महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-31, verse-1

शौनक उवाच ।
भुजंगमानां शापस्य मात्रा चैव सुतेन च ।
विनतायास्त्वया प्रोक्तं कारणं सूतनन्दन ॥१॥

1. śaunaka uvāca ,
bhujaṁgamānāṁ śāpasya mātrā caiva sutena ca ,
vinatāyāstvayā proktaṁ kāraṇaṁ sūtanandana.

1. śaunakaḥ uvāca bhujaṅgamānām śāpasya mātrā ca eva
sutena ca vinatāyāḥ tvayā proktam kāraṇam sūtanandana

1. Shaunaka said: O Sūta's son, you have narrated the cause of the serpents' curse, including the roles of the mother and the son, and also the story of Vinata.

Words meanings summery:

• शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Shaunaka (Shaunaka (name of a Rishi))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• भुजङ्गमानाम् (bhujaṅgamānām) - of the serpents

• शापस्य (śāpasya) - of the curse

• मात्रा (mātrā) - (the events) involving the mother (Kadrū) (by the mother)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, also (indeed, just, only)

• सुतेन (sutena) - (the events) involving the son (Garuda) (by the son)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विनतायाः (vinatāyāḥ) - and also Vinata's (story/part) (of Vinata)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you (Sauti) (by you)

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - narrated, recounted (spoken, declared, told)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the reason, the cause (cause, reason, instrument)

• सूतनन्दन (sūtanandana) - O son of Sūta (vocative, addressing Ugrashravas/Sauti) (O son of Sūta, O Sūta's joy)

Words meanings and morphology

शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Shaunaka (Shaunaka (name of a Rishi))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaunaka

śaunaka - Shaunaka (name of a Rishi)

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

भुजङ्गमानाम् (bhujaṅgamānām) - of the serpents

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhujaṅgama

bhujaṅgama - serpent, snake

Compound of bhuja (arm/body) and gama (moving)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhuja+gama)

• bhuja – arm, hand, body
  noun (masculine)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective
  agent noun
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies `śāpasya`.

शापस्य (śāpasya) - of the curse

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation

action noun

From root śap (to curse)

Root: śap (class 1)

Note: Modifies `kāraṇam`.

मात्रा (mātrā) - (the events) involving the mother (Kadrū) (by the mother)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Implied connection to `kāraṇam` or a separate narrated point.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, also (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizing particle.

सुतेन (sutena) - (the events) involving the son (Garuda) (by the son)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

past passive participle

From root sū (to bear, produce)

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Implied connection to `kāraṇam` or a separate narrated point.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

विनतायाः (vinatāyāḥ) - and also Vinata's (story/part) (of Vinata)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vinatā

vinatā - Vinata (name of Garuda's mother)

Note: Refers to the story or situation concerning Vinata.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you (Sauti) (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent of passive `proktam`.

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - narrated, recounted (spoken, declared, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - spoken, declared, told, said

past passive participle

From root vac (to speak) with pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `kāraṇam`.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the reason, the cause (cause, reason, instrument)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, origin, instrument

action noun

From root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Direct object of `proktam`.

सूतनन्दन (sūtanandana) - O son of Sūta (vocative, addressing Ugrashravas/Sauti) (O son of Sūta, O Sūta's joy)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūtanandana

sūtanandana - son of Sūta, Sūta's joy (an epithet for Ugrashravas)

Compound of sūta (bard, charioteer) and nandana (son, delight)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūta+nandana)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, son of a kṣatriya by a brāhmaṇa woman
  noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, offspring, delight
  noun (masculine)
  From root nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)