महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-33

सर्प उवाच ।
सर्व एते ह्यस्ववशा दण्डचक्रादयो यथा ।
तथाहमपि तस्मान्मे नैष हेतुर्मतस्तव ॥३३॥

33. sarpa uvāca ,
sarva ete hyasvavaśā daṇḍacakrādayo yathā ,
tathāhamapi tasmānme naiṣa heturmatastava.

33. sarpaḥ uvāca sarve ete hi asvavaśāḥ daṇḍacakra-ādayaḥ
yathā tathā aham api tasmāt me na eṣaḥ hetuḥ mataḥ tava

33. sarpaḥ uvāca yathā daṇḍacakra-ādayaḥ sarve ete hi
asvavaśāḥ tathā aham api tasmāt eṣaḥ tava hetuḥ me na mataḥ

33. The snake said: "Just as all these instruments, such as a stick and a wheel, are not independent agents, so too am I. Therefore, this argument of yours is not acceptable to me."

Words meanings summery:

• सर्पः (sarpaḥ) - the snake (speaking) (snake)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

• एते (ete) - these (instruments) (these)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because)

• अस्ववशाः (asvavaśāḥ) - not self-controlled; referring to inanimate objects (not self-controlled, dependent, lacking independence)

• दण्डचक्र-आदयः (daṇḍacakra-ādayaḥ) - things like a stick and a wheel (as tools/weapons) (a stick, a wheel, and so on; instruments like a stick and a wheel)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way (so, thus, likewise)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, hence)

• मे (me) - to me, by me (to me, for me, by me, my)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (reason) (this, he)

• हेतुः (hetuḥ) - reason, argument (reason, cause, motive)

• मतः (mataḥ) - accepted, considered (by you) (considered, thought, esteemed, opinion)

• तव (tava) - your (reason/argument) (your, of you)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्पः (sarpaḥ) - the snake (speaking) (snake)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

Root: √sṛp (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (lit)

Root: √vac (class 2)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

एते (ete) - these (instruments) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun stem

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because)

(indeclinable)

अस्ववशाः (asvavaśāḥ) - not self-controlled; referring to inanimate objects (not self-controlled, dependent, lacking independence)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asvavaśa

asvavaśa - not self-controlled, dependent, not independent

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+svavaśa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• svavaśa – self-controlled, independent, under one's own power
  adjective (masculine)

दण्डचक्र-आदयः (daṇḍacakra-ādayaḥ) - things like a stick and a wheel (as tools/weapons) (a stick, a wheel, and so on; instruments like a stick and a wheel)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daṇḍacakrādi

daṇḍacakrādi - a stick, a wheel, etc.; things beginning with a stick and a wheel

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daṇḍacakra+ādi)

• daṇḍacakra – stick and wheel
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, first, and so on, etcetera
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way (so, thus, likewise)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun stem

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, hence)

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative pronoun stem

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'

मे (me) - to me, by me (to me, for me, by me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun stem

Note: Enclitic form, used as dative or genitive

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (reason) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun stem

हेतुः (hetuḥ) - reason, argument (reason, cause, motive)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, means

Root: √hi (class 5)

मतः (mataḥ) - accepted, considered (by you) (considered, thought, esteemed, opinion)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mata

mata - thought, considered, believed, agreed upon; opinion, doctrine

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √man

Root: √man (class 4)

तव (tava) - your (reason/argument) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

Second person pronoun stem