महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-21, verse-6

एवं कौन्तेय भूतानि तं तं धर्मं तथा तथा ।
तदा तदा प्रपश्यन्ति तस्माद्बुध्यस्व भारत ॥६॥

6. evaṁ kaunteya bhūtāni taṁ taṁ dharmaṁ tathā tathā ,
tadā tadā prapaśyanti tasmādbudhyasva bhārata.

6. evam kaunteya bhūtāni tam tam dharmam tathā tathā
tadā tadā prapaśyanti tasmāt budhyasva bhārata

6. kaunteya bhārata evam bhūtāni tam tam dharmam
tathā tathā tadā tadā prapaśyanti tasmāt budhyasva

6. O son of Kunti (Kaunteya), beings thus perceive their respective intrinsic natures (dharma) in diverse ways at various times. Therefore, O descendant of Bharata (Bharata), understand this.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Arjuna (O son of Kunti)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• तम् (tam) - their respective (referring to dharma) (that, him)

• तम् (tam) - their respective (referring to dharma) (that, him)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - their intrinsic nature (natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma))

• तथा (tathā) - in various ways (thus, in such a manner)

• तथा (tathā) - in various ways (thus, in such a manner)

• तदा (tadā) - at various times (then, at that time)

• तदा (tadā) - at various times (then, at that time)

• प्रपश्यन्ति (prapaśyanti) - they see, perceive, understand

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• बुध्यस्व (budhyasva) - understand, know, realize

• भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Arjuna (O son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti, Arjuna

Taddhita derivation from Kuntī, referring to her son

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तम् (tam) - their respective (referring to dharma) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तम् (tam) - their respective (referring to dharma) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मम् (dharmam) - their intrinsic nature (natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue

Derived from root dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - in various ways (thus, in such a manner)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - in various ways (thus, in such a manner)

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - at various times (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - at various times (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

प्रपश्यन्ति (prapaśyanti) - they see, perceive, understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pra-paś

Present Active Indicative

3rd person plural of √paś (to see) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of tad used as an indeclinable

बुध्यस्व (budhyasva) - understand, know, realize

(verb)

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

Imperative Middle

2nd person singular

Root: budh (class 4)

भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata

Taddhita derivation from Bharata, referring to a descendant