महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-86, verse-8

अष्टक उवाच ।
कति स्विदेव मुनयो मौनानि कति चाप्युत ।
भवन्तीति तदाचक्ष्व श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम् ॥८॥

8. aṣṭaka uvāca ,
kati svideva munayo maunāni kati cāpyuta ,
bhavantīti tadācakṣva śrotumicchāmahe vayam.

8. aṣṭaka uvāca kati svit eva munayaḥ maunāni kati ca api
uta bhavanti iti tat ācakṣva śrotum icchāmahe vayam

8. Aṣṭaka said: "How many kinds of sages exist, and how many kinds of vows of silence are there? Please explain that, for we wish to hear."

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टक (aṣṭaka) - Aṣṭaka

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कति (kati) - how many

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, possibly (particle of interrogation or emphasis)

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

• मौनानि (maunāni) - vows of silence, silences, states of being a sage

• कति (kati) - how many

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• उत (uta) - or, also, moreover

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - exist, are, become

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion

• तत् (tat) - that

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, explain

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

• इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we desire, we wish

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टक (aṣṭaka) - Aṣṭaka

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭaka

aṣṭaka - Aṣṭaka (proper name), group of eight

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कति (kati) - how many

(interrogative adjective)

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, possibly (particle of interrogation or emphasis)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, silent one

मौनानि (maunāni) - vows of silence, silences, states of being a sage

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mauna

mauna - silence, vow of silence, state of a muni (sage)

कति (kati) - how many

(interrogative adjective)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - or, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - exist, are, become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, explain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ācakṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: ātmanepada form for imperative 2nd singular

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root śru with tumun suffix

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we desire, we wish

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: ātmanepada form

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we