महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-315, verse-26

अपृच्छत्पितरं ब्रह्मन्कुतो वायुरभूदयम् ।
आख्यातुमर्हति भवान्वायोः सर्वं विचेष्टितम् ॥२६॥

26. apṛcchatpitaraṁ brahmankuto vāyurabhūdayam ,
ākhyātumarhati bhavānvāyoḥ sarvaṁ viceṣṭitam.

26. apṛcchat pitaram brahman kutaḥ vāyuḥ abhūt ayam
ākhyātum arhati bhavān vāyoḥ sarvam viceṣṭitam

26. brahman ayam vāyuḥ kutaḥ abhūt pitaram apṛcchat
bhavān vāyoḥ sarvam viceṣṭitam ākhyātum arhati

26. He asked his father, "O brahmin, from where did this Wind (Vāyu) originate? You ought to narrate all the activities of Vāyu."

Words meanings summery:

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he (Śuka) asked (he asked)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - his father (Vyāsa) (father)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - vocative address to Vyāsa (O Brahmin)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (from where, whence, why)

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - the deity Vāyu, or the element wind (wind, air, Vāyu (deity))

• अभूत् (abhūt) - came into being, originated (originated, came into being, was)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (Vāyu) (this (masculine nominative singular))

• आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate (the activities) (to narrate, to tell)

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

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (Vyāsa) (you (respectful form))

• वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of the deity Vāyu (of wind, of Vāyu)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (the activities) (all, every)

• विचेष्टितम् (viceṣṭitam) - the various activities (activities, movements, actions)

Words meanings and morphology

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he (Śuka) asked (he asked)

(verb)

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

From root pṛcch (class 6) with present stem pṛcchati

Root: pṛcch (class 6)

Note: The `a` prefix indicates imperfect tense.

पितरम् (pitaram) - his father (Vyāsa) (father)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Object of `apṛcchat`.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - vocative address to Vyāsa (O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin (member of priestly class); the absolute (brahman)

Note: Addressed to Vyāsa.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (from where, whence, why)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable derived from pronominal base kim with -tas suffix

Note: Interrogative adverb.

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - the deity Vāyu, or the element wind (wind, air, Vāyu (deity))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, Vāyu (a deity)

Note: Subject of `abhūt`.

अभूत् (abhūt) - came into being, originated (originated, came into being, was)

(verb)

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

From root bhū (class 1)

Root: bhū (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (Vāyu) (this (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Qualifies `vāyuḥ`.

आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate (the activities) (to narrate, to tell)

(verbal infinitive)

Note: Used with `arhati`.

अर्हति (arhati) - ought (to narrate) (is able, ought, deserves)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

From root arh (class 1)

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: With infinitive `ākhyātum`.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (Vyāsa) (you (respectful form))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful); existing, being

Present Active Participle of bhū

From root bhū (class 1)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of `arhati`.

वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of the deity Vāyu (of wind, of Vāyu)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, Vāyu (a deity)

Note: Modifies `viceṣṭitam`.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (the activities) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies `viceṣṭitam`.

विचेष्टितम् (viceṣṭitam) - the various activities (activities, movements, actions)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viceṣṭita

viceṣṭita - activity, movement, action, behavior

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

PPP from vi + ceṣṭ

Prefix: vi

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Object of `ākhyātum`.