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)."

60. יַקְשַׁה אמר, הו פָּארְטְהַא, מהו הכיוון, מהם המים, מהו המזון ומהו הרעל? ספר לי מהו הזמן של טקס ההזכרה לאבות (שְׁרָאדְּהַא), ואז שתה וקח.

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)

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