महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-41

सर्प उवाच ।
यथा हवींषि जुह्वाना मखे वै लुब्धकर्त्विजः ।
न फलं प्राप्नुवन्त्यत्र परलोके तथा ह्यहम् ॥४१॥

41. sarpa uvāca ,
yathā havīṁṣi juhvānā makhe vai lubdhakartvijaḥ ,
na phalaṁ prāpnuvantyatra paraloke tathā hyaham.

41. sarpa uvāca yathā havīṃṣi juhvānā makhe vai lubdhakartvijaḥ
na phalam prāpnuvanti atra paraloke tathā hi aham

41. sarpa uvāca yathā makhe lubdhakartvijaḥ havīṃṣi juhvānā
atra phalam na prāpnuvanti vai tathā hi aham paraloke

41. The serpent said: "Just as greedy priests, offering oblations in a Vedic ritual (yajña), do not attain any benefit in this world, so too will I not attain any in the other world."

Words meanings summery:

• सर्प (sarpa) - serpent

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• हवींषि (havīṁṣi) - oblations, offerings

• जुह्वाना (juhvānā) - priests offering oblations (those offering, performing Vedic ritual)

• मखे (makhe) - in the Vedic ritual (yajña) (in the Vedic ritual)

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely

• लुब्धकर्त्विजः (lubdhakartvijaḥ) - greedy priests (ṛtvij) (greedy priests)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward, benefit

• प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they obtain, they attain

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this world

• परलोके (paraloke) - in the other world, in the next world

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus, in that manner

• हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

सर्प (sarpa) - serpent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of vac

Past Tense (Perfect)

3rd person singular, perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

हवींषि (havīṁṣi) - oblations, offerings

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of havis

havis - oblation, offering, butter, ghee

Root: hu

जुह्वाना (juhvānā) - priests offering oblations (those offering, performing Vedic ritual)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of juhvāna

juhvāna - offering, performing a Vedic ritual

Present Middle Participle

From √hu (3rd class reduplicated) 'to offer, sacrifice'. Nominative plural masculine (form can also be nominative singular feminine or nominative plural neuter, but here agrees with implied masculine plural 'priests').

Root: hu (class 3)

मखे (makhe) - in the Vedic ritual (yajña) (in the Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of makha

makha - Vedic ritual, yajña, festival, celebration

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely

(indeclinable)

लुब्धकर्त्विजः (lubdhakartvijaḥ) - greedy priests (ṛtvij) (greedy priests)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lubdhakartvij

lubdhakartvij - greedy priest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (lubdha+ṛtvij)

• lubdha – greedy, covetous, eager
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √lubh 'to covet, be greedy'
  Root: lubh (class 4)
• ṛtvij – priest, sacrificing priest, officiant
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛj

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward, benefit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, reward, consequence

प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they obtain, they attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (Laṭ) of prāp

Present Tense

3rd person plural

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

परलोके (paraloke) - in the other world, in the next world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paraloka

paraloka - the other world, the next world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+loka)

• para – other, different, beyond, supreme
  adjective
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we