महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-137

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे स श्रमणस्त्वरमाण उपसृत्य ते कुण्डले गृहीत्वा प्राद्रवत् ।
तमुत्तङ्कोऽभिसृत्य जग्राह ।
स तद्रूपं विहाय तक्षकरूपं कृत्वा सहसा धरण्यां विवृतं महाबिलं विवेश ॥१३७॥

137. etasminnantare sa śramaṇastvaramāṇa upasṛtya te kuṇḍale gṛhītvā prādravat ,
tamuttaṅko'bhisṛtya jagrāha ,
sa tadrūpaṁ vihāya takṣakarūpaṁ kṛtvā sahasā dharaṇyāṁ vivṛtaṁ mahābilaṁ viveśa.

137. etasmin antare saḥ śramaṇaḥ tvaramāṇaḥ upasṛtya
te kuṇḍale gṛhītvā prādravat | tam uttaṅkaḥ
abhisṛtya jagrāha | saḥ tat-rūpam vihāya takṣaka-rūpam
kṛtvā sahasā dharaṇyām vivṛtam mahā-bilam viveśa

137. In the meantime, that mendicant, hurrying up, approached, took those two earrings, and ran away. Uttanka pursued and caught him. He (the mendicant), abandoning that form, assumed the form of Takshaka and suddenly entered a great open chasm in the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

• अन्तरे (antare) - in the meantime (in the interval, in the meantime, between)

• सः (saḥ) - that (mendicant) (he, that)

• श्रमणः (śramaṇaḥ) - mendicant (mendicant, ascetic)

• त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hurrying (hurrying, being quick)

• उपसृत्य (upasṛtya) - approaching (having approached, drawing near)

• ते (te) - those (two) (those)

• कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - those two earrings (two earrings)

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - taking (having taken, having seized)

• प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - he ran away (he ran away, he fled)

• तम् (tam) - him (the mendicant) (him, that)

• उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka (Uttanka (a proper name))

• अभिसृत्य (abhisṛtya) - pursued (having pursued, having gone towards)

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - he caught (he seized, he caught)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the mendicant/Takshaka) (he, that)

• तत्-रूपम् (tat-rūpam) - that (mendicant's) form (that form, his form)

• विहाय (vihāya) - abandoning (having abandoned, having left)

• तक्षक-रूपम् (takṣaka-rūpam) - the form of Takshaka

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having assumed (having made, having done, having assumed)

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, forcibly, quickly)

• धरण्याम् (dharaṇyām) - in the earth (on the earth, on the ground)

• विवृतम् (vivṛtam) - open (opened, revealed, exposed)

• महा-बिलम् (mahā-bilam) - a great chasm (great chasm, large hole)

• विवेश (viveśa) - he entered

Words meanings and morphology

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that (near speaker)

अन्तरे (antare) - in the meantime (in the interval, in the meantime, between)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, interior, meantime, difference, another

सः (saḥ) - that (mendicant) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

श्रमणः (śramaṇaḥ) - mendicant (mendicant, ascetic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śramaṇa

śramaṇa - ascetic, mendicant, Buddhist monk

agent noun

From root śram (to toil, exert oneself)

Root: śram (class 4)

त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hurrying (hurrying, being quick)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvaramāṇa

tvar - to hurry, to be quick, to hasten

present participle (middle)

From √tvar (tvarate)

Root: tvar (class 1)

उपसृत्य (upasṛtya) - approaching (having approached, drawing near)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (lyap)

From upa-√sṛ

Prefix: upa

Root: sṛ (class 1)

ते (te) - those (two) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - those two earrings (two earrings)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of kuṇḍala

kuṇḍala - earring, ring, coil

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - taking (having taken, having seized)

(indeclinable)

Root: grah (class 9)

प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - he ran away (he ran away, he fled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dru

Prefix: pra

Root: dru (class 1)

तम् (tam) - him (the mendicant) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka (Uttanka (a proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Uttanka (name of a sage in Hindu mythology)

अभिसृत्य (abhisṛtya) - pursued (having pursued, having gone towards)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (lyap)

From abhi-√sṛ

Prefix: abhi

Root: sṛ (class 1)

जग्राह (jagrāha) - he caught (he seized, he caught)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

सः (saḥ) - he (the mendicant/Takshaka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत्-रूपम् (tat-rūpam) - that (mendicant's) form (that form, his form)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tadrūpa

tadrūpa - that form, having that form

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+rūpa)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

विहाय (vihāya) - abandoning (having abandoned, having left)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (lyap)

From vi-√hā

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

तक्षक-रूपम् (takṣaka-rūpam) - the form of Takshaka

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of takṣakarūpa

takṣakarūpa - form of Takshaka

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (takṣaka+rūpa)

• takṣaka – Takshaka (name of a Naga king), carpenter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: takṣ (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having assumed (having made, having done, having assumed)

(indeclinable)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, forcibly, quickly)

(indeclinable)

धरण्याम् (dharaṇyām) - in the earth (on the earth, on the ground)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dharaṇī

dharaṇī - earth, ground, land

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

विवृतम् (vivṛtam) - open (opened, revealed, exposed)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vivṛta

vṛ - to cover, to choose; with vi, to uncover, open

past passive participle

From vi-√vṛ (root vṛ is complex, can mean 'to cover' or 'to choose'. With 'vi', it often means 'to uncover, open')

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛ (class 5)

महा-बिलम् (mahā-bilam) - a great chasm (great chasm, large hole)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahābila

mahābila - great chasm, large hole, huge burrow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bila)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• bila – hole, chasm, cave, burrow
  noun (neuter)

विवेश (viveśa) - he entered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of viś

Root: viś (class 6)