महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-30, verse-19

तद्विज्ञाय हृतं सर्पाः प्रतिमायाकृतं च तत् ।
सोमस्थानमिदं चेति दर्भांस्ते लिलिहुस्तदा ॥१९॥

19. tadvijñāya hṛtaṁ sarpāḥ pratimāyākṛtaṁ ca tat ,
somasthānamidaṁ ceti darbhāṁste lilihustadā.

19. tat vijñāya hṛtam sarpāḥ pratimāyā ākṛtam ca tat
somasthānam idam ca iti darbhān te lilihuḥ tadā

19. Recognizing that the nectar had been stolen and that it was merely an illusion, and believing 'this is the place of the Soma,' the serpents then licked those Darbha grasses.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (the nectar, or the situation of the nectar) (that)

• विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having realized

• हृतम् (hṛtam) - stolen, carried away

• सर्पाः (sarpāḥ) - the serpents

• प्रतिमाया (pratimāyā) - of an image, of a reflection

• आकृतम् (ākṛtam) - made (by reflection), an illusion (made, performed)

• च (ca) - and

• तत् (tat) - that (the illusion) (that)

• सोमस्थानम् (somasthānam) - place of Soma (nectar)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• च (ca) - and

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

• दर्भान् (darbhān) - Darbha grasses

• ते (te) - those (serpents) (those, they)

• लिलिहुः (lilihuḥ) - licked

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (the nectar, or the situation of the nectar) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having realized

(indeclinable)

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

हृतम् (hṛtam) - stolen, carried away

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛta

hṛta - taken, carried, stolen, removed

past passive participle

Root: hṛ (class 1)

सर्पाः (sarpāḥ) - the serpents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

प्रतिमाया (pratimāyā) - of an image, of a reflection

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pratimā

pratimā - image, likeness, statue, reflection, comparison

Prefix: prati

Root: mā (class 2)

आकृतम् (ākṛtam) - made (by reflection), an illusion (made, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākṛta

ākṛta - done, performed, made, created

past passive participle

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (the illusion) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सोमस्थानम् (somasthānam) - place of Soma (nectar)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of somasthāna

somasthāna - place of Soma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (soma+sthāna)

• soma – Soma (a Vedic sacrificial drink), nectar, moon
  noun (masculine)
• sthāna – place, stand, position, locality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

(indeclinable)

दर्भान् (darbhān) - Darbha grasses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of darbha

darbha - Darbha grass (Poa cynosuroides), sacred grass

ते (te) - those (serpents) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

लिलिहुः (lilihuḥ) - licked

(verb)

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

Root: lih (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)