महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-155

स तमुवाच ।
नागा मे वशमीयुरिति ॥१५५॥

155. sa tamuvāca ,
nāgā me vaśamīyuriti.

155. saḥ tam uvāca nāgāḥ
me vaśam īyuḥ iti

155. He said to him, "Let the serpents come under my control."

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the man who appears to Uttanka) (he)

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to Uttanka) (him, that)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents, Nāgas

• मे (me) - my (control) (my, to me, for me)

• वशम् (vaśam) - control, power, subjugation

• ईयुः (īyuḥ) - let them come (under my control) (they came, they went (may they come))

• इति (iti) - thus, so, that

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the man who appears to Uttanka) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तम् (tam) - him (referring to Uttanka) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents, Nāgas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, cobra, elephant, a mythical race of serpent-beings

मे (me) - my (control) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

वशम् (vaśam) - control, power, subjugation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, power, control, authority

ईयुः (īyuḥ) - let them come (under my control) (they came, they went (may they come))

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Used here with optative sense in reported speech.

इति (iti) - thus, so, that

(indeclinable)