महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-39, verse-16

काश्यप उवाच ।
धनार्थी याम्यहं तत्र तन्मे दित्स भुजंगम ।
ततोऽहं विनिवर्तिष्ये गृहायोरगसत्तम ॥१६॥

16. kāśyapa uvāca ,
dhanārthī yāmyahaṁ tatra tanme ditsa bhujaṁgama ,
tato'haṁ vinivartiṣye gṛhāyoragasattama.

16. kāśyapaḥ uvāca dhanārthī yāmi ahaṃ tatra tat me ditsa
bhujaṅgama tataḥ ahaṃ vinivartiṣye gṛhāya uragasattama

16. Kaśyapa said: "O serpent, I am going there for wealth. Please give that to me. Then, O best of serpents, I will return home."

Words meanings summery:

• काश्यपः (kāśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa (the sage) (Kaśyapa (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• धनार्थी (dhanārthī) - desiring wealth (wealth-seeker, desiring wealth)

• यामि (yāmi) - I am going (I go, I proceed)

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I

• तत्र (tatra) - there (to that place where Takṣaka is going) (there, in that place)

• तत् (tat) - that (wealth) (that, it)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• दित्स (ditsa) - please give (give, wish to give)

• भुजङ्गम (bhujaṅgama) - O serpent (vocative) (snake, serpent)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from there)

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I

• विनिवर्तिष्ये (vinivartiṣye) - I will return (I will return, I will turn back)

• गृहाय (gṛhāya) - home (dative of purpose/direction) (for home, to home)

• उरगसत्तम (uragasattama) - O best of serpents (vocative) (best of snakes, chief serpent)

Words meanings and morphology

काश्यपः (kāśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa (the sage) (Kaśyapa (a proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāśyapa

kāśyapa - name of a celebrated sage, son of Marīci and father of the Devas, Asuras, Gandharvas, Nāgas, and all mankind

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

धनार्थी (dhanārthī) - desiring wealth (wealth-seeker, desiring wealth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanārthin

dhanārthin - desiring wealth, covetous

derived from dhana (wealth) + arthin (desiring)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+arthin)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
• arthin – desiring, asking for, soliciting
  adjective
  Root: arth (class 1)

Note: Acts as an agent noun here, referring to 'I' (ahaṃ).

यामि (yāmi) - I am going (I go, I proceed)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

अहं (ahaṁ) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

तत्र (tatra) - there (to that place where Takṣaka is going) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

locative of tad (that)

Note: Adverb of place.

तत् (tat) - that (wealth) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

Note: Refers to 'dhana' (wealth).

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of dative/genitive. Here, dative with 'ditsa'.

दित्स (ditsa) - please give (give, wish to give)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā

desiderative imperative

from desiderative stem ditsa- of root dA

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Technically means "wish to give", but often used as a polite imperative "please give".

भुजङ्गम (bhujaṅgama) - O serpent (vocative) (snake, serpent)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhujaṅgama

bhujaṅgama - a snake, serpent

Note: Used as an address.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from there)

(indeclinable)

ablative of tad (that)

Note: Adverb of time/sequence.

अहं (ahaṁ) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

विनिवर्तिष्ये (vinivartiṣye) - I will return (I will return, I will turn back)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of vṛt

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: With prefixes `vi-` and `ni-` means 'to return', 'to turn back completely'.

गृहाय (gṛhāya) - home (dative of purpose/direction) (for home, to home)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

Note: Dative case often indicates purpose or destination.

उरगसत्तम (uragasattama) - O best of serpents (vocative) (best of snakes, chief serpent)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of uragasattama

uragasattama - best of snakes, chief serpent

superlative compound of uraga (serpent) and sattama (best)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uraga+sattama)

• uraga – a serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of sat (good)

Note: Used as an address.