महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-118, verse-16

कीट उवाच ।
सर्वत्र निरतो जीव इतीहापि सुखं मम ।
चेतयामि महाप्राज्ञ तस्मादिच्छामि जीवितुम् ॥१६॥

16. kīṭa uvāca ,
sarvatra nirato jīva itīhāpi sukhaṁ mama ,
cetayāmi mahāprājña tasmādicchāmi jīvitum.

16. kīṭa uvāca sarvatra nirataḥ jīvaḥ iti iha api sukham
mama cetayāmi mahāprājña tasmāt icchāmi jīvitum

16. kīṭa uvāca jīvaḥ sarvatra nirataḥ iti iha api mama
sukham mahāprājña cetayāmi tasmāt jīvitum icchāmi

16. The worm said: 'A living being (jīva) is attached everywhere; therefore, even here there is happiness for me. I am conscious, O greatly wise one, and thus I desire to live.'

Words meanings summery:

• कीट (kīṭa) - The worm (as subject) (worm, insect)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere

• निरतः (nirataḥ) - devoted, attached, absorbed in

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, soul, individual (jīva)

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• इह (iha) - even in this (worm) form (here, in this world)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• चेतयामि (cetayāmi) - I perceive, I am conscious, I am aware

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• जीवितुम् (jīvitum) - to live

Words meanings and morphology

कीट (kīṭa) - The worm (as subject) (worm, insect)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīṭa

kīṭa - worm, insect

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

root √vac, Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere

(indeclinable)

from sarva + -tra (locative suffix)

निरतः (nirataḥ) - devoted, attached, absorbed in

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirata

nirata - delighting in, devoted to, attached to, engaged in

past passive participle

from √ram 'to delight' with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: ram (class 1)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, soul, individual (jīva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive; a living being, soul, individual (jīva)

from √jīv 'to live'

Root: jīv (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - even in this (worm) form (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, comfort, pleasure, ease

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

चेतयामि (cetayāmi) - I perceive, I am conscious, I am aware

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of cit

causative present active

causative stem cetaya-, present 1st singular active

Root: cit (class 1)

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - greatly wise, very intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• prājña – wise, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used adverbially as 'therefore'.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

present active

root √iṣ, Present 1st singular active

Root: iṣ (class 6)

जीवितुम् (jīvitum) - to live

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive of √jīv 'to live'

Root: jīv (class 1)