महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-191, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
कीदृशो जापको याति निरयं वर्णयस्व मे ।
कौतूहलं हि मे जातं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kīdṛśo jāpako yāti nirayaṁ varṇayasva me ,
kautūhalaṁ hi me jātaṁ tadbhavānvaktumarhati.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kīdṛśaḥ jāpakaḥ yāti nirayam varṇayasva
me kautūhalaṃ hi me jātam tat bhavān vaktuṃ arhati

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kīdṛśaḥ jāpakaḥ nirayam yāti me
varṇayasva hi me kautūhalaṃ jātam tat bhavān vaktuṃ arhati

1. Yudhishthira said: "Please describe to me what kind of chanter goes to hell (niraya). Indeed, my curiosity has arisen; therefore, you ought to explain it."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - what kind, of what sort

• जापकः (jāpakaḥ) - chanter, reciter

• याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds

• निरयम् (nirayam) - to hell, to a region of suffering

• वर्णयस्व (varṇayasva) - please describe, recount

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• कौतूहलं (kautūhalaṁ) - curiosity

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• मे (me) - my, of me

• जातम् (jātam) - arisen, born, occurred

• तत् (tat) - therefore, so, that

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• वक्तुं (vaktuṁ) - to speak, to tell

• अर्हति (arhati) - ought, is able, deserves

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (name of a character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - what kind, of what sort

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what appearance, of what kind, what sort of

जापकः (jāpakaḥ) - chanter, reciter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāpaka

jāpaka - chanter, reciter, one who mutters prayers

Agent Noun

Derived from the root √jap (to murmur, utter softly)

Root: jap (class 1)

याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √yā

Root: yā (class 2)

निरयम् (nirayam) - to hell, to a region of suffering

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niraya

niraya - hell, infernal region (niraya)

वर्णयस्व (varṇayasva) - please describe, recount

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of √varṇay

Causative of √vṛ 'to describe' or denominative from varṇa

Root: varṇ (class 10)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

कौतूहलं (kautūhalaṁ) - curiosity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eagerness, interest

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

जातम् (jātam) - arisen, born, occurred

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, occurred, become

Past Passive Participle

from the root √jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

तत् (tat) - therefore, so, that

(indeclinable)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (honorific)

वक्तुं (vaktuṁ) - to speak, to tell

(indeclinable)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Infinitive form.

अर्हति (arhati) - ought, is able, deserves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √arh

Root: arh (class 1)