महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-52, verse-3

यथास्मृति तु नामानि पन्नगानां निबोध मे ।
उच्यमानानि मुख्यानां हुतानां जातवेदसि ॥३॥

3. yathāsmṛti tu nāmāni pannagānāṁ nibodha me ,
ucyamānāni mukhyānāṁ hutānāṁ jātavedasi.

3. yathāsmṛti tu nāmāni pannagānām nibodha me
ucyamānāni mukhyānām hutānām jātavedasi

3. Indeed, hear from me the names of the serpents, as I recall them, specifically of the chief ones who were offered into the sacrificial fire.

Words meanings summery:

• यथास्मृति (yathāsmṛti) - as I recall, as memory allows (according to memory, as recalled)

• तु (tu) - indeed, now (as an emphatic particle) (but, indeed, however)

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names

• पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - of serpents (Nagas) (of serpents, of creeping creatures)

• निबोध (nibodha) - hear, learn (know, understand, perceive, learn)

• मे (me) - from me (to me, for me, from me, my)

• उच्यमानानि (ucyamānāni) - being recited (by me) (being said, being spoken, being recited)

• मुख्यानाम् (mukhyānām) - of the chief ones (serpents) (of the chief, principal, primary)

• हुतानाम् (hutānām) - of those (serpents) who were offered (into the fire) (of those offered, sacrificed, poured (into fire))

• जातवेदसि (jātavedasi) - in the sacrificial fire (in the fire, in Agni (the fire god))

Words meanings and morphology

यथास्मृति (yathāsmṛti) - as I recall, as memory allows (according to memory, as recalled)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+smṛti)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• smṛti – memory, recollection
  noun (feminine)
  action noun
  from root smṛ
  Root: smṛ (class 1)

तु (tu) - indeed, now (as an emphatic particle) (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

नामानि (nāmāni) - names

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation

Note: Could also be accusative, but nominative is suitable as the object of 'nibodha' (learn).

पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - of serpents (Nagas) (of serpents, of creeping creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - serpent, snake (lit. moving on its belly)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (panna+ga)

• panna – fallen, gone
  adjective
  past participle
  from root pad
  Root: pad (class 4)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective
  agent noun
  from root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

निबोध (nibodha) - hear, learn (know, understand, perceive, learn)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of budh

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: The prefix 'ni' often intensifies or specifies the action.

मे (me) - from me (to me, for me, from me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can also be dative, but genitive often implies 'from' when used with verbs of learning or hearing.

उच्यमानानि (ucyamānāni) - being recited (by me) (being said, being spoken, being recited)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vac

vac - to speak, say

present passive participle

from root vac, with suffix -māna

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'nāmāni'.

मुख्यानाम् (mukhyānām) - of the chief ones (serpents) (of the chief, principal, primary)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, foremost

Note: Agrees with 'pannagānām' and 'hutānām'.

हुतानाम् (hutānām) - of those (serpents) who were offered (into the fire) (of those offered, sacrificed, poured (into fire))

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of hu

hu - to offer, sacrifice, pour (into fire)

past passive participle

from root hu, suffix -ta

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'pannagānām' and 'mukhyānām'.

जातवेदसि (jātavedasi) - in the sacrificial fire (in the fire, in Agni (the fire god))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jātavedas

jātavedas - fire, Agni (lit. one who knows all born beings or possesses all beings)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jāta+vedas)

• jāta – born, produced
  participle
  past passive participle
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)
• vedas – knowledge, wealth, possession
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to Agni, the fire god, or the sacrificial fire itself.