महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-29

कश्यप उवाच ।
कुलं कुलं च कुपपः कुपयः कश्यपो द्विजः ।
काश्यः काशनिकाशत्वादेतन्मे नाम धारय ॥२९॥

29. kaśyapa uvāca ,
kulaṁ kulaṁ ca kupapaḥ kupayaḥ kaśyapo dvijaḥ ,
kāśyaḥ kāśanikāśatvādetanme nāma dhāraya.

29. kaśyapaḥ uvāca kulam kulam ca kupapaḥ kupayaḥ kaśyapaḥ
dvijaḥ kāśyaḥ kāśanikāśatvāt etat me nāma dhāraya

29. kaśyapaḥ uvāca kulam kulam ca kupapaḥ kupayaḥ kaśyapaḥ
dvijaḥ kāśyaḥ kāśanikāśatvāt etat me nāma dhāraya

29. Kashyapa said, "I am associated with lineage (kula) and with 'kupapa' (protector from evil); I am 'kupaya' (the protector from trouble), Kashyapa, the `dvija` (twice-born). I am called 'Kashya' due to being like the shining Kāśa grass. Therefore, you must remember this name of mine."

Words meanings summery:

• कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - The sage Kashyapa (Kashyapa (a sage), a tortoise)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कुलम् (kulam) - lineage, family (family, lineage, race, house)

• कुलम् (kulam) - lineage, family (family, lineage, race, house)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कुपपः (kupapaḥ) - protector from evil (as an etymological explanation for Kaśyapa) (protector from evil, one who drinks bad water (etymological play))

• कुपयः (kupayaḥ) - protector from trouble/evil (another etymological explanation) (protector from evil, one who drinks bad water (etymological play))

• कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - The sage Kashyapa (his name, being defined) (Kashyapa (a sage), a tortoise)

• द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - (the) twice-born (dvija), referring to Kashyapa as a Brahmin sage (twice-born (brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya), bird, tooth)

• काश्यः (kāśyaḥ) - 'Kashya' (as another etymology for Kaśyapa, linking to shining) (belonging to Kāśī, a king of Kāśī, shining (etymological play))

• काशनिकाशत्वात् (kāśanikāśatvāt) - due to being like Kāśa grass, due to shining like Kāśa

• एतत् (etat) - this (name) (this, this one)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• नाम (nāma) - name (of Kashyapa) (name, by name, indeed)

• धारय (dhāraya) - remember, retain (remember, hold, bear)

Words meanings and morphology

कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - The sage Kashyapa (Kashyapa (a sage), a tortoise)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaśyapa

kaśyapa - Name of a sage, a tortoise

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

third person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

कुलम् (kulam) - lineage, family (family, lineage, race, house)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, house, community

Note: Predicate nominative for "I am (associated with) kula".

कुलम् (kulam) - lineage, family (family, lineage, race, house)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, house, community

Note: Repeated for emphasis or wordplay.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कुपपः (kupapaḥ) - protector from evil (as an etymological explanation for Kaśyapa) (protector from evil, one who drinks bad water (etymological play))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kupapa

kupapa - one who drinks bad water; one who protects from evil or bad things (ku-pā-pa)

compound of ku (bad/earth) + pā (to drink/protect) + pa (drinker/protector)

कुपयः (kupayaḥ) - protector from trouble/evil (another etymological explanation) (protector from evil, one who drinks bad water (etymological play))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kupaya

kupaya - one who drinks bad water; one who protects from bad water or evil (ku-paya)

compound of ku (bad/earth) + paya (water/protection)

कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - The sage Kashyapa (his name, being defined) (Kashyapa (a sage), a tortoise)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaśyapa

kaśyapa - Name of a sage, a tortoise

द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - (the) twice-born (dvija), referring to Kashyapa as a Brahmin sage (twice-born (brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya), bird, tooth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya); a bird; a tooth

compound dvi- + ja (born)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  suffix
  from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

काश्यः (kāśyaḥ) - 'Kashya' (as another etymology for Kaśyapa, linking to shining) (belonging to Kāśī, a king of Kāśī, shining (etymological play))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāśya

kāśya - belonging to Kāśī, a king of Kāśī; shining, bright (from √kāś)

derived from Kāśī or from √kāś (to shine)

Root: kāś (class 1)

काशनिकाशत्वात् (kāśanikāśatvāt) - due to being like Kāśa grass, due to shining like Kāśa

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kāśanikāśatva

kāśanikāśatva - the state of being like Kāśa grass in brightness/whiteness

compound + suffix -tva (abstract noun)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kāśanikāśa+tva)

• kāśanikāśa – resembling Kāśa grass
  adjective
  compound `kāśa` + `nikāśa` (resemblance, likeness)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, '-ness', '-hood'
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Used to express cause "due to".

एतत् (etat) - this (name) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Object of `dhāraya`.

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

enclitic dative/genitive singular of asmad

Note: Possessive, "my name".

नाम (nāma) - name (of Kashyapa) (name, by name, indeed)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name

Note: Object of `dhāraya`.

धारय (dhāraya) - remember, retain (remember, hold, bear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Lot) of √dhṛ

imperative active

second person singular imperative active of the causal stem of √dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 10)