महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-46, verse-26

जनमेजय उवाच ।
एतत्तु श्रोतुमिच्छामि अटव्यां निर्जने वने ।
संवादं पन्नगेन्द्रस्य काश्यपस्य च यत्तदा ॥२६॥

26. janamejaya uvāca ,
etattu śrotumicchāmi aṭavyāṁ nirjane vane ,
saṁvādaṁ pannagendrasya kāśyapasya ca yattadā.

26. janamejaya uvāca etat tu śrotum icchāmi aṭavyām nirjane
vane saṁvādam pannagendrasya kāśyapasya ca yat tadā

26. Janamejaya said: "Now I wish to hear about that conversation which took place then between the king of snakes (Takṣaka) and Kaśyapa in the desolate forest."

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• एतत् (etat) - this (story/conversation) (this, that)

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

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• अटव्याम् (aṭavyām) - in the wilderness (in the forest, in the wilderness)

• निर्जने (nirjane) - in the desolate (in the solitary, in the desolate, without people)

• वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the wood)

• संवादम् (saṁvādam) - the conversation (conversation, dialogue, discussion)

• पन्नगेन्द्रस्य (pannagendrasya) - of the king of snakes (Takṣaka) (of the chief of snakes, of the king of snakes)

• काश्यपस्य (kāśyapasya) - of Kaśyapa (the sage) (of Kaśyapa)

• च (ca) - and

• यत् (yat) - which (conversation) (which, what, that)

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, son of Parikshit)

Note: Speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (story/conversation) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Object of 'śrotum icchāmi'.

तु (tu) - now, indeed (but, indeed, now, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for emphasis or transition.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of śrotum

infinitive

from root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अटव्याम् (aṭavyām) - in the wilderness (in the forest, in the wilderness)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of aṭavī

aṭavī - forest, wilderness

Note: Locative of place.

निर्जने (nirjane) - in the desolate (in the solitary, in the desolate, without people)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of nirjana

nirjana - solitary, desolate, without people

negative prefix nir- with jana (people)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (nis+jana)

• nis – out, away, without
  prefix
• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'vane'.

वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the wood)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Locative of place.

संवादम् (saṁvādam) - the conversation (conversation, dialogue, discussion)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṁvāda

saṁvāda - conversation, dialogue, agreement

action noun

from root vad with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Object of 'śrotum'.

पन्नगेन्द्रस्य (pannagendrasya) - of the king of snakes (Takṣaka) (of the chief of snakes, of the king of snakes)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pannagendra

pannagendra - chief of snakes, king of snakes

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (pannaga+indra)

• pannaga – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, Indra
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Takṣaka.

काश्यपस्य (kāśyapasya) - of Kaśyapa (the sage) (of Kaśyapa)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāśyapa

kāśyapa - Kaśyapa (name of a sage)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Pannagendra and Kaśyapa.

यत् (yat) - which (conversation) (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to 'saṁvādam'.

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)