महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-93

किं नु स्वप्नो मया दृष्टः कोऽयं विधिरिहाभवत् ।
क्व नु ते तापसाः सर्वे क्व तदाश्रममण्डलम् ॥९३॥

93. kiṁ nu svapno mayā dṛṣṭaḥ ko'yaṁ vidhirihābhavat ,
kva nu te tāpasāḥ sarve kva tadāśramamaṇḍalam.

93. kim nu svapnaḥ mayā dṛṣṭaḥ kaḥ ayam vidhiḥ iha
abhavat kva nu te tāpasāḥ sarve kva tat āśramamaṇḍalam

93. What dream have I just seen? What kind of event (vidhi) has occurred here? Where, then, are all those ascetics, and where is that hermitage (āśrama) area?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• नु (nu) - particle indicating a question or emphasis (indeed, then, now, surely)

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• विधिः (vidhiḥ) - rule, ordinance, fate, event

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred, happened, became

• क्व (kva) - where?

• नु (nu) - particle indicating a question or emphasis (indeed, then, now, surely)

• ते (te) - those

• तापसाः (tāpasāḥ) - ascetics, hermits

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• क्व (kva) - where?

• तत् (tat) - refers to 'āśramamaṇḍalam' (that)

• आश्रममण्डलम् (āśramamaṇḍalam) - hermitage area, circle of hermitages

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - particle indicating a question or emphasis (indeed, then, now, surely)

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, dreaming

Root: svap (class 2)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, whether

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

विधिः (vidhiḥ) - rule, ordinance, fate, event

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, regulation, ordinance, method, fate, destiny, event

From root dhā with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred, happened, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - particle indicating a question or emphasis (indeed, then, now, surely)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तापसाः (tāpasāḥ) - ascetics, hermits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāpasa

tāpasa - an ascetic, hermit, devotee (practicing tapas)

Derived from tapas (austerity)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - refers to 'āśramamaṇḍalam' (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

आश्रममण्डलम् (āśramamaṇḍalam) - hermitage area, circle of hermitages

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āśramamaṇḍala

āśramamaṇḍala - hermitage area, hermitage circle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśrama+maṇḍala)

• āśrama – hermitage, monastic retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)
  noun (masculine)
  From root śram with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śram (class 4)
• maṇḍala – circle, disk, region, district
  noun (neuter)