महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-147, verse-10

हनूमानुवाच ।
क एष हनुमान्नाम सागरो येन लङ्घितः ।
पृच्छामि त्वा कुरुश्रेष्ठ कथ्यतां यदि शक्यते ॥१०॥

10. hanūmānuvāca ,
ka eṣa hanumānnāma sāgaro yena laṅghitaḥ ,
pṛcchāmi tvā kuruśreṣṭha kathyatāṁ yadi śakyate.

10. hanūmat uvāca kaḥ eṣaḥ hanūmān nāma sāgaraḥ yena
laṅghitaḥ pṛcchāmi tvā kurūśreṣṭha kathyatām yadi śakyate

10. Hanūmān said, 'Who is this person named Hanūmān, by whom the ocean was crossed? O best among the Kurus (kurūśreṣṭha), I ask you, please tell me if you are able to.'

Words meanings summery:

• हनूमत् (hanūmat) - Hanūmān

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (person/thing)

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanūmān

• नाम (nāma) - by name, named, indeed

• सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - ocean, sea

• येन (yena) - by Hanūmān (by whom, by which)

• लङ्घितः (laṅghitaḥ) - crossed, overstepped

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

• त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

• कुरूश्रेष्ठ (kurūśreṣṭha) - Addressed to Bhīma (O best among Kurus)

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told, may it be said, please tell

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• शक्यते (śakyate) - if you are able (it is possible, can be done, if able)

Words meanings and morphology

हनूमत् (hanūmat) - Hanūmān

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanūmān (a divine monkey hero from the Rāmāyaṇa)

Note: This is the stem form used in compounds or before sandhi, here as part of the dvandva compound Hanumad-uvāca (Hanūmān said).

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form

Root: vac (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (person/thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanūmān

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanūmān (a divine monkey hero from the Rāmāyaṇa)

नाम (nāma) - by name, named, indeed

(indeclinable)

Used here as an indeclinable meaning "named" or "indeed"

सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

येन (yena) - by Hanūmān (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

लङ्घितः (laṅghitaḥ) - crossed, overstepped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of laṅgh

laṅgh - to cross, to leap over, to transgress

Past Passive Participle

From root laṅgh

Root: laṅgh (class 1)

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pracch

Root: pracch (class 6)

त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Poetic/Vedic short form of tvām

कुरूश्रेष्ठ (kurūśreṣṭha) - Addressed to Bhīma (O best among Kurus)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurūśreṣṭha

kurūśreṣṭha - best among Kurus, chief of Kurus

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+śreṣṭha)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants)
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of praśasya (excellent)

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told, may it be said, please tell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Passive imperative, 3rd person singular

Root: kath (class 10)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

शक्यते (śakyate) - if you are able (it is possible, can be done, if able)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śak

Passive voice present tense form, 3rd person singular

Root: śak (class 5)