महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-38

ऋषिः समन्ततोऽपश्यत्तत्र तत्र मनोरमम् ।
ततोऽभवत्तस्य चिन्ता क्व मे वासो भवेदिति ॥३८॥

38. ṛṣiḥ samantato'paśyattatra tatra manoramam ,
tato'bhavattasya cintā kva me vāso bhavediti.

38. ṛṣiḥ samantataḥ apaśyat tatra tatra manoramam |
tataḥ abhavat tasya cintā kva me vāsaḥ bhavet iti

38. ṛṣiḥ samantataḥ tatra tatra manoramam apaśyat
tataḥ tasya cintā abhavat "me vāsaḥ kva bhavet" iti

38. The sage looked all around and saw delightful sights here and there. Then, a thought arose in him: "Where should my dwelling be?"

Words meanings summery:

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, everywhere

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - here and there (there, in that place)

• मनोरमम् (manoramam) - charming, delightful, beautiful

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefrom

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, happened, arose

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the sage) (his, of him, of that)

• चिन्ता (cintā) - thought, concern, worry

• क्व (kva) - where?

• मे (me) - my, of me

• वासः (vāsaḥ) - dwelling, abode, residence

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be

• इति (iti) - marks quoted speech (thus, so)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

Root: ṛṣ

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, everywhere

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -tas from samanta.

Note: Adverbial.

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect tense, active voice.

Root dṛś (to see), with prefix a- for imperfect, becomes paś- in present/imperfect stem.

Root: dṛś (class 0)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'tra' suffix.

Note: Adverbial.

तत्र (tatra) - here and there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'tra' suffix.

Note: Adverbial.

मनोरमम् (manoramam) - charming, delightful, beautiful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manorama

manorama - charming, delightful, beautiful, pleasing to the mind

Compound: manas (mind) + rama (pleasing).

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+rama)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• rama – pleasing, delighting
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root ram (to delight).
  Root: ram (class 0)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefrom

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'tas' suffix.

Note: Adverbial.

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, happened, arose

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect tense, active voice.

Root bhū (to be), with prefix a- for imperfect.

Root: bhū (class 0)

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the sage) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चिन्ता (cintā) - thought, concern, worry

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, consideration, concern, worry

Derived from root cint (to think).

Root: cint (class 0)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

वासः (vāsaḥ) - dwelling, abode, residence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsa

vāsa - dwelling, abode, residence, garment

Derived from root vas (to dwell).

Root: vas (class 0)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, active voice.

Root bhū (to be).

Root: bhū (class 0)

इति (iti) - marks quoted speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Quotation marker.