महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-9, verse-18

अपृच्छन्कस्यचिन्मार्गं व्रजन्येनैव केनचित् ।
न देशं न दिशं कांचिद्गन्तुमिच्छन्विशेषतः ॥१८॥

18. apṛcchankasyacinmārgaṁ vrajanyenaiva kenacit ,
na deśaṁ na diśaṁ kāṁcidgantumicchanviśeṣataḥ.

18. apṛcchan kasyacit mārgam vrajan yena eva kenacit
na deśam na diśam kāṃcit gantum icchan viśeṣataḥ

18. kasyacit mārgam na apṛcchan yena eva kenacit vrajan
na deśam na kāṃcit diśam viśeṣataḥ gantum icchan

18. He would not ask anyone for directions, but rather go by whatever way presented itself. He had no particular desire to go to any specific place or direction.

Words meanings summery:

• अपृच्छन् (apṛcchan) - not asking

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone, from anyone

• मार्गम् (mārgam) - way, path, road

• व्रजन् (vrajan) - going, walking

• येन (yena) - by which, by which way

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• केनचित् (kenacit) - by whatever, by anyone

• न (na) - not

• देशम् (deśam) - place, region

• न (na) - not

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction

• कांचित् (kāṁcit) - any (specific)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go

• इच्छन् (icchan) - wishing, desiring

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly

Words meanings and morphology

अपृच्छन् (apṛcchan) - not asking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apṛcchat

apṛcchat - not asking

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'prach' (to ask) with the negative prefix 'a-'

Prefix: a

Root: prach (class 6)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone, from anyone

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain (masculine)

मार्गम् (mārgam) - way, path, road

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - way, path, road, course

व्रजन् (vrajan) - going, walking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vrajat

vrajat - going, walking, moving

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'vraj' (to go, walk)

Root: vraj (class 1)

येन (yena) - by which, by which way

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - which, what, that

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

केनचित् (kenacit) - by whatever, by anyone

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

देशम् (deśam) - place, region

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, spot, country, region

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

दिशम् (diśam) - direction

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of the compass

कांचित् (kāṁcit) - any (specific)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kācid

kācid - someone, anyone, a certain (feminine)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'gam'

Root: gam (class 1)

इच्छन् (icchan) - wishing, desiring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of icchat

icchat - wishing, desiring

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly

(indeclinable)