महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-106, verse-2

पूर्वां वा दक्षिणां वाहमथ वा पश्चिमां दिशम् ।
उत्तरां वा द्विजश्रेष्ठ कुतो गच्छामि गालव ॥२॥

2. pūrvāṁ vā dakṣiṇāṁ vāhamatha vā paścimāṁ diśam ,
uttarāṁ vā dvijaśreṣṭha kuto gacchāmi gālava.

2. pūrvām vā dakṣiṇām vā aham atha vā paścimām diśam
| uttarām vā dvijaśreṣṭha kutaḥ gacchāmi gālava

2. "O best among the twice-born (dvijāśreṣṭha), O Gālava, should I go to the eastern, southern, or western direction, or to the northern? From where should I proceed?"

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - the eastern direction (eastern)

• वा (vā) - or

• दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - the southern direction (southern, right)

• वा (vā) - or

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अथ (atha) - or (indicating an alternative) (then, now, or)

• वा (vā) - or

• पश्चिमाम् (paścimām) - the western direction (western)

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter (of the sky)

• उत्तराम् (uttarām) - the northern direction (northern, upper, later)

• वा (vā) - or

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O Gālava, who is the best among the Brahmins (dvija) (O best of the twice-born)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from which direction (from where, whence, why)

• गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I go, I proceed

• गालव (gālava) - O Gālava

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - the eastern direction (eastern)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - eastern, former, prior

Note: Agrees with implied 'diśam'

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - the southern direction (southern, right)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - southern, right, skillful

Note: Agrees with implied 'diśam'

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

अथ (atha) - or (indicating an alternative) (then, now, or)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पश्चिमाम् (paścimām) - the western direction (western)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paścima

paścima - western, hindmost, last

Note: Agrees with 'diśam'

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter (of the sky)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

उत्तराम् (uttarām) - the northern direction (northern, upper, later)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uttara

uttara - northern, upper, later, higher, superior

Note: Agrees with implied 'diśam'

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O Gālava, who is the best among the Brahmins (dvija) (O best of the twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijaśreṣṭha

dvijaśreṣṭha - best of the twice-born (dvija)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+śreṣṭha)

• dvija – twice-born (a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth)
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from which direction (from where, whence, why)

(indeclinable)

Derived with '-tas' suffix meaning 'from'

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I go, I proceed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of gam

Present Active

Root 'gam', present tense, 1st person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

गालव (gālava) - O Gālava

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of gālava

gālava - name of a sage, descendant of Gāla