महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-63, verse-13

ततः कर्कोटको नागः सान्त्वयन्नलमब्रवीत् ।
मया तेऽन्तर्हितं रूपं न त्वा विद्युर्जना इति ॥१३॥

13. tataḥ karkoṭako nāgaḥ sāntvayannalamabravīt ,
mayā te'ntarhitaṁ rūpaṁ na tvā vidyurjanā iti.

13. tataḥ karkoṭakaḥ nāgaḥ sāntvayan nalam abravīt
mayā te antarhitam rūpam na tvā vidyuḥ janāḥ iti

13. Then, the serpent Karkoṭaka, comforting Nala, said, "Your form has been concealed by me so that people may not recognize you."

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (thereupon, then, from that)

• कर्कोटकः (karkoṭakaḥ) - Karkoṭaka (the serpent) (Karkoṭaka (name of a Nāga, a serpent deity))

• नागः (nāgaḥ) - serpent (a member of the Nāga race) (serpent, snake, elephant, a class of semi-divine beings)

• सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - comforting (comforting, conciliating, consoling)

• नलम् (nalam) - King Nala (Nala (name of a king))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (said, spoke)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• ते (te) - your (your, to you)

• अन्तर्हितम् (antarhitam) - concealed (hidden, concealed, disappeared)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form (form, shape, appearance, beauty)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• त्वा (tvā) - you (you (accusative))

• विद्युः (vidyuḥ) - may recognize/know (may know, should know, might know)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people (people, men, folk)

• इति (iti) - (marks direct speech) (thus, so, in this way)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (thereupon, then, from that)

(indeclinable)

कर्कोटकः (karkoṭakaḥ) - Karkoṭaka (the serpent) (Karkoṭaka (name of a Nāga, a serpent deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karkoṭaka

karkoṭaka - Karkoṭaka (name of a Nāga)

नागः (nāgaḥ) - serpent (a member of the Nāga race) (serpent, snake, elephant, a class of semi-divine beings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, elephant, a class of semi-divine beings

सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - comforting (comforting, conciliating, consoling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāntvayat

sāntvayat - comforting, conciliating, consoling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root `sāntv` (to comfort) with `śatṛ` suffix.

Root: sāntv (class 10)

नलम् (nalam) - King Nala (Nala (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a king), a kind of reed

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect

3rd person singular imperfect of root `brū`.

Root: brū (class 2)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

ते (te) - your (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Used here in the genitive sense 'your' to qualify 'form'.

अन्तर्हितम् (antarhitam) - concealed (hidden, concealed, disappeared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antarhita

antarhita - hidden, concealed, disappeared

Past Passive Participle

Formed from `antar` (prefix) + root `dhā` (to place) + `kta` suffix. `antar-dhā` means 'to place within, to hide', past participle `antarhita`.

Prefix: antar

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Predicative adjective for `rūpam`.

रूपम् (rūpam) - form (form, shape, appearance, beauty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

Note: Subject of the passive construction 'has been concealed'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb `vidyuḥ`.

त्वा (tvā) - you (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Object of the verb `vidyuḥ`.

विद्युः (vidyuḥ) - may recognize/know (may know, should know, might know)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid

Optative

3rd person plural optative of root `vid`.

Root: vid (class 2)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people (people, men, folk)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man

Note: Subject of the verb `vidyuḥ`.

इति (iti) - (marks direct speech) (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)