महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-329, verse-1

अर्जुन उवाच ।
अग्नीषोमौ कथं पूर्वमेकयोनी प्रवर्तितौ ।
एष मे संशयो जातस्तं छिन्धि मधुसूदन ॥१॥

1. arjuna uvāca ,
agnīṣomau kathaṁ pūrvamekayonī pravartitau ,
eṣa me saṁśayo jātastaṁ chindhi madhusūdana.

1. arjunaḥ uvāca | agnīṣomau katham pūrvam ekayoni pravartitau
| eṣaḥ me saṃśayaḥ jātaḥ tam chindhi madhusūdana

1. arjunaḥ uvāca madhusūdana,
pūrvam agnīṣomau katham ekayoni pravartitau? eṣaḥ saṃśayaḥ me jātaḥ,
tam chindhi.

1. Arjuna said: 'How were Agni and Soma originally brought forth from a single source? This doubt has arisen within me, O Madhusūdana; please dispel it.'

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna, the Pāṇḍava prince (Arjuna (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अग्नीषोमौ (agnīṣomau) - the deities Agni and Soma (Agni and Soma (dual))

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - originally, before (before, formerly, previously, first)

• एकयोनि (ekayoni) - from a single source (having a single origin or source)

• प्रवर्तितौ (pravartitau) - brought forth, produced (made to proceed, set in motion, produced)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (doubt) (this (masculine))

• मे (me) - in me, my (to me, for me, my (dative/genitive of I))

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

• जातः (jātaḥ) - arisen (born, produced, arisen, become)

• तम् (tam) - it (referring to the doubt) (him, that, it (accusative masculine))

• छिन्धि (chindhi) - dispel, destroy (cut, sever, destroy (imperative))

• मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusūdana (addressing Kṛṣṇa) (Slayer of Madhu (epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa))

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna, the Pāṇḍava prince (Arjuna (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (proper name), white, clear

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root: vac (class 2)

अग्नीषोमौ (agnīṣomau) - the deities Agni and Soma (Agni and Soma (dual))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of agnīṣoma

agnīṣoma - Agni and Soma

Dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (agni+soma)

• agni – fire, the deity Agni
  noun (masculine)
• soma – Soma (deity, plant, juice), moon
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of `pravartitau` (passive voice).

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - originally, before (before, formerly, previously, first)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

एकयोनि (ekayoni) - from a single source (having a single origin or source)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ekayoni

ekayoni - having one origin or source

Compound type : bahuvrihi (eka+yoni)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)
• yoni – source, origin, womb, place of birth
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with Agnīṣomau.

प्रवर्तितौ (pravartitau) - brought forth, produced (made to proceed, set in motion, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pravartita

pravartita - caused to proceed, set in motion, produced, established

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt with prefix pra, causative form.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Agnīṣomau.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (doubt) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Agrees with saṃśayaḥ.

मे (me) - in me, my (to me, for me, my (dative/genitive of I))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Could be genitive, but dative 'to me' for the arising of a doubt is more common.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

Note: Subject of jātaḥ.

जातः (jātaḥ) - arisen (born, produced, arisen, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with saṃśayaḥ.

तम् (tam) - it (referring to the doubt) (him, that, it (accusative masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of chindhi.

छिन्धि (chindhi) - dispel, destroy (cut, sever, destroy (imperative))

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

Root: chid (class 7)

मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusūdana (addressing Kṛṣṇa) (Slayer of Madhu (epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of madhusūdana

madhusūdana - slayer of the demon Madhu, an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa

Compound type : tatpurusha (madhu+sūdana)

• madhu – honey, sweet, demon Madhu
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – destroying, crushing, slayer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sūd
  Root: sūd (class 10)