महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-80, verse-17

शृण्वन्तु सर्वभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ।
त्वं च मातर्यथा सत्यं ब्रवीमि भुजगोत्तमे ॥१७॥

17. śṛṇvantu sarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca ,
tvaṁ ca mātaryathā satyaṁ bravīmi bhujagottame.

17. śṛṇvantu sarva-bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca |
tvam ca mātaḥ yathā satyam bravīmi bhujaga-uttame

17. sarva-bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca śṛṇvantu mātaḥ tvam ca,
bhujaga-uttame,
yathā satyam bravīmi

17. Let all beings, both stationary and moving, listen! And you, O mother, O best of serpents, I speak the truth as it is.

Words meanings summery:

• शृण्वन्तु (śṛṇvantu) - let them hear, they should listen

• सर्व-भूतानि (sarva-bhūtāni) - all living entities (all beings, all creatures)

• स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - immobile beings (e.g., plants, mountains) (stationary, immovable ones)

• चराणि (carāṇi) - mobile beings (e.g., animals, humans) (moving, mobile ones)

• च (ca) - and

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• च (ca) - and

• मातः (mātaḥ) - O mother

• यथा (yathā) - as (it truly is) (as, just as, in what manner)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - the truth (truth, reality)

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say

• भुजग-उत्तमे (bhujaga-uttame) - O best among serpent-women (referring to the queen as a Nāga princess) (O best of serpents)

Words meanings and morphology

शृण्वन्तु (śṛṇvantu) - let them hear, they should listen

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative Mood

Root verb (5th conjugation, P-class) with imperative 3rd person plural ending.

Root: śru (class 5)

सर्व-भूतानि (sarva-bhūtāni) - all living entities (all beings, all creatures)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva-bhūta

sarva-bhūta - all beings, every creature

Karmadhāraya compound: `sarva` (all) + `bhūta` (being).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root `bhū` (to be, to become), used substantively as 'being'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of `śṛṇvantu`.

स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - immobile beings (e.g., plants, mountains) (stationary, immovable ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthāvara

sthāvara - stationary, immovable, fixed (referring to trees, mountains, etc.)

Derived from the root `sthā` (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `bhūtāni`.

चराणि (carāṇi) - mobile beings (e.g., animals, humans) (moving, mobile ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cara

cara - moving, mobile, living (referring to animals, humans, etc.)

Derived from the root `car` (to move).

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `bhūtāni`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `sthāvarāṇi` and `carāṇi`.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Refers to the mother.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the implied subject of the first clause with 'you' (the mother).

मातः (mātaḥ) - O mother

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

यथा (yathā) - as (it truly is) (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used to introduce a statement of truth or fact.

सत्यम् (satyam) - the truth (truth, reality)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, sincerity, fidelity

Note: Direct object of `bravīmi`.

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Present Tense

Root verb (2nd conjugation, P-class) with present 1st person singular ending.

Root: brū (class 2)

भुजग-उत्तमे (bhujaga-uttame) - O best among serpent-women (referring to the queen as a Nāga princess) (O best of serpents)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhujaga-uttama

bhujaga-uttama - best of serpents

Tatpuruṣa compound 'best among serpents'. Used in vocative as an epithet for the queen, often a poetic flourish.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhujaga+uttama)

• bhujaga – serpent, snake (literally 'going by its arm/shoulder')
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `bhuj` (arm) + `ga` (going).
• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Vocative address, likely to the queen who belongs to a lineage associated with serpents (Nāgas).