महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-39, verse-21

अथ शुश्राव गच्छन्स तक्षको जगतीपतिम् ।
मन्त्रागदैर्विषहरै रक्ष्यमाणं प्रयत्नतः ॥२१॥

21. atha śuśrāva gacchansa takṣako jagatīpatim ,
mantrāgadairviṣaharai rakṣyamāṇaṁ prayatnataḥ.

21. atha śuśrāva gacchan sa takṣakaḥ jagatīpatim
mantrāgadaiḥ viṣaharaiḥ rakṣyamāṇam prayatnataḥ

21. Then Takṣaka, as he was proceeding, heard that the king was being diligently protected by poison-neutralizing spells and antidotes.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon (then, now, thereupon)

• शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

• गच्छन् (gacchan) - as he was going (going)

• स (sa) - he (Takṣaka) (he, that)

• तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (Takṣaka (name of a Nāga))

• जगतीपतिम् (jagatīpatim) - the king (the lord of the earth, king)

• मन्त्रागदैः (mantrāgadaiḥ) - by spells and antidotes

• विषहरैः (viṣaharaiḥ) - poison-removing, poison-neutralizing (poison-removing)

• रक्ष्यमाणम् (rakṣyamāṇam) - being protected

• प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ) - diligently, with great effort (with effort, carefully, diligently)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

गच्छन् (gacchan) - as he was going (going)

(nominal form)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gam

gam - to go, move, proceed, reach, attain

present participle

√gam + śatṛ

Root: gam (class 1)

स (sa) - he (Takṣaka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (Takṣaka (name of a Nāga))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (a king of serpents), carpenter, woodcutter

जगतीपतिम् (jagatīpatim) - the king (the lord of the earth, king)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jagatīpati

jagatīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (jagatī+pati)

• jagatī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

मन्त्रागदैः (mantrāgadaiḥ) - by spells and antidotes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mantrāgada

mantrāgada - spell and antidote, remedies, charms and medicines

Compound type : dvandva (mantra+agada)

• mantra – spell, sacred text, incantation
  noun (masculine)
• agada – antidote, medicine (lit. 'not disease')
  noun (masculine)

विषहरैः (viṣaharaiḥ) - poison-removing, poison-neutralizing (poison-removing)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viṣahara

viṣahara - removing poison, antidote

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (viṣa+hara)

• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• hara – taking away, removing, destroying
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  √hṛ + ac
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

रक्ष्यमाणम् (rakṣyamāṇam) - being protected

(nominal form)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rakṣ

rakṣ - to protect, guard, preserve

passive present participle

√rakṣ + śānas

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ) - diligently, with great effort (with effort, carefully, diligently)

(indeclinable)

from prayatna + tas (ablative suffix)