महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-94, verse-78

इदं मे मतमादत्स्व सत्यं सत्यवतां वर ।
नैव जातो न वाजात ईदृशं वक्तुमुत्सहेत् ॥७८॥

78. idaṁ me matamādatsva satyaṁ satyavatāṁ vara ,
naiva jāto na vājāta īdṛśaṁ vaktumutsahet.

78. idam me matam ādatstva satyam satyavatām vara
na eva jātaḥ na vā ajātaḥ īdṛśam vaktum utsahet

78. O best among the truthful, accept this opinion of mine as truth. Neither a born being nor an unborn one would dare to utter such a statement.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this (opinion) (this, here)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

• मतम् (matam) - opinion (opinion, thought, doctrine, belief)

• आदत्स्त्व (ādatstva) - accept (accept, take, receive)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (as an adjective modifying 'idam matam' or adverb 'truly') (truth, true, reality)

• सत्यवताम् (satyavatām) - among the truthful (of the truthful, among those who possess truth)

• वर (vara) - O best (best, excellent, boon, suitor)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, only, certainly)

• जातः (jātaḥ) - a born being (born, originated, produced, a born being)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अजातः (ajātaḥ) - an unborn being (unborn, not born)

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such a thing (referring to the statement) (such, of this kind)

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to say, to utter (to speak, to say, to utter)

• उत्सहेत् (utsahet) - would dare (would dare, should undertake, would be able)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this (opinion) (this, here)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Can be nominative or accusative singular neuter. Contextually accusative, referring to 'matam'.

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

मतम् (matam) - opinion (opinion, thought, doctrine, belief)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - opinion, thought, belief; thought, understood (PPP of man-)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root man- (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

आदत्स्त्व (ādatstva) - accept (accept, take, receive)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ādā

Imperative, Middle Voice

2nd person singular, middle voice, imperative mood

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (as an adjective modifying 'idam matam' or adverb 'truly') (truth, true, reality)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, truth, reality

Note: Agrees with 'idam matam' as an adjective, or functions adverbially.

सत्यवताम् (satyavatām) - among the truthful (of the truthful, among those who possess truth)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of satyavat

satyavat - truthful, possessing truth

Possessive suffix -vat

Note: Often used as a noun meaning 'truthful persons'.

वर (vara) - O best (best, excellent, boon, suitor)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent; a boon; a suitor

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

जातः (jātaḥ) - a born being (born, originated, produced, a born being)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen; a born being

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan- (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used substantively as 'one who is born'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

अजातः (ajātaḥ) - an unborn being (unborn, not born)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajāta

ajāta - unborn, not born

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'jāta'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jāta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jāta – born, produced, arisen; a born being
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jan- (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used substantively as 'one who is unborn'.

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such a thing (referring to the statement) (such, of this kind)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

Note: Used substantively here, meaning 'such a thing/statement'.

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to say, to utter (to speak, to say, to utter)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive of root vac- (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Often takes an accusative object, e.g., 'īdṛśam'.

उत्सहेत् (utsahet) - would dare (would dare, should undertake, would be able)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of utsah

Optative Mood

3rd person singular, active voice, optative mood of root sah- with upasarga ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: sah (class 1)