महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-42, verse-17

तेषां श्रुत्वा स नागेन्द्रः कन्यां तां समलंकृताम् ।
प्रगृह्यारण्यमगमत्समीपं तस्य पन्नगः ॥१७॥

17. teṣāṁ śrutvā sa nāgendraḥ kanyāṁ tāṁ samalaṁkṛtām ,
pragṛhyāraṇyamagamatsamīpaṁ tasya pannagaḥ.

17. teṣām śrutvā sa nāgendraḥ kanyām tām samalaṅkṛtām
pragṛhya araṇyam agamat samīpam tasya pannagaḥ

17. Having heard about their request, that lord of serpents, Vasuki, took that well-adorned daughter and went to the forest, near him (the sage).

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of their request (implied) (of them, their)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (about the situation or request) (having heard)

• स (sa) - that (well-known or mentioned) (he, that)

• नागेन्द्रः (nāgendraḥ) - Vasuki, the lord of serpents (lord of serpents)

• कन्याम् (kanyām) - the daughter (Jarutkāru's sister) (daughter, maiden)

• ताम् (tām) - that (specific daughter) (that (feminine))

• समलङ्कृताम् (samalaṅkṛtām) - well-adorned (for the marriage) (well-decorated, adorned, embellished)

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken (the daughter to offer) (having seized, having taken, having grasped)

• अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - to the forest (where the sage was) (forest, wilderness)

• अगमत् (agamat) - went

• समीपम् (samīpam) - near him (the sage) (near, proximity)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (sage Jarutkāru) (of him, his)

• पन्नगः (pannagaḥ) - the serpent (Vasuki) (serpent, snake)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of their request (implied) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Can be masculine or neuter plural genitive. Context implies masculine or referring to prior discussion.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (about the situation or request) (having heard)

(indeclinable)

Root: śru (class 5)

स (sa) - that (well-known or mentioned) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Nominative singular masculine form of tad, becoming 'sa' before consonants.

नागेन्द्रः (nāgendraḥ) - Vasuki, the lord of serpents (lord of serpents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāgendra

nāgendra - lord of serpents, king of Nagas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāga+indra)

• nāga – serpent, cobra
  noun (masculine)
• indra – ruler, chief, lord
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Vasuki.

कन्याम् (kanyām) - the daughter (Jarutkāru's sister) (daughter, maiden)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter

Note: Object of 'pragṛhya'.

ताम् (tām) - that (specific daughter) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Adjective modifying 'kanyām'.

समलङ्कृताम् (samalaṅkṛtām) - well-adorned (for the marriage) (well-decorated, adorned, embellished)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samalaṅkṛta

samalaṅkṛta - well-adorned, decorated, embellished

past passive participle

formed from √kṛ with prefixes sam and alaṅ

Prefixes: sam+alaṅ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective modifying 'kanyām'.

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken (the daughter to offer) (having seized, having taken, having grasped)

(indeclinable)

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - to the forest (where the sage was) (forest, wilderness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness

Note: Indicates direction (destination).

अगमत् (agamat) - went

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Formed with a- augment and t ending for 3rd singular.

समीपम् (samīpam) - near him (the sage) (near, proximity)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially or as an object of motion.

तस्य (tasya) - of that (sage Jarutkāru) (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the sage Jarutkāru.

पन्नगः (pannagaḥ) - the serpent (Vasuki) (serpent, snake)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pannaga

pannaga - serpent, snake

literally 'one who moves on his belly'

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (panna+ga)

• panna – fallen, moved
  past passive participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from √pat (to fall, move)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• ga – going, moving
  agent noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Synonymous with 'nāgendraḥ' in this context, referring to Vasuki.