महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-133, verse-25

राजोवाच ।
किं स्वित्सुप्तं न निमिषति किं स्विज्जातं न चोपति ।
कस्य स्विद्धृदयं नास्ति किं स्विद्वेगेन वर्धते ॥२५॥

25. rājovāca ,
kiṁ svitsuptaṁ na nimiṣati kiṁ svijjātaṁ na copati ,
kasya sviddhṛdayaṁ nāsti kiṁ svidvegena vardhate.

25. rājaḥ uvāca kim svit suptam na nimiṣati kim svit jātam na ca
upati kasya svit hṛdayam na asti kim svit vegena vardhate

25. The king asked: What sleeps but does not wink? What is born but does not move? What has no heart? What grows rapidly?

Words meanings summery:

• राजः (rājaḥ) - king

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

• सुप्तम् (suptam) - sleeping, asleep, that which is asleep

• न (na) - not, no

• निमिषति (nimiṣati) - winks, blinks

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

• जातम् (jātam) - born, produced, that which is born

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• उपति (upati) - goes, moves, stirs, attains

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly

• वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases

Words meanings and morphology

राजः (rājaḥ) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

सुप्तम् (suptam) - sleeping, asleep, that which is asleep

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of supta

supta - sleeping, asleep

Past Passive Participle

From root √svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निमिषति (nimiṣati) - winks, blinks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nimiṣ

Present 3rd person singular

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

जातम् (jātam) - born, produced, that which is born

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced

Past Passive Participle

From root √jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उपति (upati) - goes, moves, stirs, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present 3rd person singular

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, force

Root: vij

वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛdh

Present 3rd person singular, middle voice

Root: vṛdh (class 1)