महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-189, verse-5

किं यज्ञविधिरेवैष किमेतज्जप्यमुच्यते ।
एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व सर्वज्ञो ह्यसि मे मतः ॥५॥

5. kiṁ yajñavidhirevaiṣa kimetajjapyamucyate ,
etanme sarvamācakṣva sarvajño hyasi me mataḥ.

5. kim yajñavidhiḥ eva eṣaḥ kim etat japyam ucyate
etat me sarvam ācakṣva sarvajñaḥ hi asi me mataḥ

5. eṣaḥ kim yajñavidhiḥ eva etat kim japyam ucyate
me etat sarvam ācakṣva hi me sarvajñaḥ asi mataḥ

5. Is this just a procedure for a Vedic ritual (yajña), or is this called japa (recitation)? Explain all this to me, for I consider you to be omniscient.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - whether, or (what, or, whether)

• यज्ञविधिः (yajñavidhiḥ) - a procedure for a Vedic ritual (ritual procedure, method of Vedic ritual)

• एव (eva) - just, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to the subject of inquiry) (this (masculine))

• किम् (kim) - whether, or (what, or, whether)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the subject of inquiry) (this (neuter))

• जप्यम् (japyam) - something to be recited, (a form of) japa (to be muttered, to be recited, a mantra to be repeated)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called (is said, is called, is declared)

• एतत् (etat) - this (everything mentioned) (this (neuter))

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, every, everything)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - explain, tell (explain, tell, declare)

• सर्वज्ञः (sarvajñaḥ) - all-knowing, omniscient

• हि (hi) - for (indeed, for, because)

• असि (asi) - you are

• मे (me) - by me (implied by 'regarded as') (by me, to me, for me, my)

• मतः (mataḥ) - regarded (as) (thought, believed, regarded, esteemed)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - whether, or (what, or, whether)

(indeclinable)

यज्ञविधिः (yajñavidhiḥ) - a procedure for a Vedic ritual (ritual procedure, method of Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajñavidhi

yajñavidhi - rule or method of a Vedic ritual, ritual procedure

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yajña+vidhi)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, sacrifice, act of worship
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• vidhi – rule, injunction, method, procedure
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

एव (eva) - just, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to the subject of inquiry) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eṣa

eṣa - this (masculine/feminine/neuter)

किम् (kim) - whether, or (what, or, whether)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the subject of inquiry) (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, that

जप्यम् (japyam) - something to be recited, (a form of) japa (to be muttered, to be recited, a mantra to be repeated)

(gerundive)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called (is said, is called, is declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of ucyate

Passive present 3rd singular of root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (everything mentioned) (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, that

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Also genitive singular

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, every, everything)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Can also be used as a pronoun meaning 'everything'

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - explain, tell (explain, tell, declare)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ācakṣva

Imperfect/Aorist/Imperative 2nd singular Ātmanepada of root cakṣ with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

सर्वज्ञः (sarvajñaḥ) - all-knowing, omniscient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvajña

sarvajña - all-knowing, omniscient

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+jña)

• sarva – all, whole, every
  adjective
• jña – knowing, familiar with, expert in
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root jñā (to know) with -a suffix
  Root: jñā (class 9)

हि (hi) - for (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - by me (implied by 'regarded as') (by me, to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Also dative singular

मतः (mataḥ) - regarded (as) (thought, believed, regarded, esteemed)

(past passive participle)