महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-46

यक्ष उवाच ।
किं स्विदेको विचरति जातः को जायते पुनः ।
किं स्विद्धिमस्य भैषज्यं किं स्विदावपनं महत् ॥४६॥

46. yakṣa uvāca ,
kiṁ svideko vicarati jātaḥ ko jāyate punaḥ ,
kiṁ sviddhimasya bhaiṣajyaṁ kiṁ svidāvapanaṁ mahat.

46. yakṣaḥ uvāca kim svit ekaḥ vicarati jātaḥ kaḥ jāyate
punaḥ kim svit himasya bhaiṣajyam kim svit āvapanaṃ mahat

46. The Yaksha said, "What indeed moves alone? What, having been born, is born again? What indeed is the remedy for cold? What indeed is the great receptacle?"

Words meanings summery:

• यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - the Yaksha (as the speaker) (a Yaksha, a nature-spirit)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what?

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, then

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone

• विचरति (vicarati) - moves about, wanders, travels

• जातः (jātaḥ) - having been born (born, produced, arisen)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back

• किम् (kim) - what?

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, then

• हिमस्य (himasya) - of cold, of frost, of snow

• भैषज्यम् (bhaiṣajyam) - remedy, medicine, cure

• किम् (kim) - what?

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, then

• आवपनं (āvapanaṁ) - sowing place, receptacle, field

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - the Yaksha (as the speaker) (a Yaksha, a nature-spirit)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of nature-spirits, typically benevolent but sometimes mischievous, guardians of treasures

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect stem from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun.

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, then

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone

(numeral)

विचरति (vicarati) - moves about, wanders, travels

(verb)

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

From vi-car (vi + car 'to move')

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

जातः (jātaḥ) - having been born (born, produced, arisen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

From root jan 'to be born'

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used predicatively.

कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun.

जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jan

Denominative from root jan (Divādi class 4 verb in middle voice)

Root: jan (class 4)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun.

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, then

(indeclinable)

हिमस्य (himasya) - of cold, of frost, of snow

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of hima

hima - cold, frost, snow, winter

भैषज्यम् (bhaiṣajyam) - remedy, medicine, cure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaiṣajya

bhaiṣajya - remedy, medicine, healing

Derived from bhiṣaj (physician)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun.

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, then

(indeclinable)

आवपनं (āvapanaṁ) - sowing place, receptacle, field

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āvapana

āvapana - sowing, scattering, a place for sowing, receptacle, storehouse

From ā-vap (ā + vap 'to sow, scatter')

Prefix: ā

Root: vap (class 1)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty, eminent