महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-27

मुखतः पातयामास शस्त्रेण निशितेन ह ।
निर्विचेष्टं भुजंगं तं विशस्य मृगजीवनः ॥२७॥

27. mukhataḥ pātayāmāsa śastreṇa niśitena ha ,
nirviceṣṭaṁ bhujaṁgaṁ taṁ viśasya mṛgajīvanaḥ.

27. mukhatas pātayāmāsa śastreṇa niśitena ha
nirviceṣṭam bhujaṅgam tam viśasya mṛgajīvanaḥ

27. The hunter, having killed that motionless snake, indeed struck it down with a sharp weapon, aiming at its mouth.

Words meanings summery:

• मुखतस् (mukhatas) - from the mouth, from the front

• पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - struck down, caused to fall

• शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by weapon, with a weapon

• निशितेन (niśitena) - by sharp, with a whetted (weapon)

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, oh!

• निर्विचेष्टम् (nirviceṣṭam) - motionless, deprived of movement

• भुजङ्गम् (bhujaṅgam) - snake

• तम् (tam) - that

• विशस्य (viśasya) - having cut down, having killed, having slaughtered

• मृगजीवनः (mṛgajīvanaḥ) - hunter (one whose livelihood is from deer/animals)

Words meanings and morphology

मुखतस् (mukhatas) - from the mouth, from the front

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - struck down, caused to fall

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of pātayāmāsa

periphrastic perfect (causative)

Formed from causative root 'pāṭay' (from √pat, cl. 1, 'to fall') + periphrastic perfect ending -āmāsa

Root: pat (class 1)

शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by weapon, with a weapon

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, sword, knife, instrument

Root: śas

निशितेन (niśitena) - by sharp, with a whetted (weapon)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of niśita

niśita - sharp, whetted, keen, pointed

Past Passive Participle

From √śā (to sharpen) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: śā

Note: Agrees with śastreṇa.

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, oh!

(indeclinable)

निर्विचेष्टम् (nirviceṣṭam) - motionless, deprived of movement

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirviceṣṭa

nirviceṣṭa - motionless, inactive, deprived of movement

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+viceṣṭa)

• nis – without, devoid of
  indeclinable
• viceṣṭa – movement, exertion, activity
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi + √ceṣṭ (to move)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bhujaṅgam.

भुजङ्गम् (bhujaṅgam) - snake

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhujaṅga

bhujaṅga - snake, serpent (literally 'moving with the arm/body')

Note: Object of the verb.

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with bhujaṅgam.

विशस्य (viśasya) - having cut down, having killed, having slaughtered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from √śas (to cut, kill) with prefix vi and suffix -ya

Prefix: vi

Root: śas (class 1)

Note: Precedes the main verb 'pātayāmāsa'.

मृगजीवनः (mṛgajīvanaḥ) - hunter (one whose livelihood is from deer/animals)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛgajīvana

mṛgajīvana - hunter, fowler (one who lives by killing animals)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+jīvana)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• jīvana – life, livelihood
  noun (neuter)
  From √jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.