महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-49, verse-19

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
कीदृशः कृतकः पुत्रः संग्रहादेव लक्ष्यते ।
शुक्रं क्षेत्रं प्रमाणं वा यत्र लक्ष्येत भारत ॥१९॥

19. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kīdṛśaḥ kṛtakaḥ putraḥ saṁgrahādeva lakṣyate ,
śukraṁ kṣetraṁ pramāṇaṁ vā yatra lakṣyeta bhārata.

19. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kīdṛśaḥ kṛtakaḥ putraḥ saṃgrahāt eva
lakṣyate śukraṃ kṣetraṃ pramāṇaṃ vā yatra lakṣyeta bhārata

19. Yudhishthira said, 'O Bhārata, what kind of adopted son is recognized merely through acceptance? And where are the seed (śukra) or the field (kṣetra) considered to be the decisive evidence?'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind, what sort

• कृतकः (kṛtakaḥ) - an adopted son (made, artificial, adopted)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• संग्रहात् (saṁgrahāt) - merely by acceptance or taking in (from acceptance, by collection, by seizure)

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, precisely

• लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, is observed, is recognized

• शुक्रं (śukraṁ) - the procreative seed (seed, semen, essence; bright, white)

• क्षेत्रं (kṣetraṁ) - the mother's womb or the wife (field, land, wife, body)

• प्रमाणं (pramāṇaṁ) - decisive evidence or proof (evidence, authority, standard, measure)

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, in which case

• लक्ष्येत (lakṣyeta) - should be perceived, should be observed, should be recognized

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Bhishma) (O descendant of Bharata (addressing Bhishma))

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steady in battle; Yudhishthira (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind, what sort

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīdṛśa

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

कृतकः (kṛtakaḥ) - an adopted son (made, artificial, adopted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtaka

kṛtaka - made, artificial, adopted, factitious

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

संग्रहात् (saṁgrahāt) - merely by acceptance or taking in (from acceptance, by collection, by seizure)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃgraha

saṁgraha - collection, accumulation, comprehension, acceptance, taking possession

Prefix: sam

Root: grah (class 9)

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, is observed, is recognized

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

शुक्रं (śukraṁ) - the procreative seed (seed, semen, essence; bright, white)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śukra

śukra - seed, semen, essence, luster, bright, white

क्षेत्रं (kṣetraṁ) - the mother's womb or the wife (field, land, wife, body)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣetra

kṣetra - field, land, soil, place, region, wife, body

प्रमाणं (pramāṇaṁ) - decisive evidence or proof (evidence, authority, standard, measure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - measure, standard, authority, proof, evidence, means of knowledge

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, in which case

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्येत (lakṣyeta) - should be perceived, should be observed, should be recognized

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (liṅ) of lakṣ

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Bhishma) (O descendant of Bharata (addressing Bhishma))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - a descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, Indian