महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-128, verse-16

महेश्वर उवाच ।
मेध्यान्वेषी महीं कृत्स्नां विचरामि निशास्वहम् ।
न च मेध्यतरं किंचिच्छ्मशानादिह विद्यते ॥१६॥

16. maheśvara uvāca ,
medhyānveṣī mahīṁ kṛtsnāṁ vicarāmi niśāsvaham ,
na ca medhyataraṁ kiṁcicchmaśānādiha vidyate.

16. maheśvara uvāca medhya anveṣī mahīm kṛtsnām vicarāmi
niśāsu aham na ca medhyataram kiṃcit śmaśānāt iha vidyate

16. aham medhya anveṣī kṛtsnām mahīm niśāsu vicarāmi
ca iha śmaśānāt kiṃcit medhyataram na vidyate

16. Maheśvara said: 'I, searching for purity, wander the entire earth at night. And here, nothing purer than a cremation ground exists.'

Words meanings summery:

• महेश्वर (maheśvara) - Maheśvara (an epithet of Shiva) (Maheśvara, the great lord)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मेध्य (medhya) - purity (as an object of search) (pure, clean, fit for ritual)

• अन्वेषी (anveṣī) - seeker, one who searches

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

• कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - entire, whole

• विचरामि (vicarāmi) - I wander, I roam

• निशासु (niśāsu) - at nights, in the nights

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• मेध्यतरम् (medhyataram) - purer, more sacred

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something

• श्मशानात् (śmaśānāt) - from a cremation ground, than a cremation ground

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

Words meanings and morphology

महेश्वर (maheśvara) - Maheśvara (an epithet of Shiva) (Maheśvara, the great lord)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheśvara

maheśvara - great lord, Shiva

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'īśvara' (lord)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mahā+īśvara)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, Shiva
  noun (masculine)
  From root √īś (to rule)
  Root: īś (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मेध्य (medhya) - purity (as an object of search) (pure, clean, fit for ritual)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of medhya

medhya - pure, clean, sacred, fit for sacrifice, suitable

Gerundive/Passive Participle

From root √med (to be fat, thrive, be clean)

Root: med (class 4)

Note: Part of a compound 'medhyānveṣī'.

अन्वेषी (anveṣī) - seeker, one who searches

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anveṣin

anveṣin - seeker, searcher, investigator

Agent noun

From root √iṣ (to seek, desire) with 'anu' prefix and agent suffix 'ṇini'

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'aham'.

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground

कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - entire, whole

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - whole, entire, all, complete

Note: Agrees with 'mahīm'.

विचरामि (vicarāmi) - I wander, I roam

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (Laṭ) of √car

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

निशासु (niśāsu) - at nights, in the nights

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of niśā

niśā - night

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मेध्यतरम् (medhyataram) - purer, more sacred

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of medhyatara

medhyatara - purer, more sacred, more suitable

Comparative degree of 'medhya' (pure), formed with suffix -tara

Note: Subject of 'vidyate'.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything, a little, some

Note: Agrees with 'medhyataram'.

श्मशानात् (śmaśānāt) - from a cremation ground, than a cremation ground

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śmaśāna

śmaśāna - cremation ground, cemetery

Note: Used for comparison with 'medhyataram'.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (Laṭ) of √vid

Root: vid (class 4)