महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-338, verse-18

कौतूहलं चापि हि मे एकान्तगमनेन ते ।
नैतत्कारणमल्पं हि भविष्यति पितामह ॥१८॥

18. kautūhalaṁ cāpi hi me ekāntagamanena te ,
naitatkāraṇamalpaṁ hi bhaviṣyati pitāmaha.

18. kautūhalam ca api hi me ekāntagamanena te na
etat kāraṇam alpam hi bhaviṣyati pitāmaha

18. Indeed, I have great curiosity about your solitary journey. O grandfather, the reason for this will surely not be insignificant.

Words meanings summery:

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity (curiosity, eagerness)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अपि (api) - also, indeed (emphasizing the curiosity) (also, even, too)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely, for)

• मे (me) - my (possessive) (to me, my, for me)

• एकान्तगमनेन (ekāntagamanena) - by your solitary journey (by going alone, by solitary movement)

• ते (te) - your (possessive, referring to the journey) (to you, your, by you)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एतत् (etat) - this (reason) (this)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason (reason, cause, instrument)

• अल्पम् (alpam) - insignificant, trivial (small, little, insignificant)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely, for)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be (will be, will become)

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandfather! (vocative addressing Brahma) (O grandfather!, paternal grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity (curiosity, eagerness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eagerness, longing

Note: Here used as nominative.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, indeed (emphasizing the curiosity) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (possessive) (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, self

Note: Here used as genitive possessive.

एकान्तगमनेन (ekāntagamanena) - by your solitary journey (by going alone, by solitary movement)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ekāntagamana

ekāntagamana - going alone, solitary journey, seclusion

Compound type : tatpurusha (ekānta+gamana)

• ekānta – solitary, secluded, private place
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
• gamana – going, motion, journey
  noun (neuter)
  agent noun/action noun
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with suffix 'ana'.
  Root: gam (class 1)

ते (te) - your (possessive, referring to the journey) (to you, your, by you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here used as genitive possessive.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (reason) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to kāraṇam (neuter).

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason (reason, cause, instrument)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do) with suffix 'ana'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Here used as nominative.

अल्पम् (alpam) - insignificant, trivial (small, little, insignificant)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of alpa

alpa - small, little, few, insignificant

Note: Adjective modifying kāraṇam.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be (will be, will become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

future active

Future tense, third person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandfather! (vocative addressing Brahma) (O grandfather!, paternal grandfather)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, progenitor, Lord Brahmā

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+maha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• maha – great, large, illustrious
  adjective (masculine)