महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-49, verse-22

वासुकिरुवाच ।
आस्तीक परिघूर्णामि हृदयं मे विदीर्यते ।
दिशश्च न प्रजानामि ब्रह्मदण्डनिपीडितः ॥२२॥

22. vāsukiruvāca ,
āstīka parighūrṇāmi hṛdayaṁ me vidīryate ,
diśaśca na prajānāmi brahmadaṇḍanipīḍitaḥ.

22. vāsukiḥ uvāca āstīka parighūrṇāmi hṛdayam me
vidīryate diśaḥ ca na prajānāmi brahmadṇḍanipīḍitaḥ

22. Vasuki said, 'O Astika, I am reeling; my heart is breaking. Afflicted by the Brahma-danda, I cannot even discern the directions.'

Words meanings summery:

• वासुकिः (vāsukiḥ) - Vasuki (Vasuki (name of a Naga king))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said

• आस्तीक (āstīka) - O Astika (vocative) (Astika (proper name))

• परिघूर्णामि (parighūrṇāmi) - I am reeling (due to distress) (I reel, I am dizzy, I sway)

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• विदीर्यते (vidīryate) - is breaking apart, is splitting (it is split, torn apart)

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - the directions (of space) (directions)

• च (ca) - and, also, even (and)

• न (na) - not

• प्रजानामि (prajānāmi) - I know, I discern (I know, I recognize)

• ब्रह्मद्ण्डनिपीडितः (brahmadṇḍanipīḍitaḥ) - oppressed by the curse/power of Brahmins/Brahma (oppressed/afflicted by the Brahma-danda)

Words meanings and morphology

वासुकिः (vāsukiḥ) - Vasuki (Vasuki (name of a Naga king))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsuki

vāsuki - Vasuki (a king of the Nāgas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular perfect form.

आस्तीक (āstīka) - O Astika (vocative) (Astika (proper name))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of āstīka

āstīka - Astika (name of a sage, son of Jaratkaru and Manasa)

परिघूर्णामि (parighūrṇāmi) - I am reeling (due to distress) (I reel, I am dizzy, I sway)

(verb)

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

From root 'ghūrṇ' with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: ghūrṇ (class 1)

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun 'mad'.

विदीर्यते (vidīryate) - is breaking apart, is splitting (it is split, torn apart)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vidṛ

From root 'dṛ' with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: dṛ (class 9)

Note: The root dṛ (9th class) forms its passive with -ya-.

दिशः (diśaḥ) - the directions (of space) (directions)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of the compass

च (ca) - and, also, even (and)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रजानामि (prajānāmi) - I know, I discern (I know, I recognize)

(verb)

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

From root 'jñā' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: 9th class verb with 'nā' infix.

ब्रह्मद्ण्डनिपीडितः (brahmadṇḍanipīḍitaḥ) - oppressed by the curse/power of Brahmins/Brahma (oppressed/afflicted by the Brahma-danda)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmadṇḍanipīḍita

brahmadṇḍanipīḍita - afflicted by the Brahma-danda (the curse of Brahmins or the divine rod of Brahma)

Past passive participle of nipīḍ with compound 'brahmadṇḍa'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmadṇḍa+nipīḍita)

• brahmadṇḍa – Brahma's rod/staff, a powerful curse (often of a Brahmin)
  noun (masculine)
• nipīḍita – oppressed, afflicted, tormented
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root 'pīḍ' with prefix 'ni'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Refers to Vasuki.