महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-18

किं वै सहैव चरतो न पुरा चरतः सह ।
विरोचनैतत्पृच्छामि किं ते सख्यं सुधन्वना ॥१८॥

18. kiṁ vai sahaiva carato na purā carataḥ saha ,
virocanaitatpṛcchāmi kiṁ te sakhyaṁ sudhanvanā.

18. kim vai saha eva carataḥ na purā carataḥ saha
virocana etat pṛcchāmi kim te sakhyam sudhanvanā

18. Why indeed do you two move about together now, when you did not do so before? O Virocana, I ask you this: what friendship do you have with Sudhanvan?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

• सह (saha) - together (with, together, along with)

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (with 'saha') (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• चरतः (carataḥ) - you two move (referring to Virocana and Sudhanvan) (you two move, they two move)

• न (na) - not

• पुरा (purā) - before (formerly, before, in ancient times)

• चरतः (carataḥ) - you two moved (in the past context of 'purā') (you two move, they two move)

• सह (saha) - together (with, together, along with)

• विरोचन (virocana) - O Virocana

• एतत् (etat) - this

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

• किम् (kim) - what

• ते (te) - your, to you

• सख्यम् (sakhyam) - friendship

• सुधन्वना (sudhanvanā) - with Sudhanvan

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

सह (saha) - together (with, together, along with)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (with 'saha') (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, here emphasizing 'saha'.

चरतः (carataḥ) - you two move (referring to Virocana and Sudhanvan) (you two move, they two move)

(verb)

2nd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of car

Present Active

2nd/3rd person dual Present active, root 'car'

Root: car (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

पुरा (purā) - before (formerly, before, in ancient times)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

चरतः (carataḥ) - you two moved (in the past context of 'purā') (you two move, they two move)

(verb)

2nd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of car

Present Active

2nd/3rd person dual Present active, root 'car'

Root: car (class 1)

सह (saha) - together (with, together, along with)

(indeclinable)

विरोचन (virocana) - O Virocana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of Virocana

Virocana - name of a person, son of Prahlāda

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Object of 'pṛcchāmi'.

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prach

Present Active

1st person singular Present active, root 'prach'

Root: prach (class 6)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun, acting as predicate to 'sakhyam'.

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

सख्यम् (sakhyam) - friendship

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sakhya

sakhya - friendship

Derived from 'sakhi' (friend).

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'asti' (is).

सुधन्वना (sudhanvanā) - with Sudhanvan

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of Sudhanvan

Sudhanvan - name of a person, son of Sage Vāyu

Note: Indicates association, 'with Sudhanvan'.