महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-120

स एवमुक्तस्तां क्षत्रियां प्रत्युवाच ।
भवति सुनिर्वृता भव ।
न मां शक्तस्तक्षको नागराजो धर्षयितुमिति ॥१२०॥

120. sa evamuktastāṁ kṣatriyāṁ pratyuvāca ,
bhavati sunirvṛtā bhava ,
na māṁ śaktastakṣako nāgarājo dharṣayitumiti.

120. saḥ evam uktaḥ tām kṣatriyām pratyuvāca bhavati sunirvṛtā
bhava na mām śaktaḥ takṣakaḥ nāgarājaḥ dharṣayitum iti

120. Having been thus addressed, he replied to that kṣatriya woman: 'Lady, be completely at peace. Takṣaka, the king of serpents, is not able to overpower me.'

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Uttanka) (he, that)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (after being addressed) (thus, in this manner)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been spoken to (referring to Uttanka) (spoken, said, addressed)

• ताम् (tām) - that (kṣatriya woman) (her, that)

• क्षत्रियाम् (kṣatriyām) - the kṣatriya woman (who had just spoken to him) (kṣatriya woman, female of the warrior class)

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied (to her) (he replied, he spoke back)

• भवति (bhavati) - Lady (addressing the kṣatriya woman) (Lady, respected madam (vocative))

• सुनिर्वृता (sunirvṛtā) - completely at peace (referring to the woman) (very tranquil, perfectly calm, well-content)

• भव (bhava) - (you) be (be)

• न (na) - not

• माम् (mām) - me

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable (of) (able, capable)

• तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (the specific nāga king) (Takṣaka (proper noun, name of a nāga king))

• नागराजः (nāgarājaḥ) - the king of serpents (Takṣaka) (king of serpents)

• धर्षयितुम् (dharṣayitum) - to overpower, to harm (to overpower, to assail, to attack, to violate)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of the direct speech (thus, so (quotation marker))

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Uttanka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (after being addressed) (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been spoken to (referring to Uttanka) (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

past passive participle

root vac- (to speak) + kta

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'saḥ'

ताम् (tām) - that (kṣatriya woman) (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the kṣatriya woman.

क्षत्रियाम् (kṣatriyām) - the kṣatriya woman (who had just spoken to him) (kṣatriya woman, female of the warrior class)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṣatriyā

kṣatriyā - a kṣatriya woman, a woman of the warrior class

Note: Object of 'pratyuvāca'

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied (to her) (he replied, he spoke back)

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The root 'vac' often has 'u' in perfect forms (uvāca).

भवति (bhavati) - Lady (addressing the kṣatriya woman) (Lady, respected madam (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhavatī

bhavatī - lady, respected woman, madam

Note: This is the vocative singular of 'bhavatī'.

सुनिर्वृता (sunirvṛtā) - completely at peace (referring to the woman) (very tranquil, perfectly calm, well-content)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sunirvṛta

sunirvṛta - very tranquil, perfectly calm, well-content, completely at peace

past passive participle

su + nir + vṛt (to turn) + kta

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+nirvṛta)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• nirvṛta – tranquil, ended, calm, at peace
  adjective
  past passive participle
  nir + vṛt (to turn, exist) + kta
  Prefix: nir
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'bhavati'.

भव (bhava) - (you) be (be)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Object of the infinitive 'dharṣayitum'

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable (of) (able, capable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful

past passive participle

root śak- (to be able) + kta

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'Takṣakaḥ'

तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (the specific nāga king) (Takṣaka (proper noun, name of a nāga king))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (name of a Nāga king), a carpenter

agent noun

root takṣ- (to cut, fashion) + aka

Root: takṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

नागराजः (nāgarājaḥ) - the king of serpents (Takṣaka) (king of serpents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāgarāja

nāgarāja - king of serpents, king of nāgas

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nāga+rājan)

• nāga – serpent, snake, cobra
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Appositive to 'Takṣakaḥ'.

धर्षयितुम् (dharṣayitum) - to overpower, to harm (to overpower, to assail, to attack, to violate)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of dharṣayitum

infinitive

causative of dhṛṣ- (to be bold) + tumun

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

Note: Used with 'śaktaḥ'.

इति (iti) - marks the end of the direct speech (thus, so (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)