महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-52, verse-1

शौनक उवाच ।
ये सर्पाः सर्पसत्रेऽस्मिन्पतिता हव्यवाहने ।
तेषां नामानि सर्वेषां श्रोतुमिच्छामि सूतज ॥१॥

1. śaunaka uvāca ,
ye sarpāḥ sarpasatre'sminpatitā havyavāhane ,
teṣāṁ nāmāni sarveṣāṁ śrotumicchāmi sūtaja.

1. śaunakaḥ uvāca | ye sarpāḥ sarpasatre asmin patitāḥ
havyavāhane | teṣām nāmāni sarveṣām śrotum icchāmi sūtaja

1. Śaunaka said: "O son of Sūta, I wish to hear the names of all those snakes who fell into the fire during this snake sacrifice."

Words meanings summery:

• शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Śaunaka (Śaunaka (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• ये (ye) - which (referring to snakes) (who, which (plural))

• सर्पाः (sarpāḥ) - snakes

• सर्पसत्रे (sarpasatre) - in the snake sacrifice

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (sacrifice) (in this, in this one)

• पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen (into the fire) (fallen, dropped)

• हव्यवाहने (havyavāhane) - in the fire (sacrificial fire) (in the fire, in the carrier of oblations)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (snakes) (of them, their)

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names (names (plural))

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all (of them) (of all)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• सूतज (sūtaja) - O son of Sūta (addressing Ugraśravas) (O son of Sūta)

Words meanings and morphology

शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Śaunaka (Śaunaka (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaunaka

śaunaka - name of a sage, descendant of Śunaka

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ये (ye) - which (referring to snakes) (who, which (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

सर्पाः (sarpāḥ) - snakes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

Root: sṛp (class 1)

सर्पसत्रे (sarpasatre) - in the snake sacrifice

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sarpasatra

sarpasatra - snake sacrifice, a large scale sacrifice to snakes

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarpa+satra)

• sarpa – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• satra – sacrifice, sacrificial session
  noun (neuter)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (sacrifice) (in this, in this one)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Agrees with 'sarpasatre'.

पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen (into the fire) (fallen, dropped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, descended

past participle

kta suffix

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarpāḥ'.

हव्यवाहने (havyavāhane) - in the fire (sacrificial fire) (in the fire, in the carrier of oblations)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - fire, Agni (as carrier of oblations)

Compound type : tatpurusha (havya+vāhana)

• havya – oblation, offering
  noun (neuter)
• vāhana – carrier, vehicle
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: A name for Agni, the fire god.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (snakes) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'sarpāḥ'.

नामानि (nāmāni) - names (names (plural))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

Note: Object of 'śrotum icchāmi'.

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all (of them) (of all)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'teṣām'.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(verb)

active

infinitive

tumun suffix

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 6)

सूतज (sūtaja) - O son of Sūta (addressing Ugraśravas) (O son of Sūta)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūtaja

sūtaja - son of a Sūta, offspring of a Sūta

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūta+ja)

• sūta – a charioteer, a bard, Sūta (proper name)
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  suffix (masculine)
  suffix forming compounds meaning 'born from' or 'produced from'
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Ugraśravas, the speaker of the Mahābhārata.