महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-175, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
कथं नागायुतप्राणो भीमसेनो महाबलः ।
भयमाहारयत्तीव्रं तस्मादजगरान्मुने ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
kathaṁ nāgāyutaprāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ ,
bhayamāhārayattīvraṁ tasmādajagarānmune.

1. janamejaya uvāca katham nāgāyutaprāṇaḥ bhīmasenaḥ
mahābalaḥ bhayam āhārayat tīvram tasmāt ajagarān mune

1. Janamejaya said, "O sage, how did Bhīmasena, who possesses the strength of ten thousand elephants and is exceedingly mighty, experience such intense fear from that python?"

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - King Janamejaya (Janamejaya (name of a king))

• उवाच (uvāca) - (Janamejaya) said (he said, spoke)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• नागायुतप्राणः (nāgāyutaprāṇaḥ) - one who possesses the strength of ten thousand elephants (one whose strength/vitality is that of ten thousand elephants)

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena (Bhīmasena (Bhīma, one of the Pāṇḍavas))

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - exceedingly mighty (of great strength, mighty, powerful)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread)

• आहारयत् (āhārayat) - he experienced (he caused to be brought, he assumed, he experienced)

• तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense (intense, sharp, severe)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (python) (from that, therefore)

• अजगरान् (ajagarān) - the python (pythons, large snakes)

• मुने (mune) - O sage (referring to Vaiśampāyana) (O sage)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - King Janamejaya (Janamejaya (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a king of the Kuru dynasty, son of Parīkṣit)

Note: Speaker in this verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - (Janamejaya) said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

From root vac (to speak). Irregular perfect form.

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

नागायुतप्राणः (nāgāyutaprāṇaḥ) - one who possesses the strength of ten thousand elephants (one whose strength/vitality is that of ten thousand elephants)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāgāyutaprāṇa

nāgāyutaprāṇa - having the strength of ten thousand elephants

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nāga+ayuta+prāṇa)

• nāga – elephant, serpent, cobra
  noun (masculine)
• ayuta – ten thousand
  numeral
• prāṇa – life-breath, vital energy, spirit, strength
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'bhīmasenaḥ'.

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena (Bhīmasena (Bhīma, one of the Pāṇḍavas))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (a Pāṇḍava prince, known for his immense strength)

Note: Subject of the question.

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - exceedingly mighty (of great strength, mighty, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, very powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'bhīmasenaḥ'.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror

From root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of 'āhārayat'.

आहारयत् (āhārayat) - he experienced (he caused to be brought, he assumed, he experienced)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ā-hṛ

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, Causative stem

From root hṛ with prefix ā-, causative suffix -aya-, imperfect ending.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense (intense, sharp, severe)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīvra

tīvra - intense, sharp, keen, severe, fierce

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (python) (from that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Adverbial use indicating source.

अजगरान् (ajagarān) - the python (pythons, large snakes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ajagara

ajagara - python, boa constrictor

मुने (mune) - O sage (referring to Vaiśampāyana) (O sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

Note: Addressing Vaiśampāyana.