महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-274, verse-3

कथमेष महाप्राज्ञ ज्वरः प्रादुरभूत्कुतः ।
ज्वरोत्पत्तिं निपुणतः श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो ॥३॥

3. kathameṣa mahāprājña jvaraḥ prādurabhūtkutaḥ ,
jvarotpattiṁ nipuṇataḥ śrotumicchāmyahaṁ prabho.

3. katham eṣa mahāprājña jvaraḥ prādurabhūt kutaḥ
jvarotpattiṃ nipuṇataḥ śrotum icchāmi aham prabho

3. mahāprājña prabho,
eṣa jvaraḥ katham kutaḥ prādurabhūt? aham jvarotpattiṃ nipuṇataḥ śrotum icchāmi.

3. O greatly wise one (mahāprājña), O lord (prabho), how did this fever arise? From where? I wish to hear the origin of the fever in detail.

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• एष (eṣa) - this (masculine nominative singular)

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - Addressed to the narrator (Bhishma). (O greatly wise one, O highly intelligent one)

• ज्वरः (jvaraḥ) - fever

• प्रादुरभूत् (prādurabhūt) - arose, manifested, appeared

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence? from where?

• ज्वरोत्पत्तिं (jvarotpattiṁ) - the origin of fever

• निपुणतः (nipuṇataḥ) - clearly, precisely, thoroughly, in detail

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रभो (prabho) - Addressed to the narrator (Bhishma). (O lord, O master)

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - this (masculine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - Addressed to the narrator (Bhishma). (O greatly wise one, O highly intelligent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - greatly wise, highly intelligent

compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  from pra-√jñā (to know well)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

ज्वरः (jvaraḥ) - fever

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jvara

jvara - fever, ardent heat, disease

from √jvar (to be hot)

Root: jvar (class 1)

प्रादुरभूत् (prādurabhūt) - arose, manifested, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of prādurbhū

Aorist

from prādur-√bhū

Prefix: prādur

Root: bhū (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence? from where?

(indeclinable)

ablative of kim (what) + tas suffix

ज्वरोत्पत्तिं (jvarotpattiṁ) - the origin of fever

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jvarotpatti

jvarotpatti - origin of fever

compound

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jvara+utpatti)

• jvara – fever, ardent heat, disease
  noun (masculine)
  from √jvar (to be hot)
  Root: jvar (class 1)
• utpatti – origin, production, birth
  noun (feminine)
  from ut-√pad (to arise)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: pad (class 4)

निपुणतः (nipuṇataḥ) - clearly, precisely, thoroughly, in detail

(indeclinable)

from nipuṇa (skillful) + tas suffix

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of śru

Infinitive

from √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Present Active

root iṣ, 1st person singular

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (1st person pronoun)

प्रभो (prabho) - Addressed to the narrator (Bhishma). (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful

from pra-√bhū (to be powerful)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)