महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-20

सहसाभ्यागतां भैमीमभ्याशपरिवर्तिनीम् ।
जग्राहाजगरो ग्राहो महाकायः क्षुधान्वितः ॥२०॥

20. sahasābhyāgatāṁ bhaimīmabhyāśaparivartinīm ,
jagrāhājagaro grāho mahākāyaḥ kṣudhānvitaḥ.

20. sahasā abhyāgatām bhaimīm abhyāśaparivartinīm
jagrāha ajagaraḥ grāhaḥ mahākāyaḥ kṣudhānvitah

20. Suddenly, a huge-bodied, hunger-stricken python (ajagara), a seizing creature (grāha), seized Damayantī (bhaimī), who had recently approached and was moving about nearby.

Words meanings summery:

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcibly, quickly

• अभ्यागताम् (abhyāgatām) - who had approached, arrived, come

• भैमीम् (bhaimīm) - Damayantī

• अभ्याशपरिवर्तिनीम् (abhyāśaparivartinīm) - moving about close by, dwelling nearby

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized, caught, grasped

• अजगरः (ajagaraḥ) - a python, boa constrictor

• ग्राहः (grāhaḥ) - an epithet or descriptor for the python, indicating its predatory nature. (seizing creature, crocodile, shark, an attacker)

• महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

• क्षुधान्वितह् (kṣudhānvitah) - hunger-stricken, hungry

Words meanings and morphology

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcibly, quickly

(indeclinable)

Instrumental singular of sahas (force, power) used adverbially

अभ्यागताम् (abhyāgatām) - who had approached, arrived, come

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhyāgata

abhyāgata - approached, arrived, come

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with upasargas abhi- and ā-

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhaimīm'.

भैमीम् (bhaimīm) - Damayantī

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhaimī

bhaimī - Damayantī (daughter of Bhīma)

Feminine derivative of Bhīma

Note: Object of the verb 'jagrāha'.

अभ्याशपरिवर्तिनीम् (abhyāśaparivartinīm) - moving about close by, dwelling nearby

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhyāśaparivartinī

abhyāśaparivartinī - moving about close by, dwelling nearby

Present Active Participle

From abhyāśaparivartin (moving around close by) with feminine ending

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhyāśa+parivartin)

• abhyāśa – proximity, vicinity, near
  noun (masculine)
• parivartin – turning around, moving about, dwelling
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Participle
  From root vṛt (to turn) with upasarga pari- and -in suffix
  Prefix: pari
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhaimīm'.

जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized, caught, grasped

(verb)

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

Root: grah (class 9)

अजगरः (ajagaraḥ) - a python, boa constrictor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajagara

ajagara - a python, boa constrictor

Note: Subject of 'jagrāha'.

ग्राहः (grāhaḥ) - an epithet or descriptor for the python, indicating its predatory nature. (seizing creature, crocodile, shark, an attacker)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grāha

grāha - seizing, grasping; a crocodile, shark, planetary seizure (eclipse)

From root grah (to seize)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Appositive to 'ajagaraḥ'.

महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a huge body, gigantic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+kāya)

• mahat – great, large, huge
  adjective (masculine)
• kāya – body, collection
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'ajagaraḥ'.

क्षुधान्वितह् (kṣudhānvitah) - hunger-stricken, hungry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣudhānvita

kṣudhānvita - accompanied by hunger, hunger-stricken, hungry

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣudhā+anvita)

• kṣudhā – hunger
  noun (feminine)
• anvita – accompanied by, connected with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root i (to go) with upasargas anu- and ā-
  Prefixes: anu+ā
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'ajagaraḥ'.