महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-34

यक्ष उवाच ।
किमेकं यज्ञियं साम किमेकं यज्ञियं यजुः ।
का चैका वृश्चते यज्ञं कां यज्ञो नातिवर्तते ॥३४॥

34. yakṣa uvāca ,
kimekaṁ yajñiyaṁ sāma kimekaṁ yajñiyaṁ yajuḥ ,
kā caikā vṛścate yajñaṁ kāṁ yajño nātivartate.

34. yakṣaḥ uvāca kim ekam yajñiyam sāma kim ekam yajñiyam
yajuḥ kā ca ekā vṛścate yajñam kām yajñaḥ na ativartate

34. yakṣaḥ uvāca ekam yajñiyam sāma kim? ekam yajñiyam yajuḥ
kim? ca ekā kā yajñam vṛścate? yajñaḥ kām na ativartate?

34. The Yakṣa said: What is the single Sāman chant pertaining to the Vedic ritual (yajña)? What is the single Yajus prose formula pertaining to the Vedic ritual (yajña)? What one thing impairs or destroys a Vedic ritual (yajña)? And what single thing does the Vedic ritual (yajña) never abandon or surpass?

Words meanings summery:

• यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - a Yakṣa (a class of nature-spirits)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what?

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single

• यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - pertaining to a Vedic ritual, suitable for a Vedic ritual

• साम (sāma) - a Sāman chant

• किम् (kim) - what?

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single

• यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - pertaining to a Vedic ritual, suitable for a Vedic ritual

• यजुः (yajuḥ) - a Yajus prose formula

• का (kā) - what? which? (feminine)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एका (ekā) - one, single (feminine)

• वृश्चते (vṛścate) - cuts off, impairs, destroys

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) (the Vedic ritual)

• काम् (kām) - whom, what (feminine)

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) (the Vedic ritual)

• न (na) - not, no

• अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - transcends, surpasses, abandons, deviates from

Words meanings and morphology

यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - a Yakṣa (a class of nature-spirits)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of semi-divine beings, usually benevolent guardians of treasures, a spirit

Root: yaj (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

एकम् (ekam) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - pertaining to a Vedic ritual, suitable for a Vedic ritual

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yajñiya

yajñiya - relating to a Vedic ritual (yajña), suitable for a Vedic ritual, sacrificial

derived from yajña + ya (suffix for 'relating to')

साम (sāma) - a Sāman chant

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāman

sāman - a Vedic chant (especially from the Sāmaveda), song, melody

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

एकम् (ekam) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - pertaining to a Vedic ritual, suitable for a Vedic ritual

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yajñiya

yajñiya - relating to a Vedic ritual (yajña), suitable for a Vedic ritual, sacrificial

derived from yajña + ya (suffix for 'relating to')

यजुः (yajuḥ) - a Yajus prose formula

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yajus

yajus - a Vedic prose formula (especially from the Yajurveda), sacred utterance

का (kā) - what? which? (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एका (ekā) - one, single (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

वृश्चते (vṛścate) - cuts off, impairs, destroys

(verb)

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

present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: vṛśc (class 6)

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) (the Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, devotion, worship, offering

derived from root yaj (to worship, offer)

Root: yaj (class 1)

काम् (kām) - whom, what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) (the Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, devotion, worship, offering

derived from root yaj (to worship, offer)

Root: yaj (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - transcends, surpasses, abandons, deviates from

(verb)

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

root vṛt (to turn, exist) with prefix ati, present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Prefix: ati

Root: vṛt (class 1)