महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-46, verse-27

केन दृष्टं श्रुतं चापि भवतां श्रोत्रमागतम् ।
श्रुत्वा चाथ विधास्यामि पन्नगान्तकरीं मतिम् ॥२७॥

27. kena dṛṣṭaṁ śrutaṁ cāpi bhavatāṁ śrotramāgatam ,
śrutvā cātha vidhāsyāmi pannagāntakarīṁ matim.

27. kena dṛṣṭam śrutam ca api bhavatām śrotram āgatam
śrutvā ca atha vidhāsyāmi pannagāntakarīm matim

27. By whom was that (conversation) seen or heard, that it reached your ears? Having heard it, I shall then make a resolve to destroy the snakes.

Words meanings summery:

• केन (kena) - by whom

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - (was it) seen (seen)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - (was it) heard (heard)

• च (ca) - or (and)

• अपि (api) - (interrogative emphasis) (also, even)

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - to your (ears), by you (plural, respectful, referring to Uttaṅka) (of you (plural, respectful), by you)

• श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - (to your) ear (ear)

• आगतम् (āgatam) - reached (your ears) (come, arrived, obtained)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (this account) (having heard)

• च (ca) - and

• अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

• विधास्यामि (vidhāsyāmi) - I shall make (a resolve) (I shall do, I shall arrange, I shall accomplish)

• पन्नगान्तकरीम् (pannagāntakarīm) - snake-destroying (snake-ending, destroying snakes)

• मतिम् (matim) - a resolve (intention, resolve, mind, thought)

Words meanings and morphology

केन (kena) - by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, referring to the agent of seeing/hearing.

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - (was it) seen (seen)

(nominal form)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

past passive participle

from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the 'saṁvādam' from the previous verse.

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - (was it) heard (heard)

(nominal form)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned

past passive participle

from root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Refers to the 'saṁvādam' from the previous verse.

च (ca) - or (and)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - (interrogative emphasis) (also, even)

(indeclinable)

भवताम् (bhavatām) - to your (ears), by you (plural, respectful, referring to Uttaṅka) (of you (plural, respectful), by you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite)

Note: Polite address to Uttaṅka.

श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - (to your) ear (ear)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrotra

śrotra - ear, sense of hearing

Note: Implies 'reached your ear' when combined with 'āgatam'.

आगतम् (āgatam) - reached (your ears) (come, arrived, obtained)

(nominal form)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

past passive participle

from root gam (to go) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implicit 'saṁvādam'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (this account) (having heard)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Refers to Janamejaya's action.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

विधास्यामि (vidhāsyāmi) - I shall make (a resolve) (I shall do, I shall arrange, I shall accomplish)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vidhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

पन्नगान्तकरीम् (pannagāntakarīm) - snake-destroying (snake-ending, destroying snakes)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pannagāntakarī

pannagāntakarī - ending snakes, destroyer of snakes

agent noun (feminine)

compound of pannaga (snake) + anta (end) + kārin (maker), feminine form

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (pannaga+anta+kārin)

• pannaga – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, destruction
  noun (masculine)
• kārin – maker, doer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root kṛ + ṇin suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'matim'.

मतिम् (matim) - a resolve (intention, resolve, mind, thought)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, intellect, thought, intention, resolve

action noun

from root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of 'vidhāsyāmi'.