महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-33, verse-4

सर्वेषामेव शापानां प्रतिघातो हि विद्यते ।
न तु मात्राभिशप्तानां मोक्षो विद्येत पन्नगाः ॥४॥

4. sarveṣāmeva śāpānāṁ pratighāto hi vidyate ,
na tu mātrābhiśaptānāṁ mokṣo vidyeta pannagāḥ.

4. sarveṣām eva śāpānām pratighātaḥ hi vidyate na
tu mātrābhiśaptānām mokṣaḥ vidyeta pannagāḥ

4. Indeed, for all curses, a counteraction exists. But, O serpents, there can be no release for those cursed by their mother.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, even)

• शापानाम् (śāpānām) - of curses

• प्रतिघातः (pratighātaḥ) - a counteraction (counteraction, warding off, obstruction, prevention)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (it exists, it is found)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, while)

• मात्राभिशप्तानाम् (mātrābhiśaptānām) - for those cursed by their mother (of those cursed by their mother)

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - release (liberation, release, escape)

• विद्येत (vidyeta) - can exist (it may be found, would exist)

• पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - O serpents

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Qualifies 'śāpānām'.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, even)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

शापानाम् (śāpānām) - of curses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation, malediction

from root śap (to curse)

Root: śap (class 1)

प्रतिघातः (pratighātaḥ) - a counteraction (counteraction, warding off, obstruction, prevention)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratighāta

pratighāta - counteraction, obstruction, repelling, prevention

action noun

from prati + han (to strike, kill, injure) + ghañ suffix

Prefix: prati

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'vidyate'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic/causal particle.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (it exists, it is found)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present tense (laṭ), middle voice, 3rd singular.

Root: vid (class 4)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, while)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

मात्राभिशप्तानाम् (mātrābhiśaptānām) - for those cursed by their mother (of those cursed by their mother)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mātrābhiśapta

mātrābhiśapta - cursed by mother

Compound: mātṛ + abhi + śapta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mātṛ+abhiśapta)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• abhiśapta – cursed, imprecated
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past participle of abhi-śap.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: śap (class 1)

Note: Refers to the serpents themselves.

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - release (liberation, release, escape)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, freedom, salvation, deliverance

action noun

from root muc (to release) + ghañ suffix

Root: muc (class 6)

विद्येत (vidyeta) - can exist (it may be found, would exist)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid

Optative (vidhiliṅ) form, middle voice, 3rd singular.

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: With 'na', indicates impossibility or lack of potential.

पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - O serpents

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - serpent, snake (lit. 'moving on its belly')

Compound: panna + ga

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (panna+ga)

• panna – fallen, gone, descended
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past participle of root pad.
  Root: pad (class 4)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Direct address to the other serpents.