महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-346, verse-13

भीष्म उवाच ।
तेन ते समनुज्ञाता ब्राह्मणेन भुजंगमाः ।
स्वमेव भवनं जग्मुरकृतार्था नरर्षभ ॥१३॥

13. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tena te samanujñātā brāhmaṇena bhujaṁgamāḥ ,
svameva bhavanaṁ jagmurakṛtārthā nararṣabha.

13. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tena te samanuñātāḥ brāhmaṇena bhujaṃgamāḥ
svam eva bhavanam jagmuḥ akṛtārthāḥ nararṣabha

13. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca nararṣabha tena brāhmaṇena samanuñātāḥ
te bhujaṃgamāḥ akṛtārthāḥ svam eva bhavanam jagmuḥ

13. Bhishma said: 'O best of men (nararṣabha), those serpents, having been dismissed by that brahmin, went to their own dwelling, their purpose unfulfilled.'

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

• तेन (tena) - by that (brahmin) (by him, by that)

• ते (te) - those (serpents) (they, those (masculine nominative plural); by you (singular dative/genitive))

• समनुञाताः (samanuñātāḥ) - dismissed (by the brahmin) (permitted, dismissed, consented to)

• ब्राह्मणेन (brāhmaṇena) - by the brahmin (by a brahmin, by the brahmin)

• भुजंगमाः (bhujaṁgamāḥ) - the serpents (serpents, snakes)

• स्वम् (svam) - their own (dwelling) (one's own, his own, their own)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only (emphasizing 'their own') (indeed, only, just)

• भवनम् (bhavanam) - dwelling (dwelling, house, abode)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went (they went, they departed)

• अकृतार्थाः (akṛtārthāḥ) - having not achieved their purpose (unsuccessful, whose purpose has not been accomplished, unfulfilled)

• नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best of men (vocative, addressing Janamejaya) (O best of men, O bull among men)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a prominent character in the Mahābhārata); terrible, formidable

Note: Speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular Perfect tense active voice of √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that (brahmin) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the brahmin from previous verses.

ते (te) - those (serpents) (they, those (masculine nominative plural); by you (singular dative/genitive))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the bhujaṃgamāḥ.

समनुञाताः (samanuñātāḥ) - dismissed (by the brahmin) (permitted, dismissed, consented to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samanujñāta

samanujñāta - permitted, dismissed, consented to, allowed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of sam- + anu- + √jñā (to know, permit)

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Qualifies bhujaṃgamāḥ.

ब्राह्मणेन (brāhmaṇena) - by the brahmin (by a brahmin, by the brahmin)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, member of the priestly class; related to brahman

Note: Agent of samanuñātāḥ.

भुजंगमाः (bhujaṁgamāḥ) - the serpents (serpents, snakes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhujaṃgama

bhujaṁgama - serpent, snake; one that moves on its belly (from bhuja 'arm, coil' + gam 'going')

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (bhuja+gama)

• bhuja – arm, hand, coil
  noun (masculine)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective
  from √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of jagmuḥ.

स्वम् (svam) - their own (dwelling) (one's own, his own, their own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self

Note: Qualifies bhavanam.

एव (eva) - indeed, only (emphasizing 'their own') (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

भवनम् (bhavanam) - dwelling (dwelling, house, abode)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhavana

bhavana - dwelling, house, abode; being, becoming

verbal noun

from √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of jagmuḥ.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went (they went, they departed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect Active

3rd person plural Perfect tense active voice of √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

अकृतार्थाः (akṛtārthāḥ) - having not achieved their purpose (unsuccessful, whose purpose has not been accomplished, unfulfilled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akṛtārtha

akṛtārtha - whose purpose has not been accomplished, unsuccessful, unfulfilled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kṛta+artha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kṛta – done, made, accomplished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• artha – purpose, object, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies bhujaṃgamāḥ.

नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best of men (vocative, addressing Janamejaya) (O best of men, O bull among men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - best of men, bull among men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Term of address by Bhishma.