महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-110, verse-3

किं स्वित्सत्यं किमनृतं किं स्विद्धर्म्यं सनातनम् ।
कस्मिन्काले वदेत्सत्यं कस्मिन्कालेऽनृतं वदेत् ॥३॥

3. kiṁ svitsatyaṁ kimanṛtaṁ kiṁ sviddharmyaṁ sanātanam ,
kasminkāle vadetsatyaṁ kasminkāle'nṛtaṁ vadet.

3. kim svit satyam kim anṛtam kim svit dharmyam sanātanam
kasmin kāle vadet satyam kasmin kāle anṛtam vadet

3. kim svit satyam,
kim anṛtam,
kim svit sanātanam dharmyam? kasmin kāle satyam vadet,
kasmin kāle anṛtam vadet?

3. What exactly is truth, and what is untruth? What truly constitutes eternal (sanātana) natural law (dharma)? When should one speak the truth, and when should one speak an untruth?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative/emphatic particle)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative/emphatic particle)

• धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law (dharma)

• सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, ancient, everlasting, perpetual

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, at what (time)

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the time, on the occasion

• वदेत् (vadet) - one should speak, he/she/it should say

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, at what (time)

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the time, on the occasion

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

• वदेत् (vadet) - one should speak, he/she/it should say

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, who

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative/emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, genuineness; true, real

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, who

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, lie; false, untrue

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, who

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative/emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law (dharma)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, lawful, just, pious, conforming to dharma

Derived from dharma

सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, ancient, everlasting, perpetual

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, ancient, everlasting, perpetual

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, at what (time)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, who

काले (kāle) - in time, at the time, on the occasion

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, opportunity

वदेत् (vadet) - one should speak, he/she/it should say

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √vad

Root: vad (class 1)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, genuineness; true, real

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, at what (time)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, who

काले (kāle) - in time, at the time, on the occasion

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, opportunity

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, lie; false, untrue

वदेत् (vadet) - one should speak, he/she/it should say

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √vad

Root: vad (class 1)