महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-175, verse-19

स तेजस्वी तथा तेन भुजगेन वशीकृतः ।
विस्फुरञ्शनकैर्भीमो न शशाक विचेष्टितुम् ॥१९॥

19. sa tejasvī tathā tena bhujagena vaśīkṛtaḥ ,
visphurañśanakairbhīmo na śaśāka viceṣṭitum.

19. स तेजस्वी तथा तेन भुजगेन वशीकृतः
विस्फुरन् शनकैः भीमः न शशाक विचेष्टितुम्

19. Though powerful, Bhīma was thus brought under control by that serpent (bhujaga), and though struggling slowly, he was unable to move.

Words meanings summery:

• स (स) - he (Bhīma) (he, that one)

• तेजस्वी (तेजस्वी) - powerful, lustrous, mighty

• तथा (तथा) - thus, so, similarly

• तेन (तेन) - by that (serpent) (by him, by it)

• भुजगेन (भुजगेन) - by the serpent, by the snake

• वशीकृतः (वशीकृतः) - subdued, brought under control, mastered

• विस्फुरन् (विस्फुरन्) - struggling, quivering, trembling

• शनकैः (शनकैः) - slowly, gradually

• भीमः (भीमः) - Bhīma

• न (न) - not, no

• शशाक (शशाक) - was able, could

• विचेष्टितुम् (विचेष्टितुम्) - to move, to stir, to exert oneself

Words meanings and morphology

स (स) - he (Bhīma) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of तद्

तद् - that, he, she, it

तेजस्वी (तेजस्वी) - powerful, lustrous, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of तेजस्विन्

तेजस्विन् - lustrous, radiant, splendid, powerful, energetic

तथा (तथा) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

तेन (तेन) - by that (serpent) (by him, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of तद्

तद् - that, he, she, it

भुजगेन (भुजगेन) - by the serpent, by the snake

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of भुजग

भुजग - serpent, snake (literally 'arm-goer' or 'earth-goer')

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (भुज+ग)

• भुज – arm, hand, shoulder
  noun (masculine)
• ग – going, moving
  suffix
  Derived from root गम् (gam) 'to go'
  Root: गम् (class 1)

वशीकृतः (वशीकृतः) - subdued, brought under control, mastered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of वशीकृत

वशीकृत - subdued, brought under control, made subject to one's will

Past Passive Participle

Compound formed from वशी (vaśī) and कृत (kṛta)

Compound type : tatpurusha (वशी+कृत)

• वशी – mastered, subdued, under control
  adjective
• कृत – done, made
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root कृ (kṛ)
  Root: कृ (class 8)

विस्फुरन् (विस्फुरन्) - struggling, quivering, trembling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of विस्फुरत्

विस्फुरत् - struggling, quivering, throbbing, flashing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root स्फुर् (sphur) with prefix वि (vi)

Prefix: वि

Root: स्फुर् (class 6)

शनकैः (शनकैः) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

भीमः (भीमः) - Bhīma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of भीम

भीम - Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

न (न) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शशाक (शशाक) - was able, could

(verb)

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

Root: शक् (class 5)

विचेष्टितुम् (विचेष्टितुम्) - to move, to stir, to exert oneself

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Derived from root चेष्ट् (ceṣṭ) with prefix वि (vi)

Prefix: वि

Root: चेष्ट् (class 1)