महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-278, verse-21

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
किमर्थं व्यचरद्राजन्नुशना तस्य धीमतः ।
जठरे देवदेवस्य किं चाकार्षीन्महाद्युतिः ॥२१॥

21. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kimarthaṁ vyacaradrājannuśanā tasya dhīmataḥ ,
jaṭhare devadevasya kiṁ cākārṣīnmahādyutiḥ.

21. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kimartham vyacarat rājan uśanā tasya
dhīmataḥ jaṭhare devadevasya kim ca akārṣīt mahādyutiḥ

21. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca rājan mahādyutiḥ uśanā tasya dhīmataḥ
devadevasya jaṭhare kimartham vyacarat ca kim akārṣīt

21. Yudhiṣṭhira said: 'O King, for what purpose did Uśanā, that greatly radiant one, wander in the belly of that wise God of gods? And what did he do there?'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose (for what purpose, why)

• व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - wandered (wandered, moved about)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• उशना (uśanā) - Uśanā (Śukra) (Uśanā (name of Śukra))

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (Maheśvara) (of him, of that)

• धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise one (wise, intelligent, thoughtful)

• जठरे (jaṭhare) - in the belly (in the belly, in the stomach, in the interior)

• देवदेवस्य (devadevasya) - of the God of gods (Maheśvara) (of the God of gods, supreme deity)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, which, why)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अकार्षीत् (akārṣīt) - did he do (he did, he made)

• महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - the greatly radiant one (Uśanā) (greatly radiant, highly luminous)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steady in battle, Yudhiṣṭhira

Compound: yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm, steady)

Compound type : aluk tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable
  Locative singular of yudh (battle)
• sthira – firm, steady
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect

Perfect 3rd person singular of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose (for what purpose, why)

(indeclinable)

Compound: kim (what) + artha (purpose), used adverbially

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - wandered (wandered, moved about)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √car

Imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person singular of √car with upasargas vi- and ā-

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: car (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

उशना (uśanā) - Uśanā (Śukra) (Uśanā (name of Śukra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uśanas

uśanas - Uśanā, Śukra

तस्य (tasya) - of that (Maheśvara) (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to Maheśvara.

धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise one (wise, intelligent, thoughtful)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - wise, intelligent, thoughtful

Formed with -mat suffix from dhī (thought, intelligence)

Note: Agrees with tasya devadevasya.

जठरे (jaṭhare) - in the belly (in the belly, in the stomach, in the interior)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jaṭhara

jaṭhara - belly, stomach, interior

देवदेवस्य (devadevasya) - of the God of gods (Maheśvara) (of the God of gods, supreme deity)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of devadeva

devadeva - God of gods, supreme deity

Compound: deva (god) + deva (god), implying chief among gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+deva)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)

Note: Refers to Maheśvara.

किम् (kim) - what (what, which, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Functions as an interrogative pronoun.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अकार्षीत् (akārṣīt) - did he do (he did, he made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of √kṛ

Aorist

Aorist 3rd person singular, sigmatic aorist

Root: kṛ (class 8)

महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - the greatly radiant one (Uśanā) (greatly radiant, highly luminous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - greatly radiant, highly luminous

Compound: mahā (great) + dyuti (luster, radiance)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+dyuti)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (neuter)
• dyuti – luster, radiance, splendor
  noun (feminine)
  From √dyut (to shine)
  Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Uśanā.