महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-26, verse-11

एकं शास्तारमासाद्य शब्देनैकेन संस्कृताः ।
नाना व्यवसिताः सर्वे सर्पदेवर्षिदानवाः ॥११॥

11. ekaṁ śāstāramāsādya śabdenaikena saṁskṛtāḥ ,
nānā vyavasitāḥ sarve sarpadevarṣidānavāḥ.

11. ekaṃ śāstāram āsādya śabdena ekena saṃskṛtāḥ
nānā vyavasitāḥ sarve sarpadevarṣidānavāḥ

11. ekaṃ śāstāram āsādya ekena śabdena saṃskṛtāḥ
sarve sarpadevarṣidānavāḥ nānā vyavasitāḥ

11. Having approached a single teacher and been purified by a single instruction, all of them—serpents, divine sages, and demons—became variously resolute.

Words meanings summery:

• एकं (ekaṁ) - one, a single

• शास्तारम् (śāstāram) - teacher, instructor

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached, having obtained

• शब्देन (śabdena) - by word, by sound, by instruction

• एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single

• संस्कृताः (saṁskṛtāḥ) - purified, refined, consecrated

• नाना (nānā) - variously, diversely, in many ways

• व्यवसिताः (vyavasitāḥ) - resolute, determined, engaged

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• सर्पदेवर्षिदानवाः (sarpadevarṣidānavāḥ) - serpents, divine sages, and demons

Words meanings and morphology

एकं (ekaṁ) - one, a single

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single

Note: Agrees with śāstāram.

शास्तारम् (śāstāram) - teacher, instructor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śāstṛ

śāstṛ - teacher, instructor, ruler

agent noun

Formed from root śās- (to teach, rule) with the -tṛ suffix.

Root: śās (class 2)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

From root sad- (to sit) with upasarga ā- and suffix -ya.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

शब्देन (śabdena) - by word, by sound, by instruction

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - word, sound, speech, instruction

एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single

Note: Agrees with śabdena.

संस्कृताः (saṁskṛtāḥ) - purified, refined, consecrated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃskṛta

saṁskṛta - purified, refined, consecrated, perfected

past passive participle

From root kṛ- (to do, make) with upasarga sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with sarve and sarpadevarṣidānavāḥ.

नाना (nānā) - variously, diversely, in many ways

(indeclinable)

व्यवसिताः (vyavasitāḥ) - resolute, determined, engaged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyavasita

vyavasita - resolute, determined, decided, engaged

past passive participle

From root so- (to settle, finish) with upasargas vi- and ava-.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

Note: Agrees with sarve and sarpadevarṣidānavāḥ.

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Refers to the collective group of beings.

सर्पदेवर्षिदानवाः (sarpadevarṣidānavāḥ) - serpents, divine sages, and demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarpadevarṣidānava

sarpadevarṣidānava - serpents, divine sages, and demons (collective)

Compound type : dvandva (sarpa+devarṣi+dānava)

• sarpa – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛp- (to creep).
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• devarṣi – divine sage
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of deva (god) and ṛṣi (sage).
• dānava – demon (offspring of Danu)
  noun (masculine)
  Patronymic from Danu.