महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-28

को नु मे कथयेदद्य वनेऽस्मिन्विष्ठितं नलम् ।
अभिरूपं महात्मानं परव्यूहविनाशनम् ॥२८॥

28. ko nu me kathayedadya vane'sminviṣṭhitaṁ nalam ,
abhirūpaṁ mahātmānaṁ paravyūhavināśanam.

28. kaḥ nu me kathayet adya vane asmin viṣṭhitam
nalam abhirūpam mahātmānam paravyūhavināśanam

28. Who in this forest today would indeed tell me where Nala is residing – that handsome, great-souled (mahātman) one, the destroyer of enemy armies?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)

• नु (nu) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation or emphasis))

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

• कथयेत् (kathayet) - would tell (would tell, should tell)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• वने (vane) - in this forest (in the forest)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (forest) (in this)

• विष्ठितम् (viṣṭhitam) - Nala, who is situated/residing (situated, being, residing)

• नलम् (nalam) - King Nala (Nala (proper name))

• अभिरूपम् (abhirūpam) - handsome (referring to Nala) (handsome, beautiful, appropriate)

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - Nala, who is great-souled (mahātman) (great-souled, noble-minded (mahātman))

• परव्यूहविनाशनम् (paravyūhavināśanam) - Nala, who is the destroyer of enemy armies (destroyer of enemy armies)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Subject of kathayet.

नु (nu) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation or emphasis))

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Dative/Genitive singular of asmad.

Note: Refers to Damayanti.

कथयेत् (kathayet) - would tell (would tell, should tell)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kath

Causative stem of kṛt with suffix aya.

Optative mood, third person singular, active voice.

Root: kath (class 10)

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

वने (vane) - in this forest (in the forest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (forest) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with vane.

विष्ठितम् (viṣṭhitam) - Nala, who is situated/residing (situated, being, residing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viṣṭhita

viṣṭhita - situated, standing, placed, residing

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā with vi prefix.

Prefix: vi

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with nalam.

नलम् (nalam) - King Nala (Nala (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a king, husband of Damayanti)

Note: Object of kathayet.

अभिरूपम् (abhirūpam) - handsome (referring to Nala) (handsome, beautiful, appropriate)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhirūpa

abhirūpa - handsome, beautiful, lovely, suitable, appropriate

From abhi + rūpa.

Note: Agrees with nalam.

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - Nala, who is great-souled (mahātman) (great-souled, noble-minded (mahātman))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, a great being (mahātman)

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, powerful
  adjective
  mahā is a form of mahat.
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, life, mind (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Agrees with nalam.

परव्यूहविनाशनम् (paravyūhavināśanam) - Nala, who is the destroyer of enemy armies (destroyer of enemy armies)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paravyūhavināśana

paravyūhavināśana - destroyer of enemy formations/armies

Compound type : Tatpurusha (paravyūha+vināśana)

• paravyūha – enemy army, hostile formation
  noun (masculine)
  para (enemy) + vyūha (array, formation).
• vināśana – destroying, destructive, destroyer
  adjective (masculine)
  From root naś (to perish) with vi prefix and ana suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with nalam.