महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-59

बालमङ्कगतं कृत्वा स्वयं पञ्चशिखं पुनः ।
उमा जिज्ञासमाना वै कोऽयमित्यब्रवीत्सुरान् ॥५९॥

59. bālamaṅkagataṁ kṛtvā svayaṁ pañcaśikhaṁ punaḥ ,
umā jijñāsamānā vai ko'yamityabravītsurān.

59. bālam aṅkગતam kṛtvā svayam pañcaśikham punaḥ
umā jijñāsamānā vai kaḥ ayam iti abravīt surān

59. umā svayam pañcaśikham bālam aṅkगतam kṛtvā
jijñāsamānā vai ayam kaḥ iti surān abravīt

59. Uma, having placed the child with five braids on her lap, herself inquisitively asked the gods, "Who is this?"

Words meanings summery:

• बालम् (bālam) - child, infant, boy

• अङ्क्गतअम् (aṅkगतam) - placed on the lap, resting on the lap

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having placed

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself

• पञ्चशिखम् (pañcaśikham) - having five braids/crests, five-braided

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• उमा (umā) - Uma (name of Shiva's consort)

• जिज्ञासमाना (jijñāsamānā) - wishing to know, inquisitive

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

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying (marks direct speech)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• सुरान् (surān) - to the gods

Words meanings and morphology

बालम् (bālam) - child, infant, boy

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, infant, boy; young, youthful

अङ्क्गतअम् (aṅkगतam) - placed on the lap, resting on the lap

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṅkagata

aṅkagata - placed on the lap, resting on the lap

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅka+gata)

• aṅka – lap, side, proximity; mark, sign
  noun (masculine)
• gata – gone, arrived, obtained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: gam (class 1)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having placed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of reflexive pronoun

पञ्चशिखम् (pañcaśikham) - having five braids/crests, five-braided

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pañcaśikha

pañcaśikha - having five braids/crests, five-braided (an epithet for Skanda/Kartikeya or a Brahmacarin)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pañcan+śikha)

• pañcan – five
  numeral
• śikha – top-knot, crest, braid, tuft of hair
  noun (masculine)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

उमा (umā) - Uma (name of Shiva's consort)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of umā

umā - Uma (name of Shiva's consort, daughter of Himālaya)

जिज्ञासमाना (jijñāsamānā) - wishing to know, inquisitive

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jijñāsamāna

jijñāsamāna - wishing to know, inquisitive, desirous of knowing

Present Middle Participle

Derived from desiderative stem of root jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

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

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

इति (iti) - thus, so saying (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

सुरान् (surān) - to the gods

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity