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.

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`