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."

1. שַׁאוּנַקַה אמר, הו בן סוּטַה, אני רוצה לשמוע את שמותיהם של כל הנחשים שנפלו באש בטקס הנחשים הזה.

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.

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