महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-53, verse-3

हूयमाने भृशं दीप्ते विधिवत्पावके तदा ।
न स्म स प्रापतद्वह्नौ तक्षको भयपीडितः ॥३॥

3. hūyamāne bhṛśaṁ dīpte vidhivatpāvake tadā ,
na sma sa prāpatadvahnau takṣako bhayapīḍitaḥ.

3. hūyamāne bhṛśam dīpte vidhi-vat pāvake tadā na
sma saḥ prāpatat vahnau takṣakaḥ bhaya-pīḍitaḥ

3. Even then, while the fiercely blazing sacrificial fire was being duly offered oblations, Takṣaka, tormented by fear, did not fall into the fire.

3. כשהוזנה האש הבוערת בעוצמה בנתינות הטקס לפי הכללים, טַקְשַׁקַה, שהיה מעונה מפחד, לא נפל לתוך האש.

Words meanings summery:

• हूयमाने (hūyamāne) - while being offered oblations (being offered, being sacrificed)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - fiercely (vehemently, strongly, very much)

• दीप्ते (dīpte) - blazing (blazing, shining, inflamed)

• विधि-वत् (vidhi-vat) - duly (according to rule, duly, properly)

• पावके (pāvake) - in the sacrificial fire (in the fire, in the purifier)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that point (then, at that time)

• न (na) - not

• स्म (sma) - (used to indicate past action with imperfect tense verb) ((historical particle, denotes past action))

• सः (saḥ) - he (Takṣaka) (he, that)

• प्रापतत् (prāpatat) - fell (fell down, descended)

• वह्नौ (vahnau) - into the fire (in the fire)

• तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (the serpent king) (Takṣaka (proper noun), a carpenter)

• भय-पीडितः (bhaya-pīḍitaḥ) - tormented by fear (tormented by fear, afflicted by fear)

Words meanings and morphology

हूयमाने (hūyamāne) - while being offered oblations (being offered, being sacrificed)

(nominal form)

Locative, masculine, singular of hū

hū - to sacrifice, to offer oblations, to invoke

present passive participle

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Refers to `pāvake`

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - fiercely (vehemently, strongly, very much)

(indeclinable)

Note: Qualifies `dīpte` or the act of `hūyamāne`

दीप्ते (dīpte) - blazing (blazing, shining, inflamed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dīpta

dīpta - blazing, shining, ignited, brilliant

past passive participle

Past passive participle of √dīp (to shine, to blaze)

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `pāvake`

विधि-वत् (vidhi-vat) - duly (according to rule, duly, properly)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -vat

Note: Qualifies `hūyamāne`

पावके (pāvake) - in the sacrificial fire (in the fire, in the purifier)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, clean, pure

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Refers to the sacrificial fire

तदा (tadā) - then, at that point (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb `prāpatat`

स्म (sma) - (used to indicate past action with imperfect tense verb) ((historical particle, denotes past action))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with `prāpatat` (imperfect) to emphasize past action.

सः (saḥ) - he (Takṣaka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Takṣaka

प्रापतत् (prāpatat) - fell (fell down, descended)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of prapāt

Prefix: pra

Root: pat (class 1)

वह्नौ (vahnau) - into the fire (in the fire)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Locative used to indicate motion 'into'

तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (the serpent king) (Takṣaka (proper noun), a carpenter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (name of a nāga king); carpenter, artisan

Note: Subject of the sentence

भय-पीडितः (bhaya-pīḍitaḥ) - tormented by fear (tormented by fear, afflicted by fear)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhaya-pīḍita

bhaya-pīḍita - tormented/afflicted by fear

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (bhaya+pīḍita)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• pīḍita – tormented, afflicted, oppressed
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of √pīḍ (to oppress, to torment)
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies `takṣakaḥ`

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