महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-40, verse-2

तं तु नादं ततः श्रुत्वा मन्त्रिणस्ते प्रदुद्रुवुः ।
अपश्यंश्चैव ते यान्तमाकाशे नागमद्भुतम् ॥२॥

2. taṁ tu nādaṁ tataḥ śrutvā mantriṇaste pradudruvuḥ ,
apaśyaṁścaiva te yāntamākāśe nāgamadbhutam.

2. tam tu nādam tataḥ śrutvā mantriṇaḥ te pra dudruvuḥ
apaśyan ca eva te yāntam ākāśe nāgam adbhutam

2. But having then heard that sound, those ministers fled. And they also saw the wondrous serpent moving in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (sound) (that)

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

• नादम् (nādam) - the sound (made by Takṣaka) (sound, roar, cry)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (then, therefrom, after that)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - the king's ministers (ministers)

• ते (te) - those (ministers) (they, those)

• प्र दुद्रुवुः (pra dudruvuḥ) - they fled (they fled, rushed forth)

• अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they saw

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also, indeed (just, only, indeed)

• ते (te) - they (the ministers) (they, those)

• यान्तम् (yāntam) - moving, going (in the sky) (going, moving)

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

• नागम् (nāgam) - the serpent (Takṣaka) (serpent, nāga)

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wondrous, amazing (wondrous, amazing, marvelous)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (sound) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Adversative particle.

नादम् (nādam) - the sound (made by Takṣaka) (sound, roar, cry)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāda

nāda - sound, roar, cry, thunder

action noun

from root nad + ghañ

Root: nad (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (then, therefrom, after that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(verb)

active

absolutive

kṛtvā pratyaya of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - the king's ministers (ministers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - minister, counsellor

ते (te) - those (ministers) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्र दुद्रुवुः (pra dudruvuḥ) - they fled (they fled, rushed forth)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect past (liṭ) of dru

Prefix: pra

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: `pra-dru` means 'to run forth, flee'.

अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Imperfect tense form of `dṛś`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एव (eva) - also, indeed (just, only, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

ते (te) - they (the ministers) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

यान्तम् (yāntam) - moving, going (in the sky) (going, moving)

(nominal form)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yāt

yāt - going, moving, proceeding

present participle

present participle of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies nāgam.

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, ether, space

नागम् (nāgam) - the serpent (Takṣaka) (serpent, nāga)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, elephant, a nāga (mythical serpent-being)

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wondrous, amazing (wondrous, amazing, marvelous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, strange

Note: Qualifies nāgam.