महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-71, verse-8

कीदृशाः किंफलाः कः स्वित्परमस्तत्र वै गुणः ।
कथं च पुरुषास्तत्र गच्छन्ति विगतज्वराः ॥८॥

8. kīdṛśāḥ kiṁphalāḥ kaḥ svitparamastatra vai guṇaḥ ,
kathaṁ ca puruṣāstatra gacchanti vigatajvarāḥ.

8. kīdṛśāḥ kiṁphalāḥ kaḥ svit paramaḥ tatra vai guṇaḥ
katham ca puruṣāḥ tatra gacchanti vigatajvarāḥ

8. kīdṛśāḥ kiṁphalāḥ (santi)? tatra vai kaḥ svit paramaḥ guṇaḥ
(asti)? ca katham puruṣāḥ vigatajvarāḥ tatra gacchanti?

8. What is their nature? What results do they yield? What, indeed, is the supreme quality there? And how do individuals reach that place, free from all anxiety?

Words meanings summery:

• कीदृशाः (kīdṛśāḥ) - What kind of worlds (referring to the cow worlds/Goloka) (of what kind, what sort)

• किंफलाः (kiṁphalāḥ) - What are the fruits or benefits of reaching those worlds? (what are their fruits/results, bearing what kind of fruit)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• स्वित् (svit) - Emphatic particle, 'what indeed' (indeed, perhaps, or)

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, greatest

• तत्र (tatra) - In those cow worlds (Goloka). (there, in that place)

• वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly

• गुणः (guṇaḥ) - quality, virtue, merit

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, men

• तत्र (tatra) - To those cow worlds (Goloka). (there, to that place)

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed

• विगतज्वराः (vigatajvarāḥ) - Without sorrow or mental affliction. (free from fever, free from anxiety/distress)

Words meanings and morphology

कीदृशाः (kīdṛśāḥ) - What kind of worlds (referring to the cow worlds/Goloka) (of what kind, what sort)

(interrogative adjective)

Note: Implicitly connected to 'lokāḥ'.

किंफलाः (kiṁphalāḥ) - What are the fruits or benefits of reaching those worlds? (what are their fruits/results, bearing what kind of fruit)

(interrogative adjective)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kim+phala)

• kim – what, which, why
  interrogative pronoun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, reward, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Implicitly connected to 'lokāḥ' or the actions leading to them.

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(interrogative pronoun)

स्वित् (svit) - Emphatic particle, 'what indeed' (indeed, perhaps, or)

(indeclinable)

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, utmost, supreme, best

Superlative form.

तत्र (tatra) - In those cow worlds (Goloka). (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb.

वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

गुणः (guṇaḥ) - quality, virtue, merit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, excellence, strand (of a rope)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

तत्र (tatra) - To those cow worlds (Goloka). (there, to that place)

(indeclinable)

Locative/directional adverb.

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present active

3rd person plural present indicative, from root gam.

Root: gam (class 1)

विगतज्वराः (vigatajvarāḥ) - Without sorrow or mental affliction. (free from fever, free from anxiety/distress)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vigatajvara

vigatajvara - free from fever, without trouble, tranquil

Compound: vigata (gone away) + jvara (fever, distress).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+jvara)

• vigata – gone away, departed, removed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi- + gam (to go)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jvara – fever, anxiety, passion, distress
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jval (class 1)