महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-241, verse-4

उभयं संप्रधार्यैतदध्यवस्येद्यथामति ।
अनेनैव विधानेन भवेद्गर्भशयो महान् ॥४॥

4. ubhayaṁ saṁpradhāryaitadadhyavasyedyathāmati ,
anenaiva vidhānena bhavedgarbhaśayo mahān.

4. ubhayam sampradhārya etat adhyavasyet yathāmati
| anena eva vidhānena bhavet garbhaśayaḥ mahān

4. etat ubhayam sampradhārya,
yathāmati [janāḥ] adhyavasyet anena eva vidhānena mahān garbhaśayaḥ bhavet

4. Having thoroughly considered both these (views), one should determine (the truth) according to one's own understanding. Indeed, by this very process, the great cosmic origin (garbhaśaya) would manifest.

Words meanings summery:

• उभयम् (ubhayam) - both (views/perspectives mentioned in the previous verse) (both)

• सम्प्रधार्य (sampradhārya) - having thoroughly considered (having fully considered, having pondered, having reflected)

• एतत् (etat) - these (referring to the two views) (this, these)

• अध्यवस्येत् (adhyavasyet) - one should ascertain (the truth) (one should determine, one should decide, one should resolve)

• यथामति (yathāmati) - according to one's own understanding (according to one's understanding, as far as one's intellect goes)

• अनेन (anena) - by this (process/principle) (by this, with this)

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (emphasizing `anena vidhānena`) (only, indeed, just, very)

• विधानेन (vidhānena) - by this very process/principle (by arrangement, by method, by rule, by process)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would manifest, would come into being (it would be, it should be, it may happen)

• गर्भशयः (garbhaśayaḥ) - the great cosmic origin (garbhaśaya) (abode of the embryo, womb, origin of creation, source)

• महान् (mahān) - great (cosmic origin) (great, vast, large, eminent)

Words meanings and morphology

उभयम् (ubhayam) - both (views/perspectives mentioned in the previous verse) (both)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ubhaya

ubhaya - both, of both kinds

Neuter nominative/accusative singular.

Note: Object of consideration (implied with the main verb).

सम्प्रधार्य (sampradhārya) - having thoroughly considered (having fully considered, having pondered, having reflected)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive of √dhṛ (to hold, to bear) with prefixes sam and pra.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies the subject of `adhyavasyet`.

एतत् (etat) - these (referring to the two views) (this, these)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of consideration.

अध्यवस्येत् (adhyavasyet) - one should ascertain (the truth) (one should determine, one should decide, one should resolve)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of adhi-ava-sī

Optative Active

3rd person singular optative active of √sī (to bind, to fix) with prefixes adhi and ava.

Prefixes: adhi+ava

Root: sī (class 4)

यथामति (yathāmati) - according to one's own understanding (according to one's understanding, as far as one's intellect goes)

(indeclinable)

Compound of yathā (as, according to) + mati (mind, intellect).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+mati)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, intellect, opinion, thought
  noun (feminine)
  From √man (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)

अनेन (anena) - by this (process/principle) (by this, with this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

एव (eva) - very, indeed (emphasizing `anena vidhānena`) (only, indeed, just, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

विधानेन (vidhānena) - by this very process/principle (by arrangement, by method, by rule, by process)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vidhāna

vidhāna - arrangement, method, rule, ordinance, process

From vi-dhā (to arrange, to prescribe).

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would manifest, would come into being (it would be, it should be, it may happen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

3rd person singular optative active of √bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

गर्भशयः (garbhaśayaḥ) - the great cosmic origin (garbhaśaya) (abode of the embryo, womb, origin of creation, source)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garbhaśaya

garbhaśaya - abode of the embryo, womb, uterus, reservoir, source, origin of creation

Compound of garbha (embryo, fetus) + śaya (resting place, abode).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (garbha+śaya)

• garbha – embryo, fetus, womb, interior
  noun (masculine)
  From √gṛbh (to seize, to take).
  Root: gṛbh (class 9)
• śaya – lying, resting, abode, bed
  noun (masculine)
  From √śī (to lie, to rest).
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of `bhavet`.

महान् (mahān) - great (cosmic origin) (great, vast, large, eminent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, eminent, important

Masculine nominative singular, form of `mahat`.