महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-169

पुरुषश्चापि मया दृष्टः ।
स पुनः कः ॥१६९॥

169. puruṣaścāpi mayā dṛṣṭaḥ ,
sa punaḥ kaḥ.

169. puruṣaḥ ca api mayā
dṛṣṭaḥ saḥ punaḥ kaḥ

169. And I also saw a man. But who is he?

Words meanings summery:

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man (man, person, male, spirit)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - was seen (seen, beheld (masculine singular))

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - but / then (again, but, moreover, then)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

Words meanings and morphology

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man (man, person, male, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person, spirit, soul, the Supreme Being

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - was seen (seen, beheld (masculine singular))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

past participle

Past passive participle of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Part of a passive construction 'by me was seen a man'

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Standalone form for masculine nominative singular.

पुनः (punaḥ) - but / then (again, but, moreover, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'but' or 'then'.

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which