महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-148, verse-1

कुन्त्युवाच ।
कुतोमूलमिदं दुःखं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ।
विदित्वा अपकर्षेयं शक्यं चेदपकर्षितुम् ॥१॥

1. kuntyuvāca ,
kutomūlamidaṁ duḥkhaṁ jñātumicchāmi tattvataḥ ,
viditvā apakarṣeyaṁ śakyaṁ cedapakarṣitum.

1. kuntī uvāca kutaḥ mūlam idam duḥkham jñātum icchāmi
tattvataḥ viditvā apakarṣeyam śakyam cet apakarṣitum

1. Kunti said: 'I wish to know the true nature of this sorrow. If it is possible to eliminate it, I would do so after understanding it.'

Words meanings summery:

• कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kunti

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root, source, origin

• इदम् (idam) - this

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, misery

• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know, to understand

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - its true nature (truly, in reality, as it is)

• विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known, having understood

• अपकर्षेयम् (apakarṣeyam) - I would remove, I would pull away

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, capable

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अपकर्षितुम् (apakarṣitum) - to remove, to pull away

Words meanings and morphology

कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kunti

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kunti (name of a princess, mother of the Pāṇḍavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

(indeclinable)

derived from kim (what) with -tas suffix

मूलम् (mūlam) - root, source, origin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, source, origin, foundation, cause

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, misery

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know, to understand

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

derived from root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - its true nature (truly, in reality, as it is)

(indeclinable)

derived from tattva (truth, reality) with -tas suffix

विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known, having understood

(indeclinable)

Gerund

derived from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

अपकर्षेयम् (apakarṣeyam) - I would remove, I would pull away

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of apākṛṣ

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, capable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, practicable, to be done

Gerundive

derived from root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अपकर्षितुम् (apakarṣitum) - to remove, to pull away

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

derived from root kṛṣ (to pull, draw) with prefix apa

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)