महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-34, verse-11

यन्निमित्तं च भविता मोक्षस्तेषां महाभयात् ।
पन्नगानां निबोधध्वं तस्मिन्काले तथागते ॥११॥

11. yannimittaṁ ca bhavitā mokṣasteṣāṁ mahābhayāt ,
pannagānāṁ nibodhadhvaṁ tasminkāle tathāgate.

11. yat nimittam ca bhavitā mokṣaḥ teṣām mahābhayāt
pannagānām nibodhaddhvam tasmin kāle tathāgate

11. O serpents, understand the reason for which their liberation from great fear will come to pass when that destined time arrives.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - for which (reason) (which, for which)

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - reason, cause (cause, reason, motive)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• भविता (bhavitā) - will come to pass (will be, will happen)

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

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (the serpents) (of them)

• महाभयात् (mahābhayāt) - from the great fear (of the serpent sacrifice) (from great fear)

• पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - O serpents (vocative sense) (of serpents)

• निबोधद्ध्वम् (nibodhaddhvam) - understand (you all) (know, understand, perceive (2nd pl. imp. middle))

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - at that (in that, at that)

• काले (kāle) - at that time (in time, at time)

• तथागते (tathāgate) - when it has arrived / come to pass (having arrived, come thus, manifested)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - for which (reason) (which, for which)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Acts as an adverbial here, 'whereby', 'for which cause'.

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - reason, cause (cause, reason, motive)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, motive, sign, omen

Prefix: ni

Root: mit (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially with yat to mean "for which reason".

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

भविता (bhavitā) - will come to pass (will be, will happen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (luṭ) of bhū

future participle

Periphrastic future, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation (liberation, release)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation

action noun

From √muc (to release) + -sa

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Subject of bhavitā.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (the serpents) (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Possessive, "their".

महाभयात् (mahābhayāt) - from the great fear (of the serpent sacrifice) (from great fear)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mahābhaya

mahābhaya - great fear, great danger

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhaya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  From √bhī (to fear) + -a
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Denotes separation or cause of liberation.

पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - O serpents (vocative sense) (of serpents)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pannaga

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

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (panna+ga)

• panna – fallen, descended; a wing; (here implying 'belly' in some interpretations)
  noun
  past participle
  From root √pat (to fall, to fly)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective
  From root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here in a vocative sense, common in epic Sanskrit for addressing a group in the genitive case.

निबोधद्ध्वम् (nibodhaddhvam) - understand (you all) (know, understand, perceive (2nd pl. imp. middle))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of budh

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - at that (in that, at that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with kāle.

काले (kāle) - at that time (in time, at time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

तथागते (tathāgate) - when it has arrived / come to pass (having arrived, come thus, manifested)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tathāgata

tathāgata - thus come, thus gone, arrived, manifested

past participle

From tathā (thus) + gata (gone, arrived from √gam)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tathā+gata)

• tathā – thus, so
  indeclinable
• gata – gone, arrived, reached (past participle)
  adjective
  past participle
  From root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kāle, forming a locative absolute construction ("when that time has arrived").