महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-49, verse-23

आस्तीक उवाच ।
न संतापस्त्वया कार्यः कथंचित्पन्नगोत्तम ।
दीप्तादग्नेः समुत्पन्नं नाशयिष्यामि ते भयम् ॥२३॥

23. āstīka uvāca ,
na saṁtāpastvayā kāryaḥ kathaṁcitpannagottama ,
dīptādagneḥ samutpannaṁ nāśayiṣyāmi te bhayam.

23. āstīka uvāca na saṃtāpaḥ tvayā kāryaḥ kathaṃcit
pannagottama dīptāt agneḥ samutpannam nāśayiṣyāmi te bhayam

23. Astika said, 'O best of serpents, you should not feel any distress whatsoever. I will destroy your fear, which has arisen from the blazing fire.'

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - said

• न (na) - not

• संतापः (saṁtāpaḥ) - distress, anxiety (distress, heat, torment)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done, should be felt (to be done, proper to be done)

• कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - in any way, whatsoever (somehow, by some means, in any way)

• पन्नगोत्तम (pannagottama) - O best of serpents (vocative) (best of serpents)

• दीप्तात् (dīptāt) - from the blazing (from blazing, shining)

• अग्नेः (agneḥ) - from the fire (of fire, from fire)

• समुत्पन्नम् (samutpannam) - arisen (from the fire) (arisen, produced, born)

• नाशयिष्यामि (nāśayiṣyāmi) - I will destroy

• ते (te) - your (your, to you)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āstīka

āstīka - Astika (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular perfect form.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

संतापः (saṁtāpaḥ) - distress, anxiety (distress, heat, torment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃtāpa

saṁtāpa - heat, distress, pain, torment

action noun

From root 'tap' with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: tap (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: From the second person pronoun 'yuṣmad'.

कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done, should be felt (to be done, proper to be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be made, duty, business

gerundive

Future passive participle/gerundive from root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'saṃtāpaḥ'.

कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - in any way, whatsoever (somehow, by some means, in any way)

(indeclinable)

पन्नगोत्तम (pannagottama) - O best of serpents (vocative) (best of serpents)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pannagottama

pannagottama - best among serpents

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pannaga+uttama)

• pannaga – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

दीप्तात् (dīptāt) - from the blazing (from blazing, shining)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dīpta

dīpta - blazing, shining, ignited

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root 'dīp'

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'agneḥ'.

अग्नेः (agneḥ) - from the fire (of fire, from fire)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Note: Ablative used to indicate origin with 'samutpannam'.

समुत्पन्नम् (samutpannam) - arisen (from the fire) (arisen, produced, born)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samutpanna

samutpanna - arisen, produced, born, originated

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root 'pad' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ut'

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'bhayam'. It refers to the fear being something born from the fire.

नाशयिष्यामि (nāśayiṣyāmi) - I will destroy

(verb)

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

causative

Causative stem from root 'naś'

Root: naś (class 4)

ते (te) - your (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: From the second person pronoun 'yuṣmad'.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

action noun

From root 'bhī'

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of 'nāśayiṣyāmi'.