महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-133, verse-26

क्षत्ता यदब्रवीद्वाक्यं जनमध्येऽब्रुवन्निव ।
त्वया च तत्तथेत्युक्तो जानीमो न च तद्वयम् ॥२६॥

26. kṣattā yadabravīdvākyaṁ janamadhye'bruvanniva ,
tvayā ca tattathetyukto jānīmo na ca tadvayam.

26. kṣattā yat abravīt vākyam janamadhye abruvan iva
tvayā ca tat tathā iti uktaḥ jānīmaḥ na ca tat vayam

26. What the chamberlain (Vidura) said – that statement, spoken as if not openly among the people – and which you acknowledged with 'so be it', we do not know what it was.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षत्ता (kṣattā) - Vidura (as the chamberlain) (the chamberlain, charioteer)

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, statement, speech

• जनमध्ये (janamadhye) - in the midst of the people

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - not speaking openly or publicly (not speaking, unspoken)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - that statement (that)

• तथा (tathā) - the affirmation 'so be it' (so, thus, so be it)

• इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (you were) told, (you) assented (said, spoken)

• जानीमः (jānīmaḥ) - we know

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - that (statement's content) (that)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

क्षत्ता (kṣattā) - Vidura (as the chamberlain) (the chamberlain, charioteer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣattṛ

kṣattṛ - charioteer, chamberlain, doorkeeper, a mixed caste

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (luṅ) of bru

Root: bru (class 2)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, statement, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

जनमध्ये (janamadhye) - in the midst of the people

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of janamadhya

janamadhya - midst of people, public assembly

Compound type : tatpurusha (jana+madhya)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, midst, center
  noun (neuter)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - not speaking openly or publicly (not speaking, unspoken)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of a-bruvat

a-bruvat - not speaking, silent

Present Active Participle (negative)

Derived from the root 'bru' (to speak) with negative prefix 'a-'

Prefix: a

Root: bru (class 2)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that statement (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - the affirmation 'so be it' (so, thus, so be it)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (you were) told, (you) assented (said, spoken)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'vac' (to speak) or 'bru' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira, implying 'you were spoken to' or 'you assented'.

जानीमः (jānīmaḥ) - we know

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (lat) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (statement's content) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we