महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-55

लुब्धक उवाच ।
मृत्योः श्रुतं मे वचनं तव चैव भुजंगम ।
नैव तावद्विदोषत्वं भवति त्वयि पन्नग ॥५५॥

55. lubdhaka uvāca ,
mṛtyoḥ śrutaṁ me vacanaṁ tava caiva bhujaṁgama ,
naiva tāvadvidoṣatvaṁ bhavati tvayi pannaga.

55. lubdhakaḥ uvāca | mṛtyoḥ śrutam me vacanam tava ca eva
bhujaṅgama | na eva tāvat vidoṣatvam bhavati tvayi pannaga

55. lubdhakaḥ uvāca (mayā) mṛtyoḥ vacanam ca tava (vacanam)
eva me śrutam pannaga tvayi tāvat vidoṣatvam na eva bhavati

55. The hunter spoke: 'I have heard the words of Death and your words too, O snake. Yet, at this moment, faultlessness does not reside in you, O serpent.'

Words meanings summery:

• लुब्धकः (lubdhakaḥ) - the hunter (speaking) (hunter, fowler)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (said, spoke)

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of Death (of Death, from Death)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by me) (heard, listened, revealed scripture)

• मे (me) - by me (implicit agent with passive verb) (my, to me, for me)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, saying)

• तव (tava) - your (words) (your, by you (singular))

• च (ca) - and, too (and, also)

• एव (eva) - too, indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

• भुजङ्गम (bhujaṅgama) - O snake (vocative) (O snake, serpent)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एव (eva) - indeed, truly (indeed, only, certainly)

• तावत् (tāvat) - as yet, at this moment (so much, so far, as yet, for the present)

• विदोषत्वम् (vidoṣatvam) - faultlessness (faultlessness, blamelessness)

• भवति (bhavati) - exists, resides (is, exists, happens, becomes)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - in you (in you, on you (singular))

• पन्नग (pannaga) - O serpent (vocative) (O snake, serpent (literally 'going with its feet/wings'))

Words meanings and morphology

लुब्धकः (lubdhakaḥ) - the hunter (speaking) (hunter, fowler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lubdhaka

lubdhaka - hunter, fowler

from √lubh + ṇvul

Root: lubh (class 4)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of Death (of Death, from Death)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

from √mṛ + tyu

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Also ablative.

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by me) (heard, listened, revealed scripture)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed (scripture)

Past Passive Participle

from √śru + kta

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Neuter singular nominative, referring to 'vacanam'.

मे (me) - by me (implicit agent with passive verb) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form of mad, used instrumentally with passive construction.

वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, declaration

from √vac + lyuṭ

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of śrutam.

तव (tava) - your (words) (your, by you (singular))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

Note: Genitive singular. Qualifies an implied 'vacanam'.

च (ca) - and, too (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - too, indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

भुजङ्गम (bhujaṅgama) - O snake (vocative) (O snake, serpent)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhujaṅgama

bhujaṅgama - snake, serpent (literally 'going with its arm/body')

from bhuja + √gam + a

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, truly (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, here combines with 'na' for 'naiva'.

तावत् (tāvat) - as yet, at this moment (so much, so far, as yet, for the present)

(indeclinable)

विदोषत्वम् (vidoṣatvam) - faultlessness (faultlessness, blamelessness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidoṣatva

vidoṣatva - faultlessness, blamelessness

from vidoṣa + tva (suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vidoṣa+tva)

• vidoṣa – faultless, stainless, blameless
  adjective (masculine)
  from vi- + doṣa
  Prefix: vi
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'ness', 'hood'
  indeclinable (neuter)

भवति (bhavati) - exists, resides (is, exists, happens, becomes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

त्वयि (tvayi) - in you (in you, on you (singular))

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

पन्नग (pannaga) - O serpent (vocative) (O snake, serpent (literally 'going with its feet/wings'))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pannaga

pannaga - snake, serpent (literally 'foot-goer')

from panna + √gam + a

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Another term for snake, used as a vocative.