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.

3. אך הקשב לי, ואמנה לפי מה שאני זוכר את שמות הנחשים המרכזיים שהושלכו אל האש.

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.

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