महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-3, verse-5

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
सहदेव कथं तस्य समीपे विहरिष्यसि ।
किं वा त्वं तात कुर्वाणः प्रच्छन्नो विचरिष्यसि ॥५॥

5. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
sahadeva kathaṁ tasya samīpe vihariṣyasi ,
kiṁ vā tvaṁ tāta kurvāṇaḥ pracchanno vicariṣyasi.

5. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca sahadeva katham tasya samīpe vihariṣyasi
kim vā tvam tāta kurvāṇaḥ pracchannaḥ vicariṣyasi

5. Yudhishthira said: 'Sahadeva, how will you reside near him? Or what will you do, my dear, while moving about in disguise?'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• सहदेव (sahadeva) - O Sahadeva

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity

• विहरिष्यसि (vihariṣyasi) - you will reside, you will roam

• किम् (kim) - what?, what (as interrogative pronoun)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• तात (tāta) - dear one (used affectionately by elder to younger) (dear one, father, son)

• कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - doing, making, acting

• प्रच्छन्नः (pracchannaḥ) - hidden, concealed, disguised

• विचरिष्यसि (vicariṣyasi) - you will wander, you will move about

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steady in battle, Yudhishthira (eldest Pandava brother)

Note: Subject.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect of root 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)

सहदेव (sahadeva) - O Sahadeva

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (youngest Pandava brother)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to King Virata.

समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb 'near'.

विहरिष्यसि (vihariṣyasi) - you will reside, you will roam

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vihar

Future Active

Root 'hṛ' with prefix 'vi', future stem.

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?, what (as interrogative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

Note: Can also be accusative. Here implies 'what thing' or 'what action'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'kurvāṇaḥ' and 'vicariṣyasi'.

तात (tāta) - dear one (used affectionately by elder to younger) (dear one, father, son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, son (term of endearment)

कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - doing, making, acting

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to act

Present Active Participle

From root 'kṛ', śānac suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रच्छन्नः (pracchannaḥ) - hidden, concealed, disguised

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pracchanna

pracchanna - hidden, concealed, disguised

Past Passive Participle

From root 'chad' ('to cover') with prefix 'pra'. 'chad' becomes 'channa'.

Prefix: pra

Root: chad (class 10)

विचरिष्यसि (vicariṣyasi) - you will wander, you will move about

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vicar

Future Active

Root 'car' with prefix 'vi', future stem.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)