिक्षगः (antarikṣagaḥ) - moving through the sky (moving in the sky, sky-goer)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antarikṣaga

antarikṣaga - moving in the sky, sky-goer

agent noun

Compound of antarikṣa (sky) and ga (going). Ga is from root gam (to go) with suffix -a.

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (antarikṣa+ga)

• antarikṣa – atmosphere, sky, space
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective
  agent noun
  From root gam (to go) with suffix -a
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'.

नखेन (nakhena) - with a claw (by the nail, claw)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nakha

nakha - nail, claw, talon

Note: Indicates means.

गजम् (gajam) - the elephant (elephant)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant

Note: Object of 'ākṣipat'.

एकेन (ekena) - with one (claw) (by one, with one)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with `nakhena` (implied 'claw').

कूर्मम् (kūrmam) - the tortoise (tortoise, turtle)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kūrma

kūrma - tortoise, turtle

Note: Object of 'ākṣipat'.

एकेन (ekena) - with one (other claw) (by one, with one)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with `nakhena` (implied 'claw').

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two objects.

आक्षिपत् (ākṣipat) - seized, snatched (threw, cast, seized)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ā-kṣip

Prefix: ā

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Main verb.