महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-211, verse-17

सामान्यं कपिलो ज्ञात्वा धर्मज्ञानामनुत्तमम् ।
उपेत्य शतमाचार्यान्मोहयामास हेतुभिः ॥१७॥

17. sāmānyaṁ kapilo jñātvā dharmajñānāmanuttamam ,
upetya śatamācāryānmohayāmāsa hetubhiḥ.

17. sāmānyam kapilaḥ jñātvā dharmajñānām anuttamam
upetya śatam ācāryān mohayāmāsa hetubhiḥ

17. kapilaḥ dharmajñānām anuttamam sāmānyam jñātvā
śatam ācāryān upetya hetubhiḥ mohayāmāsa

17. Kapila, understanding the unsurpassed common principle of those who comprehend natural law (dharma), approached a hundred teachers and bewildered them with his arguments.

Words meanings summery:

• सामान्यम् (sāmānyam) - common principle, generality, commonality

• कपिलः (kapilaḥ) - Kapila (a sage)

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, understanding, having understood

• धर्मज्ञानाम् (dharmajñānām) - of those who know natural law (dharma), of the knowers of righteousness

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, supreme, excellent

• उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached, having gone to, having obtained

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• आचार्यान् (ācāryān) - teachers, preceptors

• मोहयामास (mohayāmāsa) - he bewildered, confused, deluded

• हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) - by reasons, by arguments, by causes

Words meanings and morphology

सामान्यम् (sāmānyam) - common principle, generality, commonality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāmānya

sāmānya - generality, commonality, universal property, general principle, ordinary

कपिलः (kapilaḥ) - Kapila (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kapila

kapila - Kapila (a sage, founder of Samkhya philosophy); reddish-brown

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, understanding, having understood

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: jñā (class 9)

धर्मज्ञानाम् (dharmajñānām) - of those who know natural law (dharma), of the knowers of righteousness

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of dharma, one who understands natural law, righteous

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knowing, knower, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, supreme, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, supreme, excellent, best

negation of uttama (best, highest)

उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached, having gone to, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

formed with upasarga 'upa' and root 'i'

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śata

śata - a hundred

आचार्यान् (ācāryān) - teachers, preceptors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ācārya

ācārya - teacher, preceptor, master, spiritual guide

मोहयामास (mohayāmāsa) - he bewildered, confused, deluded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of mohaya

Causative of muh

perfect tense, causative form of root muh

Root: muh (class 4)

हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) - by reasons, by arguments, by causes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, argument, motive