महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-148, verse-7

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
असतां कीदृशं रूपं साधवः किं च कुर्वते ।
ब्रवीतु मे भवानेतत्सन्तोऽसन्तश्च कीदृशाः ॥७॥

7. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
asatāṁ kīdṛśaṁ rūpaṁ sādhavaḥ kiṁ ca kurvate ,
bravītu me bhavānetatsanto'santaśca kīdṛśāḥ.

7. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca asatām kīdṛśam rūpam sādhavaḥ kim ca
kurvate bravītu me bhavān etat santaḥ asantaḥ ca kīdṛśāḥ

7. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca.
asatām rūpam kīdṛśam? ca sādhavaḥ kim kurvate? bhavān me etat bravītu: santaḥ ca asantaḥ kīdṛśāḥ

7. Yudhishthira said: 'What is the nature of the wicked? And what do the virtuous do? Please tell me this, sir, what kind of people are the virtuous and the unvirtuous?'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• असताम् (asatām) - of the wicked, of the unrighteous, of those who do not exist (metaphorically)

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort of

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, characteristic, appearance

• साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - the good people, the virtuous ones, the righteous

• किम् (kim) - what

• च (ca) - and, also

• कुर्वते (kurvate) - they do, they perform

• ब्रवीतु (bravītu) - please tell, let him tell

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• भवान् (bhavān) - sir (you (honorific), your honor)

• एतत् (etat) - this, this matter

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - the good, the virtuous, the existent

• असन्तः (asantaḥ) - the wicked, the unvirtuous, the non-existent

• च (ca) - and, also

• कीदृशाः (kīdṛśāḥ) - of what kind, what sort of

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (eldest of the Pandavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

असताम् (asatām) - of the wicked, of the unrighteous, of those who do not exist (metaphorically)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, wicked, unrighteous

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, of what appearance, how, what sort of

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, characteristic, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, characteristic

साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - the good people, the virtuous ones, the righteous

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man, sage

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कुर्वते (kurvate) - they do, they perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ब्रवीतु (bravītu) - please tell, let him tell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Here dative.

भवान् (bhavān) - sir (you (honorific), your honor)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), respectful address, being, existence

एतत् (etat) - this, this matter

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

सन्तः (santaḥ) - the good, the virtuous, the existent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - existing, real, good, virtuous, being

present active participle

root AS (to be) + -AT (participle suffix)

Root: as (class 2)

असन्तः (asantaḥ) - the wicked, the unvirtuous, the non-existent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, wicked, unrighteous

present active participle

negation A- + root AS (to be) + -AT (participle suffix)

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कीदृशाः (kīdṛśāḥ) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, of what appearance, how, what sort of