महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-101, verse-7

द्विपञ्चशिरसः केचित्केचित्सप्तमुखास्तथा ।
महाभोगा महाकायाः पर्वताभोगभोगिनः ॥७॥

7. dvipañcaśirasaḥ kecitkecitsaptamukhāstathā ,
mahābhogā mahākāyāḥ parvatābhogabhoginaḥ.

7. dvipañcaśirasaḥ kecit kecit saptamukhāḥ tathā
mahābhogāḥ mahākāyāḥ parvatābhogabhoginaḥ

7. Some (nāgas) have ten heads, while others have seven heads. They possess immense hoods and colossal bodies, their hoods being vast like mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• द्विपञ्चशिरसः (dvipañcaśirasaḥ) - of those with ten heads (referring to nāgas) (of ten heads, ten-headed)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (nāgas) (some, certain ones)

• केचित् (kecit) - others (nāgas) (some, certain ones)

• सप्तमुखाः (saptamukhāḥ) - (nāgas) with seven heads (seven-headed, seven-mouthed)

• तथा (tathā) - also, in addition (so, thus, also, in like manner)

• महाभोगाः (mahābhogāḥ) - possessing great hoods (referring to snakes) (having great hoods, great enjoyment)

• महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - possessing huge bodies (great-bodied, enormous)

• पर्वताभोगभोगिनः (parvatābhogabhoginaḥ) - (nāgas) whose hoods are as vast as mountains (having hoods vast like mountains)

Words meanings and morphology

द्विपञ्चशिरसः (dvipañcaśirasaḥ) - of those with ten heads (referring to nāgas) (of ten heads, ten-headed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvipañcaśiras

dvipañcaśiras - ten-headed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+pañca+śiras)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• pañca – five
  numeral
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here to describe nāgas.

केचित् (kecit) - some (nāgas) (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, some, any

Note: Combined with the particle `cit` (cid).

केचित् (kecit) - others (nāgas) (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, some, any

Note: Combined with the particle `cit` (cid).

सप्तमुखाः (saptamukhāḥ) - (nāgas) with seven heads (seven-headed, seven-mouthed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saptamukha

saptamukha - seven-faced, seven-headed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saptan+mukha)

• saptan – seven
  numeral
• mukha – mouth, face, head
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `kecit`.

तथा (tathā) - also, in addition (so, thus, also, in like manner)

(indeclinable)

महाभोगाः (mahābhogāḥ) - possessing great hoods (referring to snakes) (having great hoods, great enjoyment)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābhoga

mahābhoga - great hood (of a snake), great enjoyment, great wealth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+bhoga)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• bhoga – hood (of a snake), enjoyment, possession, wealth
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (nāgas).

महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - possessing huge bodies (great-bodied, enormous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahākāya

mahākāya - great-bodied, colossal

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+kāya)

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

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (nāgas).

पर्वताभोगभोगिनः (parvatābhogabhoginaḥ) - (nāgas) whose hoods are as vast as mountains (having hoods vast like mountains)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvatābhogabhogin

parvatābhogabhogin - having hoods vast like mountains

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parvata+ābhoga+bhogin)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• ābhoga – expansion, vastness, circumference, hood of a snake
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `ā-bhuj`.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• bhogin – one who has a hood (of a snake), enjoyer, wealthy
  adjective (masculine)
  From `bhoga` + `in` (possessive suffix).
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (nāgas).