महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-231, verse-26

न तदूर्ध्वं न तिर्यक्च नाधो न च तिरः पुनः ।
न मध्ये प्रतिगृह्णीते नैव कश्चित्कुतश्चन ॥२६॥

26. na tadūrdhvaṁ na tiryakca nādho na ca tiraḥ punaḥ ,
na madhye pratigṛhṇīte naiva kaścitkutaścana.

26. na tat ūrdhvam na tiryak ca na adhaḥ na ca tiraḥ
punaḥ na madhye pratigṛhṇīte na eva kaścit kutaḥ cana

26. kaścit na eva kutaḥ cana tat ūrdhvam na tiryak ca
na adhaḥ na ca tiraḥ punaḥ na madhye pratigṛhṇīte

26. It is not above, nor across, nor below, nor again oblique. No one grasps it in the middle, nor indeed from anywhere.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• तत् (tat) - 'it' referring to the ultimate reality or Brahman (that, it)

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• तिर्यक् (tiryak) - horizontally, across, obliquely

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards, below

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - and, also

• तिरः (tiraḥ) - across, through, obliquely, indirectly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between

• प्रतिगृह्णीते (pratigṛhṇīte) - grasps, receives, apprehends

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the negation (indeed, only, just)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (in a negative context) (someone, anyone, a certain one)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where

• चन (cana) - even, indeed, (with negative) nothing whatever

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - 'it' referring to the ultimate reality or Brahman (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above

(indeclinable)

Note: accusative singular neuter used adverbially

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

तिर्यक् (tiryak) - horizontally, across, obliquely

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards, below

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तिरः (tiraḥ) - across, through, obliquely, indirectly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central

प्रतिगृह्णीते (pratigṛhṇīte) - grasps, receives, apprehends

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of √grah

present indicative

9th class verb (tudādi), Atmanepada

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the negation (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (in a negative context) (someone, anyone, a certain one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone, a certain one

formed from kim + cid

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where

(indeclinable)

derived from kim + tas suffix

चन (cana) - even, indeed, (with negative) nothing whatever

(indeclinable)