महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-27, verse-3

ब्राह्मण्युवाच ।
क्व तद्वनं महाप्राज्ञ के वृक्षाः सरितश्च काः ।
गिरयः पर्वताश्चैव कियत्यध्वनि तद्वनम् ॥३॥

3. brāhmaṇyuvāca ,
kva tadvanaṁ mahāprājña ke vṛkṣāḥ saritaśca kāḥ ,
girayaḥ parvatāścaiva kiyatyadhvani tadvanam.

3. brāhmaṇī uvāca | kva tat vanam mahāprājña ke vṛkṣāḥ saritaḥ
ca kāḥ | girayaḥ parvatāḥ ca eva kiyati adhvani tat vanam

3. brāhmaṇī uvāca mahāprājña kva tat vanam ke vṛkṣāḥ ca kāḥ
saritaḥ ca eva girayaḥ parvatāḥ kiyati adhvani tat vanam

3. The Brahmin's wife said: "Where is that forest, O greatly wise one? What trees are there? And what rivers? And what mountains and peaks? At what distance is that forest?"

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - a Brahmin's wife

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• क्व (kva) - where?

• तत् (tat) - that

• वनम् (vanam) - forest

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

• के (ke) - what, which ones

• वृक्षाः (vṛkṣāḥ) - trees

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• च (ca) - and

• काः (kāḥ) - what, which ones

• गिरयः (girayaḥ) - mountains, hills

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains, peaks

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, also

• कियति (kiyati) - at what distance, how far

• अध्वनि (adhvani) - on the path, at a distance

• तत् (tat) - that

• वनम् (vanam) - forest

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - a Brahmin's wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a Brahmin's wife, a female Brahmin

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

वनम् (vanam) - forest

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - greatly wise, very intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+prājña)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (neuter)
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)

के (ke) - what, which ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

वृक्षाः (vṛkṣāḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - a tree

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - a river, a stream

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

काः (kāḥ) - what, which ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

गिरयः (girayaḥ) - mountains, hills

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of giri

giri - a mountain, a hill

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains, peaks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - a mountain, a hill, a rock

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, also

(indeclinable)

कियति (kiyati) - at what distance, how far

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kiyat

kiyat - how much, how many, how far, how long

Note: Agrees with 'adhvani'

अध्वनि (adhvani) - on the path, at a distance

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of adhvan

adhvan - road, path, journey, distance

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

वनम् (vanam) - forest

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket