महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-73, verse-19

अपृच्छद्बाष्पसंरुद्धो निस्वनां वाचमीरयन् ।
मम प्राणैः प्रियतमः क्व भीम इति दुःखितः ॥१९॥

19. apṛcchadbāṣpasaṁruddho nisvanāṁ vācamīrayan ,
mama prāṇaiḥ priyatamaḥ kva bhīma iti duḥkhitaḥ.

19. apṛcchat bāṣpasaṃruddhaḥ nisvanām vācam īrayan
mama prāṇaiḥ priyatamaḥ kva bhīma iti duḥkhitaḥ

19. duḥkhitaḥ bāṣpasaṃruddhaḥ nisvanām vācam īrayan
(saḥ) apṛcchat mama prāṇaiḥ priyatamaḥ bhīmaḥ kva iti

19. Distressed and choked with tears, he asked, uttering a low sound, 'Where is Bhīma, who is dearer to me than my own life?'

Words meanings summery:

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he asked, he questioned

• बाष्पसंरुद्धः (bāṣpasaṁruddhaḥ) - choked with tears, obstructed by tears

• निस्वनाम् (nisvanām) - voiceless, low-pitched, silent

• वाचम् (vācam) - speech, voice, word

• ईरयन् (īrayan) - uttering, speaking, causing to move

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than life (used in comparison) (than life, by breaths, with lives)

• प्रियतमः (priyatamaḥ) - most beloved, dearest

• क्व (kva) - where?

• भीम (bhīma) - Bhīma (name)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech

• दुःखितः (duḥkhitaḥ) - distressed, sorrowful, unhappy

Words meanings and morphology

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he asked, he questioned

(verb)

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

Prefix: a

Root: pracch (class 6)

बाष्पसंरुद्धः (bāṣpasaṁruddhaḥ) - choked with tears, obstructed by tears

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāṣpasaṃruddha

bāṣpasaṁruddha - obstructed by tears, choked with tears

Compound type : instrumental tatpurusha (bāṣpa+saṃruddha)

• bāṣpa – tear, vapor, steam
  noun (masculine)
• saṃruddha – obstructed, stopped, choked
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  saṃ + rudh + kta
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rudh (class 7)

निस्वनाम् (nisvanām) - voiceless, low-pitched, silent

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nisvana

nisvana - without sound, voiceless, low sound, whispering

वाचम् (vācam) - speech, voice, word

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word, utterance

ईरयन् (īrayan) - uttering, speaking, causing to move

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īrayat

īrayat - uttering, speaking, sending forth, causing to move

Present Active Participle

Causative of root 'i' (to go) or root 'īr' (to move, agitate)

Root: īr (class 10)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than life (used in comparison) (than life, by breaths, with lives)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air

Note: Instrumental case used to express 'than' in comparison

प्रियतमः (priyatamaḥ) - most beloved, dearest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of priyatama

priyatama - most dear, dearest, most beloved

Superlative form of 'priya' (dear), formed with suffix -tama

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

भीम (bhīma) - Bhīma (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (one of the Pāṇḍava brothers, fearsome)

Note: Used here as a vocative in direct speech

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech

(indeclinable)

दुःखितः (duḥkhitaḥ) - distressed, sorrowful, unhappy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duḥkhita

duḥkhita - sorrowful, distressed, unhappy, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

From root 'duḥkh' (to suffer)

Root: duḥkh (class 10)