महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-10, verse-29

स तस्य देवावरणं भित्त्वा हृदयमेव च ।
जगाम धरणीं तूर्णं महोरग इवाशयम् ॥२९॥

29. sa tasya devāvaraṇaṁ bhittvā hṛdayameva ca ,
jagāma dharaṇīṁ tūrṇaṁ mahoraga ivāśayam.

29. saḥ tasya deva-āvaraṇam bhittvā hṛdayam eva ca
jagāma dharaṇīm tūrṇam mahā-uragaḥ iva āśayam

29. saḥ tasya deva-āvaraṇam hṛdayam ca eva bhittvā,
tūrṇam dharaṇīm jagāma,
mahā-uragaḥ āśayam iva.

29. That (spear), having pierced his divine armor and indeed his heart, quickly penetrated the earth, just as a great serpent enters its dwelling.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - That (spear) (he, that (masculine, nominative singular))

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him (masculine, genitive singular)

• देव-आवरणम् (deva-āvaraṇam) - divine armor (neuter, accusative singular)

• भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having pierced, having broken

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind (neuter, accusative singular)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and

• जगाम (jagāma) - it penetrated (he went, it went)

• धरणीम् (dharaṇīm) - earth, ground (feminine, accusative singular)

• तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly, swiftly

• महा-उरगः (mahā-uragaḥ) - great serpent (masculine, nominative singular)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आशयम् (āśayam) - dwelling, abode, repository (masculine, accusative singular)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - That (spear) (he, that (masculine, nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Refers to the 'tomara' (spear) from the previous verse.

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him (masculine, genitive singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Refers to Chitra.

देव-आवरणम् (deva-āvaraṇam) - divine armor (neuter, accusative singular)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of deva-āvaraṇa

deva-āvaraṇa - divine armor, heavenly covering

Compound type : Tatpurusha (deva+āvaraṇa)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• āvaraṇa – covering, armor, veil
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'vṛ' with prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having pierced, having broken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root 'bhid' with suffix 'tvā'

Root: bhid (class 7)

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind (neuter, accusative singular)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul, core

Root: hṛ (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जगाम (jagāma) - it penetrated (he went, it went)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Liṭ) of gam

Perfect (Liṭ)

Root 'gam'. 3rd person singular perfect active.

Root: gam (class 1)

धरणीम् (dharaṇīm) - earth, ground (feminine, accusative singular)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dharaṇī

dharaṇī - earth, ground, land

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Often used as an adverb. Past passive participle of root 'tvṛ'.

Root: tvṛ (class 1)

महा-उरगः (mahā-uragaḥ) - great serpent (masculine, nominative singular)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahā-uraga

mahā-uraga - great serpent, large snake

Compound type : Karma-dhāraya (mahā+uraga)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• uraga – serpent, snake (lit. 'breast-goer')
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: uras
  Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आशयम् (āśayam) - dwelling, abode, repository (masculine, accusative singular)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśaya

āśaya - dwelling, abode, lair, intention

Prefix: ā

Root: śī (class 2)