महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-349, verse-4

आभिमुख्यादभिक्रम्य स्नेहात्पृच्छामि ते द्विज ।
विविक्ते गोमतीतीरे किं वा त्वं पर्युपाससे ॥४॥

4. ābhimukhyādabhikramya snehātpṛcchāmi te dvija ,
vivikte gomatītīre kiṁ vā tvaṁ paryupāsase.

4. ābhimukhyāt abhikramya snehāt pṛcchāmi te dvija
| vivikte gomatītīre kim vā tvam paryupāsase

4. dvija! ābhimukhyāt abhikramya,
snehāt te pṛcchāmi: tvam vivikte gomatītīre kim vā paryupāsase?

4. "O twice-born one (dvija)! Having directly approached you, I ask you out of affection: what is it that you are observing on the solitary bank of the Gomati river?"

Words meanings summery:

• आभिमुख्यात् (ābhimukhyāt) - from directness, from being face to face, with openness

• अभिक्रम्य (abhikramya) - having approached, approaching

• स्नेहात् (snehāt) - from affection, out of love/kindness

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask, I inquire

• ते (te) - to you, of you

• द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born one, O brahmin

• विविक्ते (vivikte) - in a solitary, secluded, lonely place

• गोमतीतीरे (gomatītīre) - on the bank of the Gomati (river)

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• वा (vā) - or, and, indeed

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पर्युपाससे (paryupāsase) - you are observing, you are worshipping, you are attending

Words meanings and morphology

आभिमुख्यात् (ābhimukhyāt) - from directness, from being face to face, with openness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ābhimukhya

ābhimukhya - directness, frankness, confrontation, being face to face

Derived from 'abhimukha' (facing, confronting)

Note: Indicates the manner or origin of the approach.

अभिक्रम्य (abhikramya) - having approached, approaching

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √kram (1P) with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Indicates prior action to 'pṛcchāmi'.

स्नेहात् (snehāt) - from affection, out of love/kindness

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sneha

sneha - affection, love, kindness, oil

Note: Indicates the reason for asking.

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask, I inquire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prach

Present Active Indicative, 1st Person Singular

From √prach (6P)

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Main verb of the first half of the verse.

ते (te) - to you, of you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Indirect object of 'pṛcchāmi'.

द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born one, O brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a brahmin, kṣatriya, or vaiśya, but esp. brahmin); a bird; a tooth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two, twice
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix forming agent nouns/adjectives
  Derived from √jan (4P)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Addressing the brahmin.

विविक्ते (vivikte) - in a solitary, secluded, lonely place

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vivikta

vivikta - solitary, secluded, pure, distinguished

Past Passive Participle

From √vic (7P) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

Note: Adjective for 'gomatītīre'.

गोमतीतीरे (gomatītīre) - on the bank of the Gomati (river)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gomatītīra

gomatītīra - bank of the Gomati river

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gomatī+tīra)

• gomatī – name of a river, possessing cows
  proper noun (feminine)
• tīra – bank, shore, edge
  noun (neuter)

Note: Location of the brahmin's activity.

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, why, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, object of 'paryupāsase'.

वा (vā) - or, and, indeed

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'paryupāsase'.

पर्युपाससे (paryupāsase) - you are observing, you are worshipping, you are attending

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of paryupās

Present Middle Indicative, 2nd Person Singular

From √ās (2A) with prefixes pari- and upa-

Prefixes: pari+upa

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the question.