महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-9, verse-3

क्षेम्यश्चैकाकिना गम्यः पन्थाः कोऽस्तीति पृच्छ माम् ।
अथ वा नेच्छसि प्रष्टुमपृच्छन्नपि मे शृणु ॥३॥

3. kṣemyaścaikākinā gamyaḥ panthāḥ ko'stīti pṛccha mām ,
atha vā necchasi praṣṭumapṛcchannapi me śṛṇu.

3. kṣemyaḥ ca ekākinā gamyaḥ panthāḥ kaḥ asti iti pṛccha
mām atha vā na icchasi praṣṭum apṛcchan api me śṛṇu

3. mām pṛccha ekākinā gamyaḥ kṣemyaḥ panthāḥ kaḥ asti
iti atha vā praṣṭum na icchasi apṛcchan api me śṛṇu

3. Ask me, "What is that safe path that should be traversed by one alone?" Or, if you do not wish to ask, then listen to me even without being asked.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षेम्यः (kṣemyaḥ) - safe, secure, conducive to welfare

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एकाकिना (ekākinā) - by one who is alone, by a solitary person

• गम्यः (gamyaḥ) - to be gone, traversable, accessible

• पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, way, road

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• पृच्छ (pṛccha) - ask

• माम् (mām) - me

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, and

• वा (vā) - or

• न (na) - not, no

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

• प्रष्टुम् (praṣṭum) - to ask, for asking

• अपृच्छन् (apṛcchan) - not asking, without asking

• अपि (api) - even, also

• मे (me) - to me, my

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

Words meanings and morphology

क्षेम्यः (kṣemyaḥ) - safe, secure, conducive to welfare

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣemya

kṣemya - safe, secure, healthy, propitious, beneficial

Gerundive

From 'kṣema' (welfare, safety) with the suffix -ya.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एकाकिना (ekākinā) - by one who is alone, by a solitary person

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ekākin

ekākin - alone, solitary, one who is alone

Derived from 'eka' (one) and the suffix '-ākin'.

गम्यः (gamyaḥ) - to be gone, traversable, accessible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gamya

gamya - to be gone, traversable, accessible, attainable

Gerundive

Derived from the root √gam (to go) with the suffix -ya (kṛtya).

Root: gam (class 1)

पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, way, road

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, way, road, course

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

पृच्छ (pṛccha) - ask

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √pracch

Root: pracch (class 6)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, and

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

प्रष्टुम् (praṣṭum) - to ask, for asking

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from the root √pracch (to ask) with the infinitive suffix -tum.

Root: pracch (class 6)

अपृच्छन् (apṛcchan) - not asking, without asking

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apṛcchat

apṛcchat - not asking

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √pracch (to ask) with the present active participle suffix -at and prefixed with 'a-' for negation.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pṛcchat)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• pṛcchat – asking, questioning (present participle)
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From √pracch (to ask).
  Root: pracch (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially here, implying 'even if not asking'.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can also be genitive.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √śru

Root: śru (class 5)