महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-175, verse-28

रसातलान्ते सलिलं जलान्ते पन्नगाधिपः ।
तदन्ते पुनराकाशमाकाशान्ते पुनर्जलम् ॥२८॥

28. rasātalānte salilaṁ jalānte pannagādhipaḥ ,
tadante punarākāśamākāśānte punarjalam.

28. rasātala ante salilam jala ante pannagādhipaḥ
tat ante punaḥ ākāśam ākāśa ante punaḥ jalam

28. रसातल अन्ते सलिलम् जल अन्ते पन्नगाधिपः
तत् अन्ते पुनः आकाशम् आकाश अन्ते पुनः जलम्

28. Beyond Rasatala (the lowest netherworld) is water, and beyond water is the Lord of Serpents. Beyond him is space (ākāśa) again, and beyond space, once more, is water.

Words meanings summery:

• रसातल (rasātala) - Rasatala (the lowest netherworld) (Rasatala (a netherworld))

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end of, beyond (at the end, beyond)

• सलिलम् (salilam) - water (water, liquid)

• जल (jala) - of water (water)

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end of, beyond (at the end, beyond)

• पन्नगाधिपः (pannagādhipaḥ) - the Lord of Serpents (Nāga king) (lord of serpents, king of snakes)

• तत् (tat) - its (referring to the Lord of Serpents) (that, its)

• अन्ते (ante) - at its end, beyond him (at the end, beyond)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, moreover)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (ākāśa) (sky, space, ether)

• आकाश (ākāśa) - of space (sky, space, ether)

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end of, beyond (at the end, beyond)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, moreover)

• जलम् (jalam) - water

Words meanings and morphology

रसातल (rasātala) - Rasatala (the lowest netherworld) (Rasatala (a netherworld))

(proper noun)

neuter, singular of rasātala

rasātala - one of the seven lower worlds or netherworlds, the lowest region

Compound 'rasā' (earth, liquid) + 'tala' (bottom, surface).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rasā+tala)

• rasā – earth, fluid, juice
  noun (feminine)
• tala – bottom, surface, flat part
  noun (neuter)

Note: First part of 'rasātālānte'.

अन्ते (ante) - at the end of, beyond (at the end, beyond)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, proximity

Note: Forms a compound with 'rasātala', meaning 'at the end of Rasatala'.

सलिलम् (salilam) - water (water, liquid)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water, liquid

Note: Subject.

जल (jala) - of water (water)

(noun)

neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Note: First part of 'jalānte'.

अन्ते (ante) - at the end of, beyond (at the end, beyond)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, proximity

Note: Forms a compound with 'jala', meaning 'at the end of water'.

पन्नगाधिपः (pannagādhipaḥ) - the Lord of Serpents (Nāga king) (lord of serpents, king of snakes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pannagādhipa

pannagādhipa - lord of serpents, king of snakes, a name for Śeṣa or Vāsuki

Compound 'pannaga' (serpent) + 'adhipa' (lord).

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (pannaga+adhipa)

• pannaga – serpent, snake (lit. 'that which moves with its feet bent')
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'panna' (bent, fallen) + 'ga' (going).
• adhipa – lord, ruler, master, king
  noun (masculine)
  From 'adhi-' (over, above) + root 'pā' (to protect, rule).
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Subject.

तत् (tat) - its (referring to the Lord of Serpents) (that, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: This 'tat' is a placeholder for 'tasya' or similar, referring to 'pannagādhipaḥ', hence often translated as 'its' or 'his'.

अन्ते (ante) - at its end, beyond him (at the end, beyond)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, proximity

Note: Used with 'tat' to mean 'at its end' or 'beyond him'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, moreover)

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (ākāśa) (sky, space, ether)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, atmosphere, space, ether, the fifth element

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Subject.

आकाश (ākāśa) - of space (sky, space, ether)

(noun)

neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, atmosphere, space, ether, the fifth element

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: First part of 'ākāśānte'.

अन्ते (ante) - at the end of, beyond (at the end, beyond)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, proximity

Note: Forms a compound with 'ākāśa', meaning 'at the end of space'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, moreover)

(indeclinable)

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Note: Subject.