महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-205, verse-26

केषां बलाबलं बुद्ध्या हेतुभिर्विमृशेद्बुधः ।
एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व यथा विद्यामहं प्रभो ॥२६॥

26. keṣāṁ balābalaṁ buddhyā hetubhirvimṛśedbudhaḥ ,
etatsarvaṁ samācakṣva yathā vidyāmahaṁ prabho.

26. keṣām balābalam buddhyā hetubhiḥ vimṛśet budhaḥ
etat sarvam samācakṣva yathā vidyām aham prabho

26. Prabho,
etat sarvam samācakṣva,
yathā aham vidyām.
Buddhyā hetubhiḥ keṣām balābalam budhaḥ vimṛśet?

26. O Lord (Prabhu), please explain all this to me so that I may understand how a wise person, using their intellect, should discern the strengths and weaknesses of these (faults) by considering their causes.

Words meanings summery:

• केषाम् (keṣām) - of which (faults) (of whom, whose)

• बलाबलम् (balābalam) - strength and weakness

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by the intellect, by understanding

• हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) - by reasons, by causes

• विमृशेत् (vimṛśet) - should consider, should deliberate

• बुधः (budhaḥ) - a wise person, sage

• एतत् (etat) - this

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• समाचक्ष्व (samācakṣva) - explain, narrate, tell

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

• विद्याम् (vidyām) - I may know

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

Words meanings and morphology

केषाम् (keṣām) - of which (faults) (of whom, whose)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

बलाबलम् (balābalam) - strength and weakness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of balābala

balābala - strength and weakness, comparative power

Compound type : dvandva (bala+abala)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• abala – weakness, lack of strength
  noun (neuter)

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by the intellect, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, perception

हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) - by reasons, by causes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, instrument

विमृशेत् (vimṛśet) - should consider, should deliberate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of vimṛś

Optative (Vidhi Liṅ) tense

Derived from root mṛś (to deliberate) with upasarga vi (apart, thoroughly). Optative 3rd person singular.

Prefix: vi

Root: mṛś (class 6)

बुधः (budhaḥ) - a wise person, sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budha

budha - wise, intelligent, learned person, sage

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

समाचक्ष्व (samācakṣva) - explain, narrate, tell

(verb)

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

Imperative (Loṭ) tense

Derived from root cakṣ (to see, tell) with upasargas sam (together, completely) and ā (towards). Imperative 2nd person singular, middle voice.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

(indeclinable)

विद्याम् (vidyām) - I may know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of vid

Optative (Vidhi Liṅ) tense

Derived from root vid (to know). Optative 1st person singular.

Root: vid (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler, mighty