महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-8, verse-15

नापश्यत प्रसुप्तं वै भुजगं तिर्यगायतम् ।
पदा चैनं समाक्रामन्मुमूर्षुः कालचोदिता ॥१५॥

15. nāpaśyata prasuptaṁ vai bhujagaṁ tiryagāyatam ,
padā cainaṁ samākrāmanmumūrṣuḥ kālacoditā.

15. na apaśyat prasuptam vai bhujagam tiryagāyatam
padā ca enam samākrāmat mumūrṣuḥ kālacoditā

15. She did not see the sleeping snake lying across (her path). Impelled by fate, and as if desirous of death, she stepped on it with her foot.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she did not see (did see)

• प्रसुप्तम् (prasuptam) - the sleeping snake (sleeping, asleep)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• भुजगम् (bhujagam) - snake

• तिर्यगायतम् (tiryagāyatam) - the snake that was stretched across the path (lying across, stretched horizontally)

• पदा (padā) - with the foot

• च (ca) - and

• एनम् (enam) - the snake (him, this one)

• समाक्रामत् (samākrāmat) - she stepped upon (the snake) (stepped upon, approached)

• मुमूर्षुः (mumūrṣuḥ) - as if she was destined to die (desirous of dying, doomed to die)

• कालचोदिता (kālacoditā) - driven by her destiny/fate (impelled by time/fate)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she did not see (did see)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: 'a' is the augment for the imperfect tense

प्रसुप्तम् (prasuptam) - the sleeping snake (sleeping, asleep)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prasupta

prasupta - asleep, sleeping, unconscious

past participle

Prefix: pra

Root: svap (class 2)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

भुजगम् (bhujagam) - snake

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhujaga

bhujaga - snake, serpent

Compound type : upapada (bhuja+ga)

• bhuja – arm, hand, shoulder, bent
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, a goer
  adjective
  agent noun
  Root: gam (class 1)

तिर्यगायतम् (tiryagāyatam) - the snake that was stretched across the path (lying across, stretched horizontally)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tiryagāyata

tiryagāyata - lying across, stretched out horizontally, oblique

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tiryak+āyata)

• tiryak – across, obliquely, horizontally, crooked
  indeclinable/adjective
• āyata – stretched, extended, long
  adjective
  past participle
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam (class 1)

पदा (padā) - with the foot

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of pad

pad - foot, step, pace

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - the snake (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enas

enas - this, that, him, her, it

समाक्रामत् (samākrāmat) - she stepped upon (the snake) (stepped upon, approached)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kram

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: kram (class 1)

मुमूर्षुः (mumūrṣuḥ) - as if she was destined to die (desirous of dying, doomed to die)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mumūrṣu

mumūrṣu - desirous of dying, being about to die

desiderative agent noun

Root: mṛ (class 1)

कालचोदिता (kālacoditā) - driven by her destiny/fate (impelled by time/fate)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kālacodita

kālacodita - impelled by time, urged by fate

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+codita)

• kāla – time, death, fate, destiny
  noun (masculine)
• codita – impelled, urged, directed, commanded
  adjective
  past participle
  Root: cud (class 6)