महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-103, verse-5

वृतश्चैष महानागः स्थापितः समयश्च मे ।
अनेन च मया देव भर्तव्यः प्रसवो महान् ॥५॥

5. vṛtaścaiṣa mahānāgaḥ sthāpitaḥ samayaśca me ,
anena ca mayā deva bhartavyaḥ prasavo mahān.

5. vṛtaḥ ca eṣaḥ mahānāgaḥ sthāpitaḥ samayaḥ ca me
anena ca mayā deva bhartavyaḥ prasavaḥ mahān

5. This great Nāga was chosen, and an agreement (samaya) was established by me. And, O god, through this, a vast progeny must be sustained by me.

Words meanings summery:

• वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - chosen, accepted, covered

• च (ca) - and, also

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

• महानागः (mahānāgaḥ) - great serpent, great Nāga

• स्थापितः (sthāpitaḥ) - established, set up, placed

• समयः (samayaḥ) - agreement, compact, pledge, time

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - by me, for me, my

• अनेन (anena) - by this (one)

• च (ca) - and, also

• मया (mayā) - by me

• देव (deva) - O god!

• भर्तव्यः (bhartavyaḥ) - to be nourished, to be supported, to be maintained

• प्रसवः (prasavaḥ) - offspring, progeny, birth, production

• महान् (mahān) - great, vast, large

Words meanings and morphology

वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - chosen, accepted, covered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - chosen, selected, covered, surrounded, appointed

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛ 'to choose' or 'to cover'

Root: vṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this

महानागः (mahānāgaḥ) - great serpent, great Nāga

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahānāga

mahānāga - a great serpent, a great Nāga

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• nāga – serpent, snake, Nāga (a class of divine beings)
  noun (masculine)

स्थापितः (sthāpitaḥ) - established, set up, placed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthāpita

sthāpita - established, placed, set up, made to stand

Past Passive Participle

Causative of root sthā + ita suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

समयः (samayaḥ) - agreement, compact, pledge, time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - agreement, convention, covenant, compact, appointment, time

From root i with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Used here as agent in passive construction, equivalent to instrumental.

अनेन (anena) - by this (one)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

देव (deva) - O god!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine being, king, master

Root: div (class 4)

भर्तव्यः (bhartavyaḥ) - to be nourished, to be supported, to be maintained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartavya

bhartavya - to be nourished, to be supported, to be maintained, to be borne

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root bhṛ with tavya suffix

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

प्रसवः (prasavaḥ) - offspring, progeny, birth, production

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasava

prasava - offspring, progeny, birth, production, fruit

From root sū with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)

महान् (mahān) - great, vast, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, excellent