महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-204, verse-15

संदेहमेतमुत्पन्नमच्छिनद्भगवानृषिः ।
तथा वार्तां समीक्षेत कृतलक्षणसंमिताम् ॥१५॥

15. saṁdehametamutpannamacchinadbhagavānṛṣiḥ ,
tathā vārtāṁ samīkṣeta kṛtalakṣaṇasaṁmitām.

15. saṃdeham etam utpannam acchinat bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
tathā vārtām samīkṣeta kṛtalakṣaṇa-saṃmitām

15. bhagavān ṛṣiḥ etam utpannam saṃdeham acchinat
tathā kṛtalakṣaṇa-saṃmitām vārtām samīkṣeta

15. The venerable sage (ṛṣi) resolved this doubt that had arisen. Similarly, one should examine any discourse or information (vārtā) that is substantiated by established characteristics.

Words meanings summery:

• संदेहम् (saṁdeham) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

• एतम् (etam) - this

• उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - that had arisen (arisen, produced, born)

• अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - resolved, dispelled (cut off, dispelled, resolved)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - venerable (venerable, divine, glorious, blessed)

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage (ṛṣi) (sage, seer)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus)

• वार्ताम् (vārtām) - discourse or information (vārtā) (news, report, discussion, livelihood)

• समीक्षेत (samīkṣeta) - should examine (should examine, should consider, should look into)

• कृतलक्षण-संमिताम् (kṛtalakṣaṇa-saṁmitām) - substantiated by established characteristics (measured by established characteristics)

Words meanings and morphology

संदेहम् (saṁdeham) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃdeha

saṁdeha - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

From 'sam-dih' (to be bewildered).

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 4)

एतम् (etam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine accusative singular.

Note: Modifies 'saṃdeham'.

उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - that had arisen (arisen, produced, born)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of utpanna

utpanna - arisen, produced, born, appeared

Past Passive Participle

From 'ud-pad' (to arise, be produced).

Prefix: ud

Root: pad (class 4)

अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - resolved, dispelled (cut off, dispelled, resolved)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of chid

Imperfect active, 3rd person singular

From root 'chid' (to cut, cleave), with aorist stem formation in the imperfect.

Prefix: a

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Subject is 'ṛṣiḥ'.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - venerable (venerable, divine, glorious, blessed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, divine, venerable, lord

From 'bhaga' (fortune, excellence) + possessive suffix 'matup'.

Note: Modifies 'ṛṣiḥ'.

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage (ṛṣi) (sage, seer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - an inspired poet or sage, a seer, a Vedic hymn composer

From root 'ṛṣ' (to go, to see).

Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus)

(indeclinable)

Correlative particle.

वार्ताम् (vārtām) - discourse or information (vārtā) (news, report, discussion, livelihood)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vārtā

vārtā - news, rumour, talk, discussion, report, livelihood

From root 'vṛt' (to turn, to exist).

Root: vṛt (class 1)

समीक्षेत (samīkṣeta) - should examine (should examine, should consider, should look into)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of sam-īkṣ

Optative middle, 3rd person singular

From prefix 'sam' and root 'īkṣ' (to see, look).

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Implicit subject is 'one' or 'a person seeking truth'.

कृतलक्षण-संमिताम् (kṛtalakṣaṇa-saṁmitām) - substantiated by established characteristics (measured by established characteristics)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛtalakṣaṇasaṃmita

kṛtalakṣaṇasaṁmita - measured by established signs/characteristics, verified by marks

Compound of 'kṛta' (made, established), 'lakṣaṇa' (mark, sign), and 'saṃmita' (measured by, endowed with).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṛta+lakṣaṇa+saṃmita)

• kṛta – made, done, accomplished, established
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, definition
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'lakṣ' (to perceive, mark).
  Root: lakṣ (class 1)
• saṃmita – measured, equal to, corresponding to, endowed with
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'sam-mā' (to measure).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'vārtām'.