महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-336, verse-74

जनमेजय उवाच ।
कथं वैकारिको गच्छेत्पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥७४॥

74. janamejaya uvāca ,
kathaṁ vaikāriko gacchetpuruṣaḥ puruṣottamam.

74. janamejaya uvāca katham vaikārikaḥ
gacchet puruṣaḥ puruṣottamam

74. janamejaya uvāca: vaikārikaḥ
puruṣaḥ katham puruṣottamam gacchet?

74. Janamejaya said: 'How can an individual (puruṣa), being a product of transformation (vaikārika), attain the Supreme Cosmic Person (puruṣottama)?'

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (the king who is addressed) (Janamejaya (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

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

• वैकारिकः (vaikārikaḥ) - an individual, being a product of transformation (vaikārika) (modified one, product of transformation, changed being)

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would attain (may go, should go, would attain)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - an individual (puruṣa) (person, man, spiritual being, soul)

• पुरुषोत्तमम् (puruṣottamam) - to the Supreme Cosmic Person (puruṣottama) (to the Supreme Person, best of men)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (the king who is addressed) (Janamejaya (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, son of Parīkṣit)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

From root vac 'to speak'

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

वैकारिकः (vaikārikaḥ) - an individual, being a product of transformation (vaikārika) (modified one, product of transformation, changed being)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaikārika

vaikārika - modified, changed, subject to change, product of transformation (vikṛti)

Derived from vikāra 'change, modification'

Note: Qualifies puruṣa

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would attain (may go, should go, would attain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of gam

Optative Mood

Root gam 'to go'

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - an individual (puruṣa) (person, man, spiritual being, soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, soul, spirit, cosmic person, self

Root: pṛ

Note: Subject of the verb gacchet

पुरुषोत्तमम् (puruṣottamam) - to the Supreme Cosmic Person (puruṣottama) (to the Supreme Person, best of men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣottama

puruṣottama - Supreme Person, best of men, highest spiritual being

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+uttama)

• puruṣa – man, person, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ
• uttama – highest, best, supreme, principal
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of ud

Note: Object of the verb gacchet