महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-261, verse-48

कः शूलं तीक्ष्णमासाद्य सर्वगात्रैर्निषेवते ।
कः शिरस्यग्निमादाय विश्वस्तः स्वपते सुखम् ॥४८॥

48. kaḥ śūlaṁ tīkṣṇamāsādya sarvagātrairniṣevate ,
kaḥ śirasyagnimādāya viśvastaḥ svapate sukham.

48. kaḥ śūlam tīkṣṇam āsādya sarvagātraiḥ niṣevate
kaḥ śirasi agnim ādāya viśvastaḥ svapate sukham

48. Who would take up a sharp spear and engage with it using all their limbs? And who, with fire on their head, would sleep peacefully and fearlessly?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• शूलम् (śūlam) - a spear, pike, dart

• तीक्ष्णम् (tīkṣṇam) - sharp, keen

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having taken up (a spear) (having obtained, having approached, having taken up)

• सर्वगात्रैः (sarvagātraiḥ) - with all his limbs/body

• निषेवते (niṣevate) - engages with (the spear), bears it (serves, attends to, engages with, takes pleasure in)

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• शिरसि (śirasi) - on his head

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

• विश्वस्तः (viśvastaḥ) - trusting, confident, fearless

• स्वपते (svapate) - sleeps

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably, peacefully

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

शूलम् (śūlam) - a spear, pike, dart

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śūla

śūla - spear, pike, dart, sharp weapon

तीक्ष्णम् (tīkṣṇam) - sharp, keen

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, pungent, fierce, severe

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having taken up (a spear) (having obtained, having approached, having taken up)

(indeclinable)

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form

सर्वगात्रैः (sarvagātraiḥ) - with all his limbs/body

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sarvagātra

sarvagātra - all limbs, the whole body

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+gātra)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• gātra – limb, body
  noun (neuter)

निषेवते (niṣevate) - engages with (the spear), bears it (serves, attends to, engages with, takes pleasure in)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ni-sev

Prefix: ni

Root: sev (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

शिरसि (śirasi) - on his head

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form

विश्वस्तः (viśvastaḥ) - trusting, confident, fearless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśvasta

viśvasta - confident, fearless, trusting, believed

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: śvas (class 2)

स्वपते (svapate) - sleeps

(verb)

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

Root: svap (class 2)

सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably, peacefully

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative of manner)