महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-211, verse-25

अस्ति नास्तीति चाप्येतत्तस्मिन्नसति लक्षणे ।
किमधिष्ठाय तद्ब्रूयाल्लोकयात्राविनिश्चयम् ॥२५॥

25. asti nāstīti cāpyetattasminnasati lakṣaṇe ,
kimadhiṣṭhāya tadbrūyāllokayātrāviniścayam.

25. asti na asti iti ca api etat tasmin asati lakṣaṇe
kim adhiṣṭhāya tat brūyāt lokayātrā-viniścayam

25. ca api etat asti na asti iti tasmin lakṣaṇe asati
kim adhiṣṭhāya tat lokayātrā-viniścayam brūyāt

25. And even this (distinction of) 'it exists' or 'it does not exist' – when that distinguishing characteristic (lakṣaṇa) is absent – relying on what would one declare with certainty the course of worldly affairs?

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• इति (iti) - marking the quoted distinction (thus, so, often indicates quoted speech or thought)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• एतत् (etat) - this (distinction) (this, this one)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (in that, on that)

• असति (asati) - being absent, non-existent (not being, being absent, non-existent)

• लक्षणे (lakṣaṇe) - in the distinguishing characteristic (lakṣaṇa) (in the mark, characteristic, definition, sign)

• किम् (kim) - what, on what (basis) (what, why, how)

• अधिष्ठाय (adhiṣṭhāya) - relying on, having based on (having stood upon, having based on, relying on)

• तत् (tat) - that (certainty) (that, that one)

• ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - one would declare/say (one should say, one might say, he would say)

• लोकयात्रा-विनिश्चयम् (lokayātrā-viniścayam) - certainty regarding the course of worldly affairs (certainty about worldly affairs)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

root verb, present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

root verb, present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - marking the quoted distinction (thus, so, often indicates quoted speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (distinction) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

neuter nominative/accusative singular

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (in that, on that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

masculine/neuter locative singular

असति (asati) - being absent, non-existent (not being, being absent, non-existent)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad

Present Active Participle (negative)

root as (to be) with 'a' (negation), present active participle, locative singular masculine/neuter

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sat – being, existing, good
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  present active participle of root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: used in locative absolute construction

लक्षणे (lakṣaṇe) - in the distinguishing characteristic (lakṣaṇa) (in the mark, characteristic, definition, sign)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - mark, sign, characteristic, definition, distinguishing feature

किम् (kim) - what, on what (basis) (what, why, how)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

neuter nominative/accusative singular

Note: used adverbially with adhiṣṭhāya

अधिष्ठाय (adhiṣṭhāya) - relying on, having based on (having stood upon, having based on, relying on)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root sthā with upasarga adhi, absolutive form

Prefix: adhi

Root: sthā (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (certainty) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

neuter nominative/accusative singular

ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - one would declare/say (one should say, one might say, he would say)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of brū

root verb, optative mood, 3rd person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

लोकयात्रा-विनिश्चयम् (lokayātrā-viniścayam) - certainty regarding the course of worldly affairs (certainty about worldly affairs)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lokayātrā-viniścaya

lokayātrā-viniścaya - certainty regarding worldly conduct/affairs

compound of lokayātrā and viniścaya

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lokayātrā+viniścaya)

• lokayātrā – worldly affairs, conduct of the world
  noun (feminine)
  compound of loka and yātrā
• viniścaya – ascertainment, certainty, determination
  noun (masculine)
  from ni-ci with vi, noun
  Prefixes: vi+ni
  Root: ci (class 5)