महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-52, verse-6

हिरण्यवाहः शरणः कक्षकः कालदन्तकः ।
एते वासुकिजा नागाः प्रविष्टा हव्यवाहनम् ॥६॥

6. hiraṇyavāhaḥ śaraṇaḥ kakṣakaḥ kāladantakaḥ ,
ete vāsukijā nāgāḥ praviṣṭā havyavāhanam.

6. hiraṇyavāhaḥ śaraṇaḥ kakṣakaḥ kāladantakaḥ
ete vāsukijāḥ nāgāḥ praviṣṭāḥ havyavāhanam

6. Hiraṇyavāha, Śaraṇa, Kakṣaka, and Kāladantaka—these are the serpents born of Vasuki who entered the sacrificial fire.

Words meanings summery:

• हिरण्यवाहः (hiraṇyavāhaḥ) - Hiraṇyavāha (Hiraṇyavāha (name of a serpent))

• शरणः (śaraṇaḥ) - Śaraṇa (Śaraṇa (name of a serpent))

• कक्षकः (kakṣakaḥ) - Kakṣaka (Kakṣaka (name of a serpent))

• कालदन्तकः (kāladantakaḥ) - Kāladantaka (Kāladantaka (name of a serpent))

• एते (ete) - these (serpents just named) (these (masculine plural))

• वासुकिजाः (vāsukijāḥ) - those born of Vasuki (serpents) (born of Vasuki, belonging to Vasuki's lineage)

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents (Nagas) (serpent, snake, Naga)

• प्रविष्टाः (praviṣṭāḥ) - entered (the fire) (entered, gone into, penetrated)

• हव्यवाहनम् (havyavāhanam) - the sacrificial fire (fire, Agni (lit. carrier of oblations))

Words meanings and morphology

हिरण्यवाहः (hiraṇyavāhaḥ) - Hiraṇyavāha (Hiraṇyavāha (name of a serpent))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hiraṇyavāha

hiraṇyavāha - Hiraṇyavāha (a proper name, here a serpent's name), lit. 'gold-bearer'

Compound type : tatpurusha (hiraṇya+vāha)

• hiraṇya – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• vāha – bearer, carrier, flowing
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root vah
  Root: vah (class 1)

शरणः (śaraṇaḥ) - Śaraṇa (Śaraṇa (name of a serpent))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - Śaraṇa (a proper name, here a serpent's name), also meaning 'refuge, protector'

कक्षकः (kakṣakaḥ) - Kakṣaka (Kakṣaka (name of a serpent))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kakṣaka

kakṣaka - Kakṣaka (a proper name, here a serpent's name)

कालदन्तकः (kāladantakaḥ) - Kāladantaka (Kāladantaka (name of a serpent))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāladantaka

kāladantaka - Kāladantaka (a proper name, here a serpent's name), lit. 'dark-toothed'

Compound type : tatpurusha/bahuvrihi (kāla+dantaka)

• kāla – black, dark, time
  adjective/noun (masculine)
• dantaka – toothed, having teeth
  adjective/noun (masculine)

एते (ete) - these (serpents just named) (these (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, these

Note: Refers to the serpents listed in this and the previous verse.

वासुकिजाः (vāsukijāḥ) - those born of Vasuki (serpents) (born of Vasuki, belonging to Vasuki's lineage)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāsukija

vāsukija - born of Vasuki

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāsuki+ja)

• vāsuki – Vasuki (name of a Naga king)
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  agent noun/suffix
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'nāgāḥ'.

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents (Nagas) (serpent, snake, Naga)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, Naga (mythical serpent-like being)

Note: Subject of 'praviṣṭāḥ'.

प्रविष्टाः (praviṣṭāḥ) - entered (the fire) (entered, gone into, penetrated)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viś

viś - to enter, go into

past passive participle

from pra + viś, suffix -ta (becomes -ṣṭa)

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective, here translated actively for fluency.

हव्यवाहनम् (havyavāhanam) - the sacrificial fire (fire, Agni (lit. carrier of oblations))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - fire, Agni (lit. carrier of oblations)

Compound type : tatpurusha (havya+vāhana)

• havya – oblation, sacrifice
  noun (neuter)
  action noun/gerundive
  from root hu
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vāhana – carrying, conveying, vehicle
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from root vah
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Object of the action of entering.