महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-190, verse-9

स श्रुत्वाचिन्तयत् ।
नेह मनुष्यगतिं पश्यामि ।
कस्य खल्वयं गीतशब्द इति ॥९॥

9. sa śrutvācintayat ,
neha manuṣyagatiṁ paśyāmi ,
kasya khalvayaṁ gītaśabda iti.

9. sa śrutvā acintayat na iha manuṣyagatim
paśyāmi kasya khalu ayam gītaśabdaḥ iti

9. Hearing this, he thought, 'I see no human presence here. Whose song (gīta) is this, indeed?'

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - he thought, pondered

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• मनुष्यगतिम् (manuṣyagatim) - human movement, human presence, human track

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• गीतशब्दः (gītaśabdaḥ) - sound of a song, singing

• इति (iti) - thus, so, end quote

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root śru (to hear) with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - he thought, pondered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of cint

Imperfect

3rd person singular, imperfect active, root cint (10th class)

Root: cint (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

मनुष्यगतिम् (manuṣyagatim) - human movement, human presence, human track

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of manuṣyagati

manuṣyagati - human movement, human path, human condition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manuṣya+gati)

• manuṣya – human, man
  noun (masculine)
• gati – movement, course, path, state, condition
  noun (feminine)
  from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

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

Present

1st person singular, present active, root dṛś (transformed to paśya- in present stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

गीतशब्दः (gītaśabdaḥ) - sound of a song, singing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gītaśabda

gītaśabda - sound of a song, melody, singing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gīta+śabda)

• gīta – sung, song
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gai (to sing)
  Root: gai (class 1)
• śabda – sound, word, voice
  noun (masculine)

इति (iti) - thus, so, end quote

(indeclinable)