महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-38, verse-38

तक्षक उवाच ।
अहं स तक्षको ब्रह्मंस्तं धक्ष्यामि महीपतिम् ।
निवर्तस्व न शक्तस्त्वं मया दष्टं चिकित्सितुम् ॥३८॥

38. takṣaka uvāca ,
ahaṁ sa takṣako brahmaṁstaṁ dhakṣyāmi mahīpatim ,
nivartasva na śaktastvaṁ mayā daṣṭaṁ cikitsitum.

38. takṣakaḥ uvāca aham saḥ takṣakaḥ brahman tam dhakṣyāmi
mahīpatim nivartasva na śaktaḥ tvam mayā daṣṭam cikitsitum

38. Takṣaka said: "O Brahmin, I am that Takṣaka who will consume that king. Turn back! You are not capable of curing someone bitten by me."

Words meanings summery:

• तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सः (saḥ) - that (very one) (he, that)

• तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• तम् (tam) - that (king) (him, that)

• धक्ष्यामि (dhakṣyāmi) - I will consume (I will burn, I will consume)

• महीपतिम् (mahīpatim) - king (lord of the earth, king)

• निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back (turn back, desist, stop)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable (capable, able)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दष्टम् (daṣṭam) - one bitten (bitten, stung)

• चिकित्सितुम् (cikitsitum) - to cure (to cure, to treat, to heal)

Words meanings and morphology

तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - a carpenter; name of a celebrated Nāga (serpent) king

agent noun

From root takṣ (to fashion, cut)

Root: takṣ (class 1)

Note: Proper noun, subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: 1st person singular pronoun, subject of 'dhakṣyāmi'.

सः (saḥ) - that (very one) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, used here to emphasize 'I am that Takṣaka'.

तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - a carpenter; name of a celebrated Nāga (serpent) king

agent noun

From root takṣ (to fashion, cut)

Root: takṣ (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'aham'.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brahmin, a priest, one devoted to sacred knowledge

Note: Vocative, addressing Kaśyapa.

तम् (tam) - that (king) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, object of 'dhakṣyāmi'.

धक्ष्यामि (dhakṣyāmi) - I will consume (I will burn, I will consume)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dhakṣ

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Future tense, 1st person singular.

महीपतिम् (mahīpatim) - king (lord of the earth, king)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'dhakṣyāmi'. Tatpuruṣa compound.

निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back (turn back, desist, stop)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vṛt

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Imperative, 2nd person singular, middle voice, with prefix 'ni'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable (capable, able)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - capable, able, powerful

past passive participle

From root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tvam'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: 2nd person singular pronoun, subject of the implied verb 'asi' (are).

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent of 'daṣṭam'.

दष्टम् (daṣṭam) - one bitten (bitten, stung)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daṣṭa

daṣṭa - bitten, stung

past passive participle

From root daṁś (to bite)

Root: daṁś (class 1)

Note: Object of 'cikitsitum'.

चिकित्सितुम् (cikitsitum) - to cure (to cure, to treat, to heal)

(verb)

active

desiderative infinitive

Desiderative stem of root cit (to perceive, observe), related to medical treatment.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Infinitive expressing purpose, dependent on 'śaktaḥ'.