महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-207, verse-11

कथमग्निः पुनरहं भवेयमिति चिन्त्य सः ।
अपश्यदग्निवल्लोकांस्तापयन्तं महामुनिम् ॥११॥

11. kathamagniḥ punarahaṁ bhaveyamiti cintya saḥ ,
apaśyadagnivallokāṁstāpayantaṁ mahāmunim.

11. katham agniḥ punaḥ aham bhaveyam iti cintya
saḥ apaśyat agnivāt lokān tāpayantam mahāmunim

11. Having thought, "How can I become fire again?", he (Agni) then saw a great sage (mahāmuni) who was scorching the worlds just like fire.

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, god of fire

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भवेयम् (bhaveyam) - may I become, may I be

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

• चिन्त्य (cintya) - having thought, having pondered

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw, he perceived

• अग्निवात् (agnivāt) - like fire, fiery

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds

• तापयन्तम् (tāpayantam) - scorching, heating, causing to suffer

• महामुनिम् (mahāmunim) - great sage, great ascetic

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, god of fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire (Agni), digestive fire, ritual fire

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

भवेयम् (bhaveyam) - may I become, may I be

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

चिन्त्य (cintya) - having thought, having pondered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'cint' (to think).

Root: cint (class 10)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw, he perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अग्निवात् (agnivāt) - like fire, fiery

(indeclinable)

Formed by adding the suffix '-vat' (like, as) to 'agni' (fire).

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

तापयन्तम् (tāpayantam) - scorching, heating, causing to suffer

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tāpayant

tāpayant - causing to heat, scorching, causing pain, tormenting

Present Active Participle (Causative)

Derived from the causative stem 'tāpay' of root 'tap' (to heat, suffer).

Root: tap (class 1)

महामुनिम् (mahāmunim) - great sage, great ascetic

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāmuni

mahāmuni - great sage, great ascetic, a venerable holy man

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+muni)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• muni – sage, ascetic, hermit, saint
  noun (masculine)