महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-43, verse-35

किं नु पूर्वमयं बालो गौरवादभ्युपैष्यति ।
अपि मामिति सर्वेषां तेषामासीन्मनोगतम् ॥३५॥

35. kiṁ nu pūrvamayaṁ bālo gauravādabhyupaiṣyati ,
api māmiti sarveṣāṁ teṣāmāsīnmanogatam.

35. kim nu pūrvam ayam bālaḥ gauravāt abhyupaiṣyati
api mām iti sarveṣām teṣām āsīt manaḥgatam

35. kim nu ayam bālaḥ pūrvam gauravāt abhyupaiṣyati
api mām iti teṣām sarveṣām manaḥgatam āsīt

35. Will this boy approach me first out of respect, or someone else, - such was the thought in the minds of all of them.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - whether, what, interrogative particle

• नु (nu) - now, indeed, particle of interrogation or emphasis

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, before, previously

• अयम् (ayam) - this one, this

• बालः (bālaḥ) - boy, child, youth

• गौरवात् (gauravāt) - out of respect and reverence (out of respect, due to reverence, from heaviness)

• अभ्युपैष्यति (abhyupaiṣyati) - will approach, will come near, will go towards

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• माम् (mām) - me

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• मनःगतम् (manaḥgatam) - thought in the mind (gone to the mind, thought, intention)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - whether, what, interrogative particle

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: used here as an interrogative particle introducing a question

नु (nu) - now, indeed, particle of interrogation or emphasis

(indeclinable)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, before, previously

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, first

Note: used adverbially

अयम् (ayam) - this one, this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

बालः (bālaḥ) - boy, child, youth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young

गौरवात् (gauravāt) - out of respect and reverence (out of respect, due to reverence, from heaviness)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gaurava

gaurava - heaviness, respect, reverence, dignity

अभ्युपैष्यति (abhyupaiṣyati) - will approach, will come near, will go towards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (luṭ) of abhyupai

Prefixes: abhi+upa

Root: i (class 2)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

Note: quotation marker

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मनःगतम् (manaḥgatam) - thought in the mind (gone to the mind, thought, intention)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manaḥgata

manaḥgata - lodged in the mind, thought, mental state

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+gata)

• manas – mind, spirit, heart
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached, gone into
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

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