महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-51, verse-16

सूत उवाच ।
पतिष्यमाणे नागेन्द्रे तक्षके जातवेदसि ।
इदमन्तरमित्येवं तदास्तीकोऽभ्यचोदयत् ॥१६॥

16. sūta uvāca ,
patiṣyamāṇe nāgendre takṣake jātavedasi ,
idamantaramityevaṁ tadāstīko'bhyacodayat.

16. sūta uvāca patiṣyamāṇe nāgendre takṣake jātavedasi
idam antaram iti evam tadā āstīkaḥ abhyacodayat

16. Sūta said: Then, as Takṣaka, the king of serpents, was about to fall into the sacrificial fire, Āstīka urged [the king], saying, 'This is the opportune moment!'

Words meanings summery:

• सूत (sūta) - Sūta (the narrator) (charioteer, bard, Sūta)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• पतिष्यमाणे (patiṣyamāṇe) - when about to fall (falling, about to fall)

• नागेन्द्रे (nāgendre) - when the king of serpents (in the king of serpents)

• तक्षके (takṣake) - referring to Takṣaka (in Takṣaka)

• जातवेदसि (jātavedasi) - into the sacrificial fire (in fire, to fire)

• इदम् (idam) - this (opportunity) (this, here)

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - the opportune moment / interval (interval, difference, opportunity)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, indicating direct speech)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• आस्तीकः (āstīkaḥ) - Āstīka (Āstīka (proper noun))

• अभ्यचोदयत् (abhyacodayat) - urged (Janamejaya) (urged, exhorted, instigated)

Words meanings and morphology

सूत (sūta) - Sūta (the narrator) (charioteer, bard, Sūta)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - a charioteer, a bard, Sūta (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

पतिष्यमाणे (patiṣyamāṇe) - when about to fall (falling, about to fall)

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of pat

pat - to fall, to fly

root √pat + -iṣya- (future stem) + -māṇa (ātmanepada participle suffix)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Used here in a locative absolute construction.

नागेन्द्रे (nāgendre) - when the king of serpents (in the king of serpents)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nāgendra

nāgendra - king of serpents

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāga+indra)

• nāga – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

तक्षके (takṣake) - referring to Takṣaka (in Takṣaka)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

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

Note: Appositive to nāgendre.

जातवेदसि (jātavedasi) - into the sacrificial fire (in fire, to fire)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jātavedas

jātavedas - fire, Agni (god of fire)

Note: Refers to the sacrificial fire (Agni).

इदम् (idam) - this (opportunity) (this, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Refers to the opportunity/moment.

अन्तरम् (antaram) - the opportune moment / interval (interval, difference, opportunity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, difference, space, opportunity

Note: Predicate nominative for 'idam'.

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, indicating direct speech)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces direct speech.

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Reinforces `iti`.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

आस्तीकः (āstīkaḥ) - Āstīka (Āstīka (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āstīka

āstīka - Āstīka (name of a sage)

Note: Subject of abhyacodayat.

अभ्यचोदयत् (abhyacodayat) - urged (Janamejaya) (urged, exhorted, instigated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of cud

causative of √cud

Prefix: abhi

Root: cud (class 10)