महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-91

तस्मिंस्तमसि संजाते प्रमूढाः सर्वतो जनाः ।
नाजानन्पितरः पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्भ्रातर एव च ॥९१॥

91. tasmiṁstamasi saṁjāte pramūḍhāḥ sarvato janāḥ ,
nājānanpitaraḥ putrānbhrātṝnbhrātara eva ca.

91. tasmin tamasi saṃjāte pramūḍhāḥ sarvataḥ janāḥ na
ajānan pitaraḥ putrān bhrātṝn bhrātaraḥ eva ca

91. tasmin tamasi saṃjāte sarvataḥ janāḥ pramūḍhāḥ (asan)
pitaraḥ putrān na ajānan ca bhrātaraḥ eva bhrātṝn na ajānan

91. With that darkness having arisen, people everywhere became utterly bewildered. Fathers could not recognize their sons, nor could brothers recognize their brothers.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

• तमसि (tamasi) - in the darkness

• संजाते (saṁjāte) - having arisen, having occurred

• प्रमूढाः (pramūḍhāḥ) - utterly bewildered, confused, deluded

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, on all sides

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people

• न (na) - not, no

• अजानन् (ajānan) - they knew, they recognized

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

• एव (eva) - even, indeed, only

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तमसि (tamasi) - in the darkness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance

Root: tam (class 4)

संजाते (saṁjāte) - having arisen, having occurred

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃjāta

saṁjāta - arisen, produced, happened, born

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born, arise) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used in an absolute locative construction with 'tasmin tamasi'.

प्रमूढाः (pramūḍhāḥ) - utterly bewildered, confused, deluded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pramūḍha

pramūḍha - bewildered, infatuated, deluded, confused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muh (to be bewildered, confused) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: muh (class 4)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, on all sides

(indeclinable)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अजानन् (ajānan) - they knew, they recognized

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

एव (eva) - even, indeed, only

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)