महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-69, verse-36

यद्यहं वचनादेव गृह्णीयामिममात्मजम् ।
भवेद्धि शङ्का लोकस्य नैवं शुद्धो भवेदयम् ॥३६॥

36. yadyahaṁ vacanādeva gṛhṇīyāmimamātmajam ,
bhaveddhi śaṅkā lokasya naivaṁ śuddho bhavedayam.

36. yadi aham vacanāt eva gṛhṇīyām imam ātmajam bhavet
hi śaṅkā lokasya na evam śuddhaḥ bhavet ayam

36. If I were to accept this son simply based on words, then surely the people would have doubts, and he would not be considered pure (or legitimate) in that manner.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - from a statement, by words

• एव (eva) - only, merely, just

• गृह्णीयाम् (gṛhṇīyām) - I would accept, I should accept

• इमम् (imam) - this (masculine)

• आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son (born of oneself)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - there would be, it would be

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• शङ्का (śaṅkā) - doubt, suspicion

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of the world

• न (na) - not

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ) - pure, purified, legitimate

• भवेत् (bhavet) - he would be, he should be

• अयम् (ayam) - this one (masculine)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

वचनात् (vacanāt) - from a statement, by words

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement, utterance

Root: vac (class 2)

एव (eva) - only, merely, just

(indeclinable)

गृह्णीयाम् (gṛhṇīyām) - I would accept, I should accept

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Optative (liṅ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

इमम् (imam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son (born of oneself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son (born of the self), daughter, one's own offspring

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced, arising from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -ja derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

भवेत् (bhavet) - there would be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Optative (liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

शङ्का (śaṅkā) - doubt, suspicion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śaṅkā

śaṅkā - doubt, apprehension, fear, suspicion

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of the world

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, mankind, region

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ) - pure, purified, legitimate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, legitimate, vindicated

Past Passive Participle

Formed from śudh + kta

Root: śudh (class 4)

भवेत् (bhavet) - he would be, he should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Optative (liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this one (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this