महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-138, verse-5

कच्चिन्न रैभ्यं पुत्रो मे गतवानल्पचेतनः ।
एतदाचक्ष्व मे शीघ्रं न हि मे शुध्यते मनः ॥५॥

5. kaccinna raibhyaṁ putro me gatavānalpacetanaḥ ,
etadācakṣva me śīghraṁ na hi me śudhyate manaḥ.

5. kaccit na raibhyam putraḥ me gatavān alpacetanaḥ
etat ācakṣva me śīghram na hi me śudhyate manaḥ

5. I hope my dull-witted son has not gone to Raibhya? Tell me this quickly, for my mind is indeed not clear.

5. אני מקווה שבני, דל השכל, לא הלך אל רַיבְּהְיַה. ספר לי זאת מהר, כי רוחי אינה שקטה.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - An interrogative particle implying negative hope (I hope that... not) (I hope not..., whether (interrogative particle))

• न (na) - not

• रैभ्यम् (raibhyam) - Referring to the sage Raibhya (to Raibhya)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• मे (me) - my

• गतवान् (gatavān) - has gone, gone

• अल्पचेतनः (alpacetanaḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, of little consciousness

• एतत् (etat) - this

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, declare

• मे (me) - to me

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• न (na) - not

• हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

• मे (me) - my

• शुध्यते (śudhyate) - My mind is not clear/pure/at ease (becomes clear, is purified, is cleansed)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart, spirit

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - An interrogative particle implying negative hope (I hope that... not) (I hope not..., whether (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

रैभ्यम् (raibhyam) - Referring to the sage Raibhya (to Raibhya)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of raibhya

raibhya - Raibhya (a proper name, name of a sage)

Note: Implies motion towards, hence accusative.

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

मे (me) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

गतवान् (gatavān) - has gone, gone

(verbal derivative)

अल्पचेतनः (alpacetanaḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, of little consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alpacetana

alpacetana - having little consciousness, dull-witted, foolish, ignorant

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alpa+cetana)

• alpa – little, small, few
  adjective (masculine)
• cetana – consciousness, intellect, mind; conscious, living
  noun (masculine)
  From √cit (to perceive, know).
  Root: cit (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, declare

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ācakṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

मे (me) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Alternate case: Genitive

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

शुध्यते (śudhyate) - My mind is not clear/pure/at ease (becomes clear, is purified, is cleansed)

(verb)

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

Root of class 4 (śudh-ya).

Root: śudh (class 4)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, spirit, thought

Root: man (class 4)

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