महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-177, verse-33

सर्प उवाच ।
श्रुतं विदितवेद्यस्य तव वाक्यं युधिष्ठिर ।
भक्षयेयमहं कस्माद्भ्रातरं ते वृकोदरम् ॥३३॥

33. sarpa uvāca ,
śrutaṁ viditavedyasya tava vākyaṁ yudhiṣṭhira ,
bhakṣayeyamahaṁ kasmādbhrātaraṁ te vṛkodaram.

33. sarpa uvāca śrutam viditavedyasya tava vākyam yudhiṣṭhira
bhakṣayeyam aham kasmāt bhrātaram te vṛkodaram

33. The serpent said: O Yudhiṣṭhira, your statement has been heard and understood by me, who comprehends all that is to be known. Why should I eat your brother, Bhīma (Vṛkodara)?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्प (sarpa) - the serpent (Nahuṣa) (serpent, snake)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - has been heard, understood (heard, listened to, revealed (as in Vedas))

• विदितवेद्यस्य (viditavedyasya) - (of) me (the serpent Nahuṣa) who knows all that is to be known (of one who knows what is to be known, of one who understands all knowledge)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, question (word, speech, statement, sentence)

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun)

• भक्षयेयम् (bhakṣayeyam) - I would eat, I should eat

• अहम् (aham) - (the serpent Nahuṣa) (I)

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what, for what reason)

• भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - (your) brother (Bhīma) (brother)

• ते (te) - your, of you

• वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhīma (lit. wolf-bellied)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्प (sarpa) - the serpent (Nahuṣa) (serpent, snake)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Subject of uvāca

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense (liṭ)

Irregular perfect tense form of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - has been heard, understood (heard, listened to, revealed (as in Vedas))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, known

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Acts as a predicate adjective for vākyam

विदितवेद्यस्य (viditavedyasya) - (of) me (the serpent Nahuṣa) who knows all that is to be known (of one who knows what is to be known, of one who understands all knowledge)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viditavedya

viditavedya - knowing what is to be known, one who has known the knowable

compound of vidita (PPP of vid 'to know') and vedya (Gerundive of vid 'to be known')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidita+vedya)

• vidita – known, understood
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vedya – to be known, knowable
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root vid (to know) with suffix -ya
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to the serpent (Nahuṣa)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Possessive for vākyam

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, question (word, speech, statement, sentence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, statement, sentence

Derived from vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of implied 'is heard'

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (firm in battle)

Compound type : aluk-samāsa (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira

भक्षयेयम् (bhakṣayeyam) - I would eat, I should eat

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhakṣ

optative mood, active voice

From root bhakṣ (to eat), 1st person singular, active, optative.

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - (the serpent Nahuṣa) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of bhakṣayeyam

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what, for what reason)

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of kim, used as an adverb

Note: Functions as an adverb 'why'

भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - (your) brother (Bhīma) (brother)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Object of bhakṣayeyam

ते (te) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Possessive for bhrātaram

वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhīma (lit. wolf-bellied)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied, a name for Bhīma

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, stomach
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of bhakṣayeyam