महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-178, verse-45

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
इत्युक्त्वाजगरं देहं त्यक्त्वा स नहुषो नृपः ।
दिव्यं वपुः समास्थाय गतस्त्रिदिवमेव ह ॥४५॥

45. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ityuktvājagaraṁ dehaṁ tyaktvā sa nahuṣo nṛpaḥ ,
divyaṁ vapuḥ samāsthāya gatastridivameva ha.

45. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca iti uktvā ajagaram deham tyaktvā saḥ
nahuṣaḥ nṛpaḥ divyam vapuḥ samāsthāya gataḥ tridivam eva ha

45. Vaiśampaayana said: Having spoken thus and having abandoned the python's body, that king Nahuṣa assumed a divine form and indeed went to heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampaayana (the narrator of the Mahābhārata) (Vaiśampaayana (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (having said, having spoken)

• अजगरम् (ajagaram) - python's (python's, belonging to a python)

• देहम् (deham) - body (of the python) (body)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left, having given up)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Nahuṣa) (he, that (one))

• नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa (Nahuṣa (proper name))

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king (king, ruler)

• दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine (divine, celestial, heavenly)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (divine form) (body, form, figure)

• समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having assumed (having assumed, having taken up, having taken hold of)

• गतः (gataḥ) - went (gone, departed, reached)

• त्रिदिवम् (tridivam) - to heaven (heaven, triple heaven)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

• ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, verily (particle))

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampaayana (the narrator of the Mahābhārata) (Vaiśampaayana (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa, narrator of the Mahābhārata

Patronymic from Viśampāyana.

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Third person singular perfect active. `uvāca` is an irregular perfect form.

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root `vac` (to speak) + `ktvā` suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

अजगरम् (ajagaram) - python's (python's, belonging to a python)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajagara

ajagara - python, a large snake (literally 'goat-swallower')

Compound of `aja` (goat) and `gara` (swallower).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (aja+gara)

• aja – goat
  noun (masculine)
• gara – swallower, devourer
  noun (masculine)
  From root `gṛ` (to swallow).
  Root: gṛ (class 6)

देहम् (deham) - body (of the python) (body)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical frame

From root `dih` (to smear, to grow).

Root: dih (class 1)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left, having given up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root `tyaj` (to abandon) + `ktvā` suffix.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he (Nahuṣa) (he, that (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa (Nahuṣa (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nahuṣa

nahuṣa - Name of an ancient king, transformed into a python by a curse.

Root: nah (class 4)

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (literally 'protector of men')

Compound `nṛ` (man) + `pa` (protector, from root `pā`).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, preserver
  noun (masculine)
  From root `pā` (to protect).
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Appositive to Nahuṣaḥ.

दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine (divine, celestial, heavenly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of divya

divya - divine, heavenly, celestial, supernatural

From `div` (heaven).

वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (divine form) (body, form, figure)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, beautiful form

s-stem neuter noun.

Root: vap (class 1)

समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having assumed (having assumed, having taken up, having taken hold of)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund with prefix)

From `sam-ā-√sthā` (to take up, assume) + `lyap` suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

गतः (gataḥ) - went (gone, departed, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, moved, reached, past

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` (to go) + `ta` suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

त्रिदिवम् (tridivam) - to heaven (heaven, triple heaven)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tridiva

tridiva - the three heavens, celestial world, heaven

Compound `tri` (three) + `diva` (heaven).

Compound type : dvigu (tri+diva)

• tri – three
  numeral
• diva – heaven, sky
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, verily (particle))

(indeclinable)

Particle.