महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-46, verse-16

काश्यप उवाच ।
यत्र राजा कुरुश्रेष्ठः परिक्षिन्नाम वै द्विज ।
तक्षकेण भुजंगेन धक्ष्यते किल तत्र वै ॥१६॥

16. kāśyapa uvāca ,
yatra rājā kuruśreṣṭhaḥ parikṣinnāma vai dvija ,
takṣakeṇa bhujaṁgena dhakṣyate kila tatra vai.

16. kāśyapaḥ uvāca yatra rājā kuruśreṣṭhaḥ parikṣit nāma
vai dvija takṣakeṇa bhujaṅgena dhakṣyate kila tatra vai

16. Kaśyapa said: 'O brahmin, it is where King Parikṣit, the foremost of the Kurus by name, it is said, will certainly be consumed by the serpent Takṣaka; it is precisely there.'

Words meanings summery:

• काश्यपः (kāśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which place)

• राजा (rājā) - King

• कुरुश्रेष्ठः (kuruśreṣṭhaḥ) - foremost of the Kurus (best of Kurus)

• परिक्षित् (parikṣit) - Parikṣit (Parikṣit (name of a king))

• नाम (nāma) - by name (by name, indeed, namely)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, truly, certainly)

• द्विज (dvija) - O brahmin (addressing Takṣaka who is in brahmin disguise) (O brahmin, O twice-born)

• तक्षकेण (takṣakeṇa) - by Takṣaka

• भुजङ्गेन (bhujaṅgena) - by the serpent

• धक्ष्यते (dhakṣyate) - will be consumed (will be burnt, will be consumed)

• किल (kila) - so it is said (indeed, it is said, forsooth)

• तत्र (tatra) - precisely there (there, in that place)

• वै (vai) - indeed, precisely (indeed, truly, certainly)

Words meanings and morphology

काश्यपः (kāśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāśyapa

kāśyapa - Kaśyapa (name of a famous sage)

Note: Subject of uvāca

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Reduplicated perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Main verb introducing Kaśyapa's speech

यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms a correlative pair with tatra

राजा (rājā) - King

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

N-stem noun

Root: rāj

Note: Subject of dhakṣyate

कुरुश्रेष्ठः (kuruśreṣṭhaḥ) - foremost of the Kurus (best of Kurus)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuruśreṣṭha

kuruśreṣṭha - best of the Kurus, pre-eminent among the Kurus

Tatpuruṣa compound (kuru + śreṣṭha)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+śreṣṭha)

• kuru – a Kuru (member of an ancient Indian tribe/dynasty)
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, superior, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative from praśasya

Note: Appositional to rājā and Parikṣit

परिक्षित् (parikṣit) - Parikṣit (Parikṣit (name of a king))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parikṣit

parikṣit - Parikṣit (name of Janamejaya's father, son of Abhimanyu)

T-stem noun

Note: Refers to rājā

नाम (nāma) - by name (by name, indeed, namely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'Parikṣit' as the name

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, truly, certainly)

(indeclinable)

द्विज (dvija) - O brahmin (addressing Takṣaka who is in brahmin disguise) (O brahmin, O twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (epithet for Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas; also bird, tooth)

Bahuvrihi compound (dvi + ja)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun / adjective
  from root jan 'to be born'
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Addressing Takṣaka, who is disguised as a brahmin

तक्षकेण (takṣakeṇa) - by Takṣaka

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (name of a serpent chief)

Note: Agent in passive construction dhakṣyate

भुजङ्गेन (bhujaṅgena) - by the serpent

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhujaṅga

bhujaṅga - serpent, snake (lit. "going with its arm/shoulder")

Compound (bhuja + ga)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhuja+ga)

• bhuja – arm, hand, bend, curve
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, that which goes
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root gam 'to go'
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Appositional to takṣakeṇa

धक्ष्यते (dhakṣyate) - will be consumed (will be burnt, will be consumed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, future (lṛṭ) of dah

future passive voice

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the 'yatra' clause

किल (kila) - so it is said (indeed, it is said, forsooth)

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - precisely there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, precisely (indeed, truly, certainly)

(indeclinable)