महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-267, verse-8

नोपपत्त्या न वा युक्त्या त्वसद्ब्रूयादसंशयम् ।
वेत्थ तानभिनिर्वृत्तान्षडेते यस्य राशयः ॥८॥

8. nopapattyā na vā yuktyā tvasadbrūyādasaṁśayam ,
vettha tānabhinirvṛttānṣaḍete yasya rāśayaḥ.

8. na upapattyā na vā yuktyā tu asat brūyāt asaṃśayam
| vettha tān abhinirvṛttān ṣaṭ ete yasya rāśayaḥ

8. yasya ete ṣaṭ rāśayaḥ abhinirvṛttān tān vettha na
upapattyā na vā yuktyā tu asat asaṃśayam brūyāt

8. One should certainly not speak falsely, whether through logical argument or mere reasoning. You indeed know those six categories that have manifested.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• उपपत्त्या (upapattyā) - by logical argument, by proof, by demonstration

• न (na) - not, nor

• वा (vā) - or, either

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by reasoning, by justification, by proper method

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

• ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - one should speak, one should say, one should declare

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - undoubtedly, certainly, without doubt

• वेत्थ (vettha) - you know

• तान् (tān) - those categories (those, them)

• अभिनिर्वृत्तान् (abhinirvṛttān) - those categories that have manifested (manifested, arisen, accomplished)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

• एते (ete) - these six (these)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which, of whom

• राशयः (rāśayaḥ) - categories or fundamental principles (heaps, collections, categories, zodiacal signs)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपपत्त्या (upapattyā) - by logical argument, by proof, by demonstration

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of upapatti

upapatti - proof, demonstration, logical argument, suitability

Prefix: upa

Root: pat (class 1)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by reasoning, by justification, by proper method

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - reasoning, proper method, contrivance, appropriateness

Root: yuj (class 7)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

(adjective)

neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad

Negation of 'sat' (existent, real) using 'a-' prefix.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+sat)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• sat – existent, real, good, virtuous
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Present Active Participle of root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially here, meaning 'falsely'.

ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - one should speak, one should say, one should declare

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - undoubtedly, certainly, without doubt

(indeclinable)

Negation of 'saṃśaya' (doubt) using 'a-' prefix.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+saṃśaya)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty, suspicion
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam-' + 'śī' (to lie down, hesitate)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially here.

वेत्थ (vettha) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

तान् (tān) - those categories (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

अभिनिर्वृत्तान् (abhinirvṛttān) - those categories that have manifested (manifested, arisen, accomplished)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhinirvṛtta

abhinirvṛtta - manifested, produced, accomplished, finished

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'vṛt' with prefixes 'abhi' and 'nir'.

Prefixes: abhi+nir

Root: vṛt (class 1)

षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a numeral adjective.

एते (ete) - these six (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these, he, she, it

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

राशयः (rāśayaḥ) - categories or fundamental principles (heaps, collections, categories, zodiacal signs)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rāśi

rāśi - heap, pile, collection, mass, category, zodiacal sign, quantity