महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-47, verse-8

सूत उवाच ।
एवमुक्तः स राजर्षिर्मेने सर्पं हि तक्षकम् ।
हुताशनमुखं दीप्तं प्रविष्टमिति सत्तम ॥८॥

8. sūta uvāca ,
evamuktaḥ sa rājarṣirmene sarpaṁ hi takṣakam ,
hutāśanamukhaṁ dīptaṁ praviṣṭamiti sattama.

8. sūtaḥ uvāca evam uktaḥ saḥ rājarṣiḥ mene sarpam hi
takṣakam hutāśanamukham dīptam praviṣṭam iti sattama

8. Sūta said: 'O best one, thus addressed, that royal sage indeed believed that Takṣaka, the serpent, had entered, appearing blazing and fire-mouthed.'

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator of the Mahabharata) (Sūta (a narrator/bard))

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

• एवम् (evam) - thus (referring to the preceding statement) (thus, in this manner)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed, spoken to (spoken, said)

• सः (saḥ) - that (royal sage, Janamejaya) (he, that)

• राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - the royal sage Janamejaya (royal sage)

• मेने (mene) - he believed, assumed (he thought, believed)

• सर्पम् (sarpam) - the serpent Takṣaka (snake, serpent)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing certainty) (indeed, surely)

• तक्षकम् (takṣakam) - Takṣaka (the name of the serpent) (Takṣaka (proper noun))

• हुताशनमुखम् (hutāśanamukham) - appearing with a mouth like fire (fire-mouthed, having a mouth of fire)

• दीप्तम् (dīptam) - blazing, radiant (blazing, shining, inflamed)

• प्रविष्टम् (praviṣṭam) - had entered (the sacrifice/fire) (entered, having entered)

• इति (iti) - marking the content of belief (thus, so)

• सत्तम (sattama) - O best one (addressing the audience) (O best, O best among good ones)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator of the Mahabharata) (Sūta (a narrator/bard))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, storyteller, a mixed caste

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus (referring to the preceding statement) (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed, spoken to (spoken, said)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vac

vac - to speak, say

past passive participle

root vac, suffix kta

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Modifies rājarṣiḥ.

सः (saḥ) - that (royal sage, Janamejaya) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to rājarṣiḥ.

राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - the royal sage Janamejaya (royal sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - a royal sage, a king who is also a sage

compound of rājan (king) and ṛṣi (sage)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Janamejaya.

मेने (mene) - he believed, assumed (he thought, believed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Also used in atmanepada forms.

सर्पम् (sarpam) - the serpent Takṣaka (snake, serpent)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

from root sṛp (to creep)

Root: sṛp (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing certainty) (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Serves as an intensifier here.

तक्षकम् (takṣakam) - Takṣaka (the name of the serpent) (Takṣaka (proper noun))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (name of a nāga/serpent king), carpenter

Note: Proper noun.

हुताशनमुखम् (hutāśanamukham) - appearing with a mouth like fire (fire-mouthed, having a mouth of fire)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutāśanamukha

hutāśanamukha - fire-mouthed, having a mouth like fire

bahuvrihi compound of hutāśana (fire) and mukha (mouth)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hutāśana+mukha)

• hutāśana – fire, Agni
  noun (masculine)
  hutā (oblation) + aśana (eating)
• mukha – mouth, face, principal
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies Takṣaka.

दीप्तम् (dīptam) - blazing, radiant (blazing, shining, inflamed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīpta

dīpta - blazing, shining, bright, illuminated

past passive participle

root dīp (to shine), suffix kta

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Modifies Takṣaka.

प्रविष्टम् (praviṣṭam) - had entered (the sacrifice/fire) (entered, having entered)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praviś

praviś - to enter, go into

past passive participle

root viś (to enter), suffix kta, with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Modifies Takṣaka.

इति (iti) - marking the content of belief (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

सत्तम (sattama) - O best one (addressing the audience) (O best, O best among good ones)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sattama

sattama - best, most excellent, best among the good

superlative of sat (good, existing)

Note: Often used in address to a listener.