महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-211, verse-16

अथाब्रवीत्पुष्कराक्षः प्रहसन्निव भारत ।
वनेचरस्य किमिदं कामेनालोड्यते मनः ॥१६॥

16. athābravītpuṣkarākṣaḥ prahasanniva bhārata ,
vanecarasya kimidaṁ kāmenāloḍyate manaḥ.

16. atha abravīt puṣkarākṣaḥ prahasan iva bhārata
vanacarasya kim idam kāmena āloḍyate manaḥ

16. Then, O Bhārata, the lotus-eyed one (Krishna) spoke, as if laughing, 'Why is this mind of a forest-dweller agitated by desire (kāma)?'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, spoke

• पुष्कराक्षः (puṣkarākṣaḥ) - Krishna (lotus-eyed)

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (an address, usually to a Kuru king or Yudhiṣṭhira) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

• वनचरस्य (vanacarasya) - Of Arjuna, who was in exile in the forest (of a forest-dweller, of one who roams the forest)

• किम् (kim) - Interrogative adverb 'why' (what?, why?)

• इदम् (idam) - This mind (this)

• कामेन (kāmena) - by desire (kāma), by love

• आलोड्यते (āloḍyate) - is agitated, is stirred, is troubled

• मनः (manaḥ) - Arjuna's mind (mind, intellect)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Active

Derived from root brū (2nd class)

Root: brū (class 2)

पुष्कराक्षः (puṣkarākṣaḥ) - Krishna (lotus-eyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṣkarākṣa

puṣkarākṣa - lotus-eyed (an epithet of Krishna or Vishnu)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṣkara+akṣi)

• puṣkara – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Epithet for Krishna

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root has with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Refers to Krishna

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (an address, usually to a Kuru king or Yudhiṣṭhira) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata

Note: A common address in the Mahabharata

वनचरस्य (vanacarasya) - Of Arjuna, who was in exile in the forest (of a forest-dweller, of one who roams the forest)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vanacara

vanacara - forest-dweller, one who roams the forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+cara)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, roaming; dweller
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to Arjuna

किम् (kim) - Interrogative adverb 'why' (what?, why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, why?

Note: Used adverbially here

इदम् (idam) - This mind (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'manaḥ'

कामेन (kāmena) - by desire (kāma), by love

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, love, longing

Root: kam (class 1)

आलोड्यते (āloḍyate) - is agitated, is stirred, is troubled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of luḍ

Present Passive

Derived from root luḍ (1st class) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: luḍ (class 1)

मनः (manaḥ) - Arjuna's mind (mind, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart

Root: man (class 4)