महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-338, verse-23

को ह्यसौ चिन्त्यते ब्रह्मंस्त्वया वै पुरुषोत्तमः ।
एतन्मे संशयं ब्रूहि महत्कौतूहलं हि मे ॥२३॥

23. ko hyasau cintyate brahmaṁstvayā vai puruṣottamaḥ ,
etanme saṁśayaṁ brūhi mahatkautūhalaṁ hi me.

23. kaḥ hi asau cintyate brahman tvayā vai puruṣottamaḥ
etat me saṃśayam brūhi mahat kautūhalam hi me

23. he brahman kaḥ hi asau puruṣottamaḥ tvayā vai cintyate
(tvam) me etat saṃśayam brūhi hi me mahat kautūhalam (asti)

23. O Brahmā, who indeed is that supreme person (puruṣa) who is contemplated by you? Please resolve this doubt for me; truly, I have great curiosity.

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• असौ (asau) - that (one), yonder

• चिन्त्यते (cintyate) - is contemplated, is meditated upon

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• पुरुषोत्तमः (puruṣottamaḥ) - the supreme person

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मे (me) - to me, my

• संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, uncertainty

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• महत् (mahat) - great, immense

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• मे (me) - my, to me

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that (one), yonder

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder

चिन्त्यते (cintyate) - is contemplated, is meditated upon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of cint

Derived from root cit with ṇic suffix

Root: cit (class 10)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity), the Absolute, the ultimate reality

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

पुरुषोत्तमः (puruṣottamaḥ) - the supreme person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣottama

puruṣottama - best of men, supreme person, an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+uttama)

• puruṣa – person, man, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

महत् (mahat) - great, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eagerness, spectacle

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me