महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-252, verse-9

आम्नायवचनं सत्यमित्ययं लोकसंग्रहः ।
आम्नायेभ्यः परं वेदाः प्रसृता विश्वतोमुखाः ॥९॥

9. āmnāyavacanaṁ satyamityayaṁ lokasaṁgrahaḥ ,
āmnāyebhyaḥ paraṁ vedāḥ prasṛtā viśvatomukhāḥ.

9. āmnāyavacanam satyam iti ayam lokasaṅgrahaḥ
āmnāyebhyaḥ param vedāḥ prasṛtāḥ viśvatomukhāḥ

9. ayam lokasaṅgrahaḥ iti āmnāyavacanam satyam [iti manyate],
[kintu] vedāḥ āmnāyebhyaḥ param viśvatomukhāḥ prasṛtāḥ

9. This popular belief (lokasaṅgrahaḥ) is that 'the teaching of the tradition (āmnāya) is truth.' Yet, the Vedas, which are all-pervasive (viśvatomukhāḥ), have spread forth even beyond these traditions.

Words meanings summery:

• आम्नायवचनम् (āmnāyavacanam) - the teaching of the tradition (āmnāya) (traditional teaching, statement of tradition)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true, real)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct or indirect speech/thought)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this (masculine))

• लोकसङ्ग्रहः (lokasaṅgrahaḥ) - popular belief (lokasaṅgrahaḥ) (general acceptance, public good, upholding of the world)

• आम्नायेभ्यः (āmnāyebhyaḥ) - these traditions (from traditions/scriptures)

• परम् (param) - beyond (beyond, higher, supreme)

• वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas

• प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - have spread forth (spread forth, diffused, extended)

• विश्वतोमुखाः (viśvatomukhāḥ) - all-pervasive (viśvatomukhāḥ) (having faces everywhere, all-pervasive, universal)

Words meanings and morphology

आम्नायवचनम् (āmnāyavacanam) - the teaching of the tradition (āmnāya) (traditional teaching, statement of tradition)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āmnāyavacana

āmnāyavacana - traditional teaching, statement of sacred tradition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āmnāya+vacana)

• āmnāya – sacred tradition, Veda, customary rule
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√mnā (to learn by heart, recite) + -a (suffix)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: mnā (class 1)
• vacana – speech, statement, saying
  noun (neuter)
  From √vac (to speak) + -ana (suffix)
  Root: vac (class 2)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true, real)

(adjective/noun)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct or indirect speech/thought)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

लोकसङ्ग्रहः (lokasaṅgrahaḥ) - popular belief (lokasaṅgrahaḥ) (general acceptance, public good, upholding of the world)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokasaṅgraha

lokasaṅgraha - upholding the world, public good, popular belief/custom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+saṅgraha)

• loka – world, people, community
  noun (masculine)
• saṅgraha – collection, comprehension, upholding, support
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-√grah (to seize, collect) + -a (suffix)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: grah (class 9)

आम्नायेभ्यः (āmnāyebhyaḥ) - these traditions (from traditions/scriptures)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of āmnāya

āmnāya - sacred tradition, Veda, customary rule

From ā-√mnā (to learn by heart, recite) + -a (suffix)

Prefix: ā

Root: mnā (class 1)

परम् (param) - beyond (beyond, higher, supreme)

(indeclinable)

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - Veda (sacred knowledge), knowledge

From √vid (to know) + -a (suffix)

Root: vid (class 2)

प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - have spread forth (spread forth, diffused, extended)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prasṛta

prasṛta - spread out, diffused, extended

Past Passive Participle

From pra-√sṛ (to spread forth, flow)

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

विश्वतोमुखाः (viśvatomukhāḥ) - all-pervasive (viśvatomukhāḥ) (having faces everywhere, all-pervasive, universal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśvatomukha

viśvatomukha - all-faced, omni-directional, universal

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśvato+mukha)

• viśvato – everywhere, on all sides
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, aspect, chief
  noun (neuter)