महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-118, verse-18

विचारश्च समुत्पन्नो निरीक्ष्य नहुषात्मजम् ।
को न्वयं कस्य वा राज्ञः कथं वा स्वर्गमागतः ॥१८॥

18. vicāraśca samutpanno nirīkṣya nahuṣātmajam ,
ko nvayaṁ kasya vā rājñaḥ kathaṁ vā svargamāgataḥ.

18. vicāraḥ ca samutpannaḥ nirīkṣya nahuṣātmajam kaḥ
nu ayam kasya vā rājñaḥ katham vā svargam āgataḥ

18. And a discussion arose as they observed the son of Nahuṣa (Yayāti): "Who indeed is this? Or whose king (son) is he? And how has he arrived in heaven?"

Words meanings summery:

• विचारः (vicāraḥ) - a discussion, debate (consideration, deliberation, discussion)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• समुत्पन्नः (samutpannaḥ) - arose (arisen, originated, produced)

• निरीक्ष्य (nirīkṣya) - after observing (having seen, having observed, looking at)

• नहुषात्मजम् (nahuṣātmajam) - Yayāti, the son of Nahuṣa (son of Nahuṣa)

• कः (kaḥ) - who? (masculine nominative singular)

• नु (nu) - an emphatic particle (indeed, certainly, now)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this (masculine nominative singular))

• कस्य (kasya) - whose? of whom? (masculine/neuter genitive singular)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of which king (is he the son)? (of the king)

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

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - has he arrived? (come, arrived)

Words meanings and morphology

विचारः (vicāraḥ) - a discussion, debate (consideration, deliberation, discussion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - consideration, investigation, deliberation, discussion

From vi-car

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'samutpannaḥ'

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

समुत्पन्नः (samutpannaḥ) - arose (arisen, originated, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samutpanna

samutpanna - arisen, produced, sprung up

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root pad with prefixes sam and ut, and suffix -ta

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'vicāraḥ'

निरीक्ष्य (nirīkṣya) - after observing (having seen, having observed, looking at)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root īkṣ with prefix nir and suffix -ya

Prefix: nir

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

नहुषात्मजम् (nahuṣātmajam) - Yayāti, the son of Nahuṣa (son of Nahuṣa)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nahuṣātmaja

nahuṣātmaja - son of Nahuṣa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nahuṣa+ātmaja)

• nahuṣa – Nahuṣa (name of a king, father of Yayāti)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, born from oneself
  noun (masculine)
  From ātman + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of 'nirīkṣya'

कः (kaḥ) - who? (masculine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

नु (nu) - an emphatic particle (indeed, certainly, now)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

कस्य (kasya) - whose? of whom? (masculine/neuter genitive singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Refers to 'rājñaḥ'

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of which king (is he the son)? (of the king)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

Root: rāj (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise

Note: Object of motion, with 'āgataḥ'

आगतः (āgataḥ) - has he arrived? (come, arrived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root gam with prefix ā and suffix -ta

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'ayam' (this person)