महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-52, verse-4

वासुकेः कुलजांस्तावत्प्राधान्येन निबोध मे ।
नीलरक्तान्सितान्घोरान्महाकायान्विषोल्बणान् ॥४॥

4. vāsukeḥ kulajāṁstāvatprādhānyena nibodha me ,
nīlaraktānsitānghorānmahākāyānviṣolbaṇān.

4. vāsukeḥ kulajān tāvat prādhānyena nibodha me
nīlaraktān sitān ghorān mahākāyān viṣolbaṇān

4. Now, learn from me, primarily, those born in the lineage of Vasuki—the blue, red, white, terrifying, huge-bodied, and fiercely venomous ones.

Words meanings summery:

• वासुकेः (vāsukeḥ) - of the serpent king Vasuki (of Vasuki)

• कुलजान् (kulajān) - those born in Vasuki's lineage (serpents) (born in the family/lineage, offspring of a family)

• तावत् (tāvat) - now, first, indeed (so much, so many, now, first of all)

• प्राधान्येन (prādhānyena) - primarily, as the principal ones (principally, mainly, by superiority)

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

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

• नीलरक्तान् (nīlaraktān) - blue and red (serpents) (blue and red, blue-red)

• सितान् (sitān) - white (serpents) (white, pale)

• घोरान् (ghorān) - terrifying (serpents) (terrible, dreadful, awful)

• महाकायान् (mahākāyān) - huge-bodied (serpents) (huge-bodied, gigantic in form)

• विषोल्बणान् (viṣolbaṇān) - fiercely venomous (serpents) (abounding in poison, fiercely poisonous)

Words meanings and morphology

वासुकेः (vāsukeḥ) - of the serpent king Vasuki (of Vasuki)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāsuki

vāsuki - Vasuki (name of a Naga king)

कुलजान् (kulajān) - those born in Vasuki's lineage (serpents) (born in the family/lineage, offspring of a family)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kulaja

kulaja - born in a family/lineage, offspring

Compound type : tatpurusha (kula+ja)

• kula – family, lineage, race
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  agent noun/suffix
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of 'nibodha'.

तावत् (tāvat) - now, first, indeed (so much, so many, now, first of all)

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts as an emphatic or introductory particle.

प्राधान्येन (prādhānyena) - primarily, as the principal ones (principally, mainly, by superiority)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of prādhānya

prādhānya - principal position, pre-eminence, superiority

action noun

from pradhāna + ṣyañ

Note: Acts adverbially.

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

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

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

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

नीलरक्तान् (nīlaraktān) - blue and red (serpents) (blue and red, blue-red)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nīlarakta

nīlarakta - blue and red

Compound type : dvandva (nīla+rakta)

• nīla – blue, dark blue, indigo
  adjective
• rakta – red, colored, dyed
  adjective
  past passive participle
  from root rañj
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kulajān'.

सितान् (sitān) - white (serpents) (white, pale)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sita

sita - white, pale

past passive participle

from root śvit

Root: śvit (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kulajān'.

घोरान् (ghorān) - terrifying (serpents) (terrible, dreadful, awful)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, formidable

Note: Agrees with 'kulajān'.

महाकायान् (mahākāyān) - huge-bodied (serpents) (huge-bodied, gigantic in form)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahākāya

mahākāya - large-bodied, gigantic, colossal

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahat+kāya)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective
• kāya – body, form
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'kulajān'.

विषोल्बणान् (viṣolbaṇān) - fiercely venomous (serpents) (abounding in poison, fiercely poisonous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of viṣolbaṇa

viṣolbaṇa - abounding in poison, violently poisonous

Compound type : tatpurusha (viṣa+ulbaṇa)

• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• ulbaṇa – violent, excessive, fierce, abundant
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'kulajān'.