महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-27, verse-3

कथं च कामचारी स कामवीर्यश्च खेचरः ।
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं पुराणे यदि पठ्यते ॥३॥

3. kathaṁ ca kāmacārī sa kāmavīryaśca khecaraḥ ,
etadicchāmyahaṁ śrotuṁ purāṇe yadi paṭhyate.

3. kathaṃ ca kāmacārī saḥ kāmavīryaḥ ca khecaraḥ
etat icchāmi aham śrotum purāṇe yadi paṭhyate

3. And how is he, who moves at will, whose power is as he wishes, and who traverses the sky? I wish to hear this, if it is recounted in the Purāṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how (how, in what manner)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कामचारी (kāmacārī) - who moves at will (moving at will, acting freely)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• कामवीर्यः (kāmavīryaḥ) - whose power is as he wishes (whose strength is according to his wish, powerful at will)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• खेचरः (khecaraḥ) - who moves in the sky (sky-dweller, moving in the sky, aerial being)

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• पुराणे (purāṇe) - in the Purāṇa (in the ancient text, in the Purāṇa)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

• पठ्यते (paṭhyate) - it is recounted (it is read, it is recited)

Words meanings and morphology

कथं (kathaṁ) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कामचारी (kāmacārī) - who moves at will (moving at will, acting freely)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmacārin

kāmacārin - moving at will, acting freely, independent

agent noun

compound of kāma and cārin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+cārin)

• kāma – desire, wish, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• cārin – moving, going, performing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from √car + ṇini
  Root: √car (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कामवीर्यः (kāmavīryaḥ) - whose power is as he wishes (whose strength is according to his wish, powerful at will)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmavīrya

kāmavīrya - whose strength is according to his wish, powerful at will

bahuvrīhi compound of kāma and vīrya

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāma+vīrya)

• kāma – desire, wish, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• vīrya – strength, power, valor, energy
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

खेचरः (khecaraḥ) - who moves in the sky (sky-dweller, moving in the sky, aerial being)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khecara

khecara - moving in the air or sky, a sky-goer, an aerial being (bird, cloud, god, etc.)

agent noun

upapada tatpuruṣa compound of kha and cara

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (kha+cara)

• kha – sky, air, ether, space
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, a goer
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from √car + a
  Root: √car (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to the being discussed.

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (near the speaker)

Note: Refers to the question posed.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

Root: √iṣ (class 6)

Note: Formed from the desiderative stem icchā.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Root: √śru (class 5)

पुराणे (purāṇe) - in the Purāṇa (in the ancient text, in the Purāṇa)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old; (as noun) an ancient tale, traditional history, Purāṇa

Note: Refers to the class of religious texts called Purāṇas.

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

(indeclinable)

पठ्यते (paṭhyate) - it is recounted (it is read, it is recited)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √paṭh

Root: √paṭh (class 1)