महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-298, verse-9

न तवाविदितं किंचिन्मां तु जिज्ञासते भवान् ।
पृष्टेन चापि वक्तव्यमेष धर्मः सनातनः ॥९॥

9. na tavāviditaṁ kiṁcinmāṁ tu jijñāsate bhavān ,
pṛṣṭena cāpi vaktavyameṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.

9. na tava aviditam kiñcit mām tu jijñāsate bhavān
pṛṣṭena ca api vaktavyam eṣaḥ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

9. tava kiñcit aviditam na.
tu bhavān mām jijñāsate.
ca api pṛṣṭena vaktavyam.
eṣaḥ sanātanaḥ dharmaḥ.

9. Nothing is unknown to you, yet your honor (bhavān) inquires of me. And it is indeed a perpetual natural law (dharma) that what is asked must be declared.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तव (tava) - to you, your

• अविदितम् (aviditam) - unknown

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

• माम् (mām) - me

• तु (tu) - but, yet, indeed

• जिज्ञासते (jijñāsate) - desires to know, inquires

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

• पृष्टेन (pṛṣṭena) - by one who has been asked, to one who asks

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be spoken, should be said

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, duty, righteousness (dharma)

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, perpetual

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अविदितम् (aviditam) - unknown

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avidita

avidita - unknown, not known

Past Passive Participle

from a+vid+kta

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidita)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidita – known, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with kiñcit.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - anything, something

Note: Compound of kim + cit.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

तु (tu) - but, yet, indeed

(indeclinable)

जिज्ञासते (jijñāsate) - desires to know, inquires

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

Desiderative

Desiderative of root jñā, 3rd person singular.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Desiderative form.

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you

Note: Used as 3rd person for respect.

पृष्टेन (pṛṣṭena) - by one who has been asked, to one who asks

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned

Past Passive Participle

from pṛcch + kta

Root: pṛch (class 6)

Note: Refers to "by a questioned person" or "to a questioner".

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be spoken, should be said

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, to be said

Gerundive

from vac + tavya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Implies "it is to be said".

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Agrees with dharmaḥ.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, duty, righteousness (dharma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution (dharma)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, perpetual

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient

Note: Agrees with dharmaḥ.