महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-215, verse-2

कर्ता स्वित्तस्य पुरुष उताहो नेति संशयः ।
एतदिच्छामि तत्त्वेन त्वत्तः श्रोतुं पितामह ॥२॥

2. kartā svittasya puruṣa utāho neti saṁśayaḥ ,
etadicchāmi tattvena tvattaḥ śrotuṁ pitāmaha.

2. kartā svit tasya puruṣaḥ utāho na iti saṃśayaḥ
etat icchāmi tattvena tvattaḥ śrotum pitāmaha

2. pitāmaha tasya puruṣaḥ kartā svit utāho na iti
saṃśayaḥ etat tattvena tvattaḥ śrotum icchāmi

2. O Grandfather, a doubt arises concerning that (action): is the individual (puruṣa) indeed the doer, or is he not? I wish to hear the truth of this from you.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent

• स्वित् (svit) - perhaps, indeed (particle of doubt or emphasis)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (action or result, implied) (of that, its)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, individual, cosmic person

• उताहो (utāho) - or else, or indeed

• न (na) - not, no

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks quotation or summary)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• एतत् (etat) - this (doubt, or this matter) (this)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth, truly, factually

• त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather Bhishma (O Grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, agent

agent noun from root kṛ- (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वित् (svit) - perhaps, indeed (particle of doubt or emphasis)

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (action or result, implied) (of that, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, individual, cosmic person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being; the Supreme Being, the soul, spirit (puruṣa)

उताहो (utāho) - or else, or indeed

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks quotation or summary)

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

from sam-śī (to doubt)

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (doubt, or this matter) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth, truly, factually

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, principle, essence

abstract noun from tad (that)

त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive form of root śru-

Root: śru (class 5)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather Bhishma (O Grandfather)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather, creator (Brahma)