महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-58

यक्ष उवाच ।
मृतः कथं स्यात्पुरुषः कथं राष्ट्रं मृतं भवेत् ।
श्राद्धं मृतं कथं च स्यात्कथं यज्ञो मृतो भवेत् ॥५८॥

58. yakṣa uvāca ,
mṛtaḥ kathaṁ syātpuruṣaḥ kathaṁ rāṣṭraṁ mṛtaṁ bhavet ,
śrāddhaṁ mṛtaṁ kathaṁ ca syātkathaṁ yajño mṛto bhavet.

58. yakṣaḥ uvāca mṛtaḥ katham syāt
puruṣaḥ katham rāṣṭram mṛtam
bhavet śrāddham mṛtam katham ca
syāt katham yajñaḥ mṛtaḥ bhavet

58. The Yakṣa asked: "How can a person (puruṣa) be considered dead? How can a kingdom be considered dead? And how can a śrāddha (ancestor ritual) be considered dead? How can a Vedic ritual (yajña) be considered dead?"

Words meanings summery:

• यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - a Yakṣa, a semi-divine being

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, man

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom, country, state

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, should become

• श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - ancestor ritual

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - ritual sacrifice, worship

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, should become

Words meanings and morphology

यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - a Yakṣa, a semi-divine being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a Yakṣa, a celestial being, a spirit

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root mṛ with suffix -ta.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, the Supreme Being (puruṣa)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom, country, state

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - kingdom, country, realm, state

मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root mṛ with suffix -ta.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, should become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - ancestor ritual

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrāddha

śrāddha - a religious ceremony performed in honor of deceased ancestors, an obsequial rite (śrāddha)

मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root mṛ with suffix -ta.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - ritual sacrifice, worship

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - a ritual sacrifice, an act of worship, an offering (yajña)

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root mṛ with suffix -ta.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, should become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)