महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-126, verse-17

कस्य कर्मेदमिति च पर्यपृच्छन्समागताः ।
युवनाश्वो मयेत्येव सत्यं समभिपद्यत ॥१७॥

17. kasya karmedamiti ca paryapṛcchansamāgatāḥ ,
yuvanāśvo mayetyeva satyaṁ samabhipadyata.

17. kasya karma idam iti ca paryapṛcchan samāgatāḥ
yuvanāśvaḥ mayā iti eva satyam samabhipadyata

17. Then, the assembled ones asked, "Whose deed (karma) is this?" And Yuvanashva, saying "It was done by me," indeed confessed the truth.

Words meanings summery:

• कस्य (kasya) - whose (whose, of what, of whom)

• कर्म (karma) - deed (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual, fate)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• इति (iti) - thus (indicating direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner, indicating direct speech)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• पर्यपृच्छन् (paryapṛcchan) - they asked (they asked, they inquired)

• समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled (assembled, gathered, arrived)

• युवनाश्वः (yuvanāśvaḥ) - Yuvanashva (Yuvanashva (proper name))

• मया (mayā) - by me

• इति (iti) - thus (indicating direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner, indicating direct speech)

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

• सत्यम् (satyam) - the truth (truth, reality, true)

• समभिपद्यत (samabhipadyata) - he confessed (he admitted, he attained, he reached)

Words meanings and morphology

कस्य (kasya) - whose (whose, of what, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun

कर्म (karma) - deed (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual, fate)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect (karma)

Derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the interrogative sentence

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

Note: Demonstrative pronoun

इति (iti) - thus (indicating direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner, indicating direct speech)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पर्यपृच्छन् (paryapṛcchan) - they asked (they asked, they inquired)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pari-prach

Imperfect 3rd plural active

Prefix: pari

Root: prach (class 6)

समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled (assembled, gathered, arrived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, gathered, arrived, come together

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with prefixes sam-ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subjects of paryapṛcchan (sages and kings)

युवनाश्वः (yuvanāśvaḥ) - Yuvanashva (Yuvanashva (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuvanāśva

yuvanāśva - name of an ancient king (son of Bṛhadaśva or Dhundhumāra)

Note: Subject of samabhipadyata

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Instrumental case often indicates agent in passive constructions, here implying 'done by me'.

इति (iti) - thus (indicating direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner, indicating direct speech)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

सत्यम् (satyam) - the truth (truth, reality, true)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

Note: Direct object of samabhipadyata

समभिपद्यत (samabhipadyata) - he confessed (he admitted, he attained, he reached)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of sam-abhi-pad

Imperfect 3rd singular middle

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: With prefixes, means to reach, to admit, to confess.