महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-147, verse-2

को भवान्किंनिमित्तं वा वानरं वपुराश्रितः ।
ब्राह्मणानन्तरो वर्णः क्षत्रियस्त्वानुपृच्छति ॥२॥

2. ko bhavānkiṁnimittaṁ vā vānaraṁ vapurāśritaḥ ,
brāhmaṇānantaro varṇaḥ kṣatriyastvānupṛcchati.

2. kaḥ bhavān kimnimittam vā vānaram vapuḥ āśritaḥ
brāhmaṇa anantaraḥ varṇaḥ kṣatriyaḥ tvā anupṛcchati

2. Who are you, and for what purpose have you assumed the form of a monkey? A kṣatriya, the social class immediately after the brahmins, is asking you.

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who (are you)? (who? what?)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), sir

• किम्निमित्तम् (kimnimittam) - for what reason, for what purpose

• वा (vā) - or, and

• वानरम् (vānaram) - the body of a monkey (monkey-like, of a monkey, belonging to a monkey)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - (monkey's) body/form (body, form, figure)

• आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - having assumed (the body/form) (assumed, resorted to, taken refuge in)

• ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa) - (the class of) brahmins (brahmin, priestly class)

• अनन्तरः (anantaraḥ) - immediately next (to the brahmins) (immediately succeeding, next, uninterrupted)

• वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - social class/order (class, color, social order)

• क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - (Bhīmasena,) a kṣatriya (kshatriya, member of the warrior class)

• त्वा (tvā) - you (the monkey) (you (accusative))

• अनुपृच्छति (anupṛcchati) - asks, enquires, questions

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who (are you)? (who? what?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, sir; being, existing

present active participle of bhū (to be), used as a polite pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Polite pronoun, literally 'being'.

किम्निमित्तम् (kimnimittam) - for what reason, for what purpose

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kim+nimitta)

• kim – what
  pronoun (neuter)
• nimitta – cause, reason, motive
  noun (neuter)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

वानरम् (vānaram) - the body of a monkey (monkey-like, of a monkey, belonging to a monkey)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, simian

Note: Modifies vapuḥ.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - (monkey's) body/form (body, form, figure)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - having assumed (the body/form) (assumed, resorted to, taken refuge in)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśrita

āśrita - assumed, taken refuge in, resorted to

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √śri (to resort to, assume) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Modifies bhavān.

ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa) - (the class of) brahmins (brahmin, priestly class)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - brahmin, priestly class

Note: First part of the compound 'brāhmaṇānantaraḥ'. Here treated as nominal.

अनन्तरः (anantaraḥ) - immediately next (to the brahmins) (immediately succeeding, next, uninterrupted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anantara

anantara - immediately succeeding, next, uninterrupted

Compound type : bahuvrihi (an+antara)

• an – not, without
  indeclinable
• antara – interval, space, difference
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies varṇaḥ, meaning 'without interval (after brahmins)'.

वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - social class/order (class, color, social order)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṇa

varṇa - class, color, social order

क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - (Bhīmasena,) a kṣatriya (kshatriya, member of the warrior class)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - kshatriya, member of the warrior class

त्वा (tvā) - you (the monkey) (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Accusative singular of tvam.

अनुपृच्छति (anupṛcchati) - asks, enquires, questions

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pṛcch

present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice, with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: pṛcch (class 6)

Note: From root √pṛcch with prefix anu-.