महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-60

यक्ष उवाच ।
का दिक्किमुदकं प्रोक्तं किमन्नं पार्थ किं विषम् ।
श्राद्धस्य कालमाख्याहि ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥६०॥

60. yakṣa uvāca ,
kā dikkimudakaṁ proktaṁ kimannaṁ pārtha kiṁ viṣam ,
śrāddhasya kālamākhyāhi tataḥ piba harasva ca.

60. yakṣa uvāca | kā dik kim udakam proktam kim annam pārtha
kim viṣam | śrāddhasya kālam ākhyāhi tataḥ piba harasva ca

60. The Yaksha asked, "What is a direction? What is considered water? What is food? And, O Pārtha, what is poison? Also, tell me the proper time for the śrāddha (ancestral offering). After answering, you may drink and take (water)."

Words meanings summery:

• यक्ष (yakṣa) - The Yaksha, a powerful spirit, who is questioning Yudhiṣṭhira (Yaksha, a class of nature-spirits, guardians of wealth hidden in the earth)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• का (kā) - what, which

• दिक् (dik) - direction, quarter of the sky

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• उदकम् (udakam) - water

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - said, declared, spoken

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

• पार्थ (pārtha) - Addressing Yudhiṣṭhira, who is also a son of Pṛthā (O son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), Arjuna)

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison

• श्राद्धस्य (śrāddhasya) - of the śrāddha (ancestral offering)

• कालम् (kālam) - proper time (for śrāddha) (time)

• आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell, explain

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• पिब (piba) - Drink the water (that has been offered) (drink)

• हरस्व (harasva) - Take (the water) (take, seize, carry away)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

यक्ष (yakṣa) - The Yaksha, a powerful spirit, who is questioning Yudhiṣṭhira (Yaksha, a class of nature-spirits, guardians of wealth hidden in the earth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of demi-gods, a nature-spirit

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

root 'vac' (2nd class) in perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

का (kā) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Feminine singular of kim.

दिक् (dik) - direction, quarter of the sky

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, space

Note: Final 'k' in word form is due to external sandhi, base is 'diś'.

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Neuter singular of kim.

उदकम् (udakam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - said, declared, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vac

vac - to speak, to say

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vac' with prefix 'pra'. 'vac' -> 'ukta' (P.P.P.)

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'udakam'.

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Neuter singular of kim.

अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain

पार्थ (pārtha) - Addressing Yudhiṣṭhira, who is also a son of Pṛthā (O son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī); a name for Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna

Derived from Pṛthā

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Neuter singular of kim.

विषम् (viṣam) - poison

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison

श्राद्धस्य (śrāddhasya) - of the śrāddha (ancestral offering)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śrāddha

śrāddha - an ancestral offering, funeral rite, rite in honour of the dead

From śraddhā + aṇ

कालम् (kālam) - proper time (for śrāddha) (time)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time

आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell, explain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of khyā

imperative active

from root 'khyā' (2nd class) with prefix 'ā', 2nd person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

पिब (piba) - Drink the water (that has been offered) (drink)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pā

imperative active

from root 'pā' (1st class, piba-stem), 2nd person singular

Root: pā (class 1)

हरस्व (harasva) - Take (the water) (take, seize, carry away)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of hṛ

imperative middle

from root 'hṛ' (1st class), 2nd person singular

Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)