महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-293, verse-22

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यदेतदुक्तं भवता वेदशास्त्रनिदर्शनम् ।
एवमेतद्यथा चैतन्न गृह्णाति तथा भवान् ॥२२॥

22. vasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yadetaduktaṁ bhavatā vedaśāstranidarśanam ,
evametadyathā caitanna gṛhṇāti tathā bhavān.

22. vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yat etat uktam bhavatā vedaśāstranidarśanam
evam etat yathā ca etat na gṛhṇāti tathā bhavān

22. vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca bhavatā yat etat vedaśāstranidarśanam uktam,
etat evam yathā ca etat tathā bhavān na gṛhṇāti

22. Vasiṣṭha said: 'What you have stated as an illustration from the Vedic scriptures—that is indeed so. Yet, you do not comprehend it fully in its true sense.'

Words meanings summery:

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - which, that, what

• एतत् (etat) - this, it

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken, stated

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectful)

• वेदशास्त्रनिदर्शनम् (vedaśāstranidarśanam) - an illustration from the Vedic scriptures

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• एतत् (etat) - this, it

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

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतत् (etat) - this, it

• न (na) - not, no

• गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - grasps, comprehends, seizes, understands

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), your honor

Words meanings and morphology

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - most excellent, best, wealthy, (proper noun) name of a celebrated Vedic sage

Superlative of vasu (good, excellent).

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Tense

Root vac (class 2) in perfect tense, 3rd person singular active.

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, that, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

Note: Relative pronoun introducing the object of 'uktam'.

एतत् (etat) - this, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken, stated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, stated, declared

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'yat etat vedaśāstranidarśanam'.

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (respectful term), being, existing

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agent in a passive construction with 'uktam'.

वेदशास्त्रनिदर्शनम् (vedaśāstranidarśanam) - an illustration from the Vedic scriptures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedaśāstranidarśana

vedaśāstranidarśana - an illustration from the Vedas and (other) scriptures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vedaśāstra+nidarśana)

• vedaśāstra – Vedic scriptures, sacred texts
  noun (neuter)
• nidarśana – example, illustration, demonstration
  noun (neuter)
  From ni-dṛś (to show, illustrate).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Object being referred to by 'yat etat uktam'.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, it

Note: Refers to the statement made by the interlocutor.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'tathā'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, it

Note: Refers to the actual situation or truth of the statement.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - grasps, comprehends, seizes, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of grah

Present Tense

Root grah (class 9) in present tense, 3rd person singular active.

Root: grah (class 9)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'yathā'.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), your honor

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (respectful term), being, existing

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'gṛhṇāti'.