महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-242, verse-24

यथा मतानि सर्वाणि न चैतानि यथा तथा ।
कथितानि मया पुत्र भवन्ति न भवन्ति च ॥२४॥

24. yathā matāni sarvāṇi na caitāni yathā tathā ,
kathitāni mayā putra bhavanti na bhavanti ca.

24. yathā matāni sarvāṇi na ca etāni yathā tathā
kathitāni mayā putra bhavanti na bhavanti ca

24. putra,
yathā sarvāṇi matāni (santi),
ca etāni mayā kathitāni (vastūni) na yathā tathā (santi),
(tāni) bhavanti ca na bhavanti ca

24. O son, just as all opinions are (diverse), these matters which I have declared are not merely so; they both come into being and cease to exist.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• मतानि (matāni) - opinions, various views (opinions, views, doctrines; considered, thought)

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole, every

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतानि (etāni) - these matters/teachings (these)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• कथितानि (kathitāni) - declared (by me, the speaker) (declared, spoken, told)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• पुत्र (putra) - O son

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they come into being (they are, they exist, they become)

• न (na) - not, no

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they cease to exist / do not exist (they are, they exist, they become)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

मतानि (matāni) - opinions, various views (opinions, views, doctrines; considered, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mata

mata - opinion, doctrine, view; thought, regarded (PPP of man)

Past Passive Participle (when used adjectivally)

From root man (to think, believe)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Can be a noun 'opinions' or a PPP 'things thought'.

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole, every

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every, complete

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतानि (etāni) - these matters/teachings (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, that

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

कथितानि (kathitāni) - declared (by me, the speaker) (declared, spoken, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kathita

kathita - spoken, told, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root kath (to tell, speak)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'etāni'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

पुत्र (putra) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they come into being (they are, they exist, they become)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhavanti

Present Indicative, Parasmaipada

Root bhū, 3rd plural.

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they cease to exist / do not exist (they are, they exist, they become)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhavanti

Present Indicative, Parasmaipada

Root bhū, 3rd plural.

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)