महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-31, verse-58

शल्य उवाच ।
वरुणं कोऽम्भसा हन्यादिन्धनेन च पावकम् ।
को वानिलं निगृह्णीयात्पिबेद्वा को महार्णवम् ॥५८॥

58. śalya uvāca ,
varuṇaṁ ko'mbhasā hanyādindhanena ca pāvakam ,
ko vānilaṁ nigṛhṇīyātpibedvā ko mahārṇavam.

58. śalyaḥ uvāca varuṇam kaḥ ambhasā hanyāt indhanena ca
pāvakam kaḥ vā anilam nigṛhṇīyāt pibet vā kaḥ mahārṇavam

58. śalyaḥ uvāca kaḥ varuṇam ambhasā hanyāt ca kaḥ pāvakam
indhanena kaḥ vā anilam nigṛhṇīyāt vā kaḥ mahārṇavam pibet

58. Śalya said: "Who could kill Varuṇa with water, or fire with fuel? Or who could restrain the wind, or drink up the great ocean?"

Words meanings summery:

• शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वरुणम् (varuṇam) - Varuṇa (the god of waters, oceans)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• अम्भसा (ambhasā) - with water

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - could kill (would kill, should kill, might kill)

• इन्धनेन (indhanena) - with fuel (with fuel, with firewood)

• च (ca) - or, and (and, also)

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (fire, purifier)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अनिलम् (anilam) - wind (wind, air)

• निगृह्णीयात् (nigṛhṇīyāt) - could restrain (would restrain, subdue, seize)

• पिबेत् (pibet) - could drink up (would drink, should drink)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - the great ocean

Words meanings and morphology

शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Śalya (name of the king of Madra), dart, spear, thorn

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वरुणम् (varuṇam) - Varuṇa (the god of waters, oceans)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of varuṇa

varuṇa - Varuṇa (Vedic deity, god of cosmic order, later waters/oceans), water

Note: Object of hanyāt.

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Subject of hanyāt, nigṛhṇīyāt, pibet.

अम्भसा (ambhasā) - with water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

Note: Instrument for hanyāt.

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - could kill (would kill, should kill, might kill)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

इन्धनेन (indhanena) - with fuel (with fuel, with firewood)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of indhana

indhana - fuel, firewood

Root: idh (class 7)

Note: Instrument for hanyāt (implied).

च (ca) - or, and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (fire, purifier)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, clean

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Object of hanyāt (implied).

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Subject of hanyāt, nigṛhṇīyāt, pibet.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

अनिलम् (anilam) - wind (wind, air)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air, god of wind

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of nigṛhṇīyāt.

निगृह्णीयात् (nigṛhṇīyāt) - could restrain (would restrain, subdue, seize)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of grah

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: From root √grah with prefix ni.

पिबेत् (pibet) - could drink up (would drink, should drink)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pā

Root: pā (class 1)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Subject of hanyāt, nigṛhṇīyāt, pibet.

महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - the great ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahārṇava

mahārṇava - great ocean, vast sea

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'arṇava' (ocean).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+arṇava)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of pibet.