महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-63, verse-8

एवमुक्त्वा स नागेन्द्रो बभूवाङ्गुष्ठमात्रकः ।
तं गृहीत्वा नलः प्रायादुद्देशं दाववर्जितम् ॥८॥

8. evamuktvā sa nāgendro babhūvāṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ ,
taṁ gṛhītvā nalaḥ prāyāduddeśaṁ dāvavarjitam.

8. evam uktvā sa nāgendraḥ babhūva aṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ
tam gṛhītvā nalaḥ prāyāt uddeśam dāvavarjitam

8. Having spoken thus, that king of serpents (nāgendra) transformed into the size of a thumb. Nala then took him and departed for a place free from forest fires.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

• स (sa) - he

• नागेन्द्रः (nāgendraḥ) - king of serpents (nāgendra)

• बभूव (babhūva) - he became

• अङ्गुष्ठमात्रकः (aṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ) - thumb-sized

• तम् (tam) - him

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, holding

• नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala (name of a king)

• प्रायात् (prāyāt) - he went, he proceeded

• उद्देशम् (uddeśam) - region, place

• दाववर्जितम् (dāvavarjitam) - free from forest fire

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from √vac (to speak, say)

Root: vac (class 2)

स (sa) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

नागेन्द्रः (nāgendraḥ) - king of serpents (nāgendra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāgendra

nāgendra - king of serpents, chief of nāgas

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (nāga+indra)

• nāga – serpent, snake, elephant
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, the deity Indra
  noun (masculine)

बभूव (babhūva) - he became

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

अङ्गुष्ठमात्रकः (aṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ) - thumb-sized

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅguṣṭhamātraka

aṅguṣṭhamātraka - thumb-sized, of the size of a thumb

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (aṅguṣṭha+mātraka)

• aṅguṣṭha – thumb
  noun (masculine)
• mātraka – measuring, of the size of, merely
  adjective (masculine)

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, holding

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from √grah (to seize, take)

Root: grah (class 9)

नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a legendary king)

प्रायात् (prāyāt) - he went, he proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of prayā

Derived from pra- + √yā (to go)

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

उद्देशम् (uddeśam) - region, place

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uddeśa

uddeśa - region, district, place, direction

दाववर्जितम् (dāvavarjitam) - free from forest fire

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dāvavarjita

dāvavarjita - free from forest fire, devoid of conflagration

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dāva+varjita)

• dāva – forest fire, conflagration
  noun (masculine)
• varjita – abandoned, excluded, free from, destitute of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √vṛj (to abandon, avoid)
  Root: vṛj (class 1)