महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-40, verse-3

सीमन्तमिव कुर्वाणं नभसः पद्मवर्चसम् ।
तक्षकं पन्नगश्रेष्ठं भृशं शोकपरायणाः ॥३॥

3. sīmantamiva kurvāṇaṁ nabhasaḥ padmavarcasam ,
takṣakaṁ pannagaśreṣṭhaṁ bhṛśaṁ śokaparāyaṇāḥ.

3. sīmantam iva kurvāṇam nabhasaḥ padmavarcasam |
takṣakam pannagaśreṣṭham bhṛśam śokaparāyaṇāḥ

3. Deeply immersed in sorrow, they beheld Takṣaka, the best of serpents, who, brilliant like a lotus, was creating a parting line, as it were, in the sky.

3. (הם ראו) את טַקְשַׁקַה, מובחר הנחשים, בעל הזוהר כשל לוטוס, מותח בשמיים קו כמו שביל בשיער, בעוד הם שקועים בצער עמוק.

Words meanings summery:

• सीमन्तम् (sīmantam) - a parting line (in the sky) (parting line, boundary)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - creating (doing, making, performing)

• नभसः (nabhasaḥ) - of the sky, of the atmosphere

• पद्मवर्चसम् (padmavarcasam) - brilliant like a lotus (having the brilliance of a lotus)

• तक्षकम् (takṣakam) - Takṣaka (name of a nāga)

• पन्नगश्रेष्ठम् (pannagaśreṣṭham) - the foremost serpent (best of serpents)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - deeply (greatly, exceedingly, deeply)

• शोकपरायणाः (śokaparāyaṇāḥ) - immersed in sorrow (devoted to sorrow, immersed in grief)

Words meanings and morphology

सीमन्तम् (sīmantam) - a parting line (in the sky) (parting line, boundary)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sīmanta

sīmanta - parting of the hair; boundary, limit; forehead

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - creating (doing, making, performing)

(nominal form)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform, to create

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नभसः (nabhasaḥ) - of the sky, of the atmosphere

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, firmament, cloud

पद्मवर्चसम् (padmavarcasam) - brilliant like a lotus (having the brilliance of a lotus)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of padmavarcas

padmavarcas - having the brilliance or luster of a lotus

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+varcas)

• padma – lotus; a specific numerical value
  noun (neuter)
• varcas – brilliance, luster, energy, vitality
  noun (neuter)

तक्षकम् (takṣakam) - Takṣaka (name of a nāga)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (a chief of the nāgas or serpents); a carpenter; a kind of snake

पन्नगश्रेष्ठम् (pannagaśreṣṭham) - the foremost serpent (best of serpents)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pannagaśreṣṭha

pannagaśreṣṭha - best or chief of serpents

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pannaga+śreṣṭha)

• pannaga – a snake, serpent (literally, moving on its belly)
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, chief, excellent, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - deeply (greatly, exceedingly, deeply)

(indeclinable)

शोकपरायणाः (śokaparāyaṇāḥ) - immersed in sorrow (devoted to sorrow, immersed in grief)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śokaparāyaṇa

śokaparāyaṇa - wholly given up to grief or sorrow, sorrow-stricken

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+parāyaṇa)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
• parāyaṇa – chief or sole object; devoted to, intent on, engaged in; dependent on
  adjective (masculine)

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