महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-46, verse-4

मृतं सर्पं समासक्तं पित्रा ते जनमेजय ।
वहन्तं कुरुशार्दूल स्कन्धेनानपकारिणम् ॥४॥

4. mṛtaṁ sarpaṁ samāsaktaṁ pitrā te janamejaya ,
vahantaṁ kuruśārdūla skandhenānapakāriṇam.

4. mṛtam sarpam samāsaktam pitrā te janamejaya
vahantam kuruśārdūla skandhena anapakāriṇam

4. O Janamejaya, O tiger among the Kurus, (Śṛṅgī heard that) your father (Parīkṣit) had made (Śamīka) carry on his shoulder a dead, hanging snake, though he (Śamīka) had committed no offense.

Words meanings summery:

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead (snake) (dead, deceased)

• सर्पम् (sarpam) - a snake (snake, serpent)

• समासक्तम् (samāsaktam) - hanging (on the sage's shoulder) (attached, clinging, hanging)

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by your father (Parīkṣit) (by the father)

• ते (te) - your (Janamejaya's) (of you, your)

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya (the addressed listener) (Janamejaya (proper name))

• वहन्तम् (vahantam) - carrying (referring to the sage being made to carry the snake) (carrying, bearing, conveying)

• कुरुशार्दूल (kuruśārdūla) - O tiger among the Kurus (honorific for Janamejaya) (tiger among the Kurus, best of the Kurus)

• स्कन्धेन (skandhena) - on his (Śamīka's) shoulder (by the shoulder, on the shoulder)

• अनपकारिणम् (anapakāriṇam) - who was harmless (referring to Śamīka) (harmless, one who does no injury, innocent)

Words meanings and morphology

मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead (snake) (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, lifeless; a dead body

past passive participle

past passive participle of root mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarpam'.

सर्पम् (sarpam) - a snake (snake, serpent)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - a snake, serpent; the constellation Hydra

समासक्तम् (samāsaktam) - hanging (on the sage's shoulder) (attached, clinging, hanging)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samāsakta

samāsakta - attached, clinging, adhering; engrossed in, devoted to; hanging, fixed

past passive participle

past passive participle of root sañj with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'sarpam'.

पित्रा (pitrā) - by your father (Parīkṣit) (by the father)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

ते (te) - your (Janamejaya's) (of you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya (the addressed listener) (Janamejaya (proper name))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

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

वहन्तम् (vahantam) - carrying (referring to the sage being made to carry the snake) (carrying, bearing, conveying)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vahant

vahant - carrying, bearing; flowing

present active participle

present active participle of root vah

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'pitaram' (the sage, Śamīka) from the previous verse.

कुरुशार्दूल (kuruśārdūla) - O tiger among the Kurus (honorific for Janamejaya) (tiger among the Kurus, best of the Kurus)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kuruśārdūla

kuruśārdūla - a tiger among the Kurus; an eminent Kuru warrior

Compound type : tatpurusha

• kuru – a Kuru (member of the Kuru dynasty)
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – a tiger; an excellent or eminent person (used as a suffix)
  noun (masculine)

स्कन्धेन (skandhena) - on his (Śamīka's) shoulder (by the shoulder, on the shoulder)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of skandha

skandha - shoulder; trunk of a tree; a large branch

अनपकारिणम् (anapakāriṇam) - who was harmless (referring to Śamīka) (harmless, one who does no injury, innocent)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anapakārin

anapakārin - not injuring, harmless; one who does no good

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• upakārin – doing good, obliging, helpful; a benefactor
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Prefix: upa
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'pitaram' (the sage, Śamīka) from the previous verse.