महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-30, verse-3

उताहो नाममात्रं वै सुवर्णष्ठीविनोऽभवत् ।
तथ्यं वा काञ्चनष्ठीवीत्येतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥३॥

3. utāho nāmamātraṁ vai suvarṇaṣṭhīvino'bhavat ,
tathyaṁ vā kāñcanaṣṭhīvītyetadicchāmi veditum.

3. utāho nāmamātram vai suvarṇaṣṭhīvinaḥ abhavat
tathyam vā kāñcanaṣṭhīvī iti etat icchāmi veditum

3. utāho suvarṇaṣṭhīvinaḥ nāmamātram vai abhavat,
vā kāñcanaṣṭhīvī tathyam iti etat veditum icchāmi

3. Or was the title of 'gold-spitter' merely a name? I wish to know if this 'gold-spitter' was a reality.

Words meanings summery:

• उताहो (utāho) - or indeed, or else, or even

• नाममात्रम् (nāmamātram) - merely a name, only a name

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• सुवर्णष्ठीविनः (suvarṇaṣṭhīvinaḥ) - of the gold-spitter

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

• तथ्यम् (tathyam) - truth, reality, fact

• वा (vā) - or

• काञ्चनष्ठीवी (kāñcanaṣṭhīvī) - gold-spitter, one who spits gold

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the previous question/concept) (this, that)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• वेदितुम् (veditum) - to know, to understand

Words meanings and morphology

उताहो (utāho) - or indeed, or else, or even

(indeclinable)

नाममात्रम् (nāmamātram) - merely a name, only a name

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāmamātra

nāmamātra - merely a name, only a name

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'name-only'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāman+mātra)

• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – only, merely, size, measure
  adjective (neuter)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

सुवर्णष्ठीविनः (suvarṇaṣṭhīvinaḥ) - of the gold-spitter

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

suvarṇaṣṭhīvin - one who spits gold, gold-spitter

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (suvarṇa+ṣṭhīvin)

• suvarṇa – gold
  noun (neuter)
• ṣṭhīvin – one who spits
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root ṣṭhīv (to spit)
  Root: ṣṭhīv (class 1)

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (luṅ) of bhū

Root verb, class 1

Root: bhū (class 1)

तथ्यम् (tathyam) - truth, reality, fact

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tathya

tathya - truth, reality, fact; true, real, actual (as adjective)

Derived from 'tat' (that)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

काञ्चनष्ठीवी (kāñcanaṣṭhīvī) - gold-spitter, one who spits gold

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāñcanaṣṭhīvin

kāñcanaṣṭhīvin - one who spits gold, gold-spitter

Compound noun, agentive

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāñcana+ṣṭhīvin)

• kāñcana – golden, made of gold; gold
  adjective (neuter)
• ṣṭhīvin – one who spits
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root ṣṭhīv (to spit)
  Root: ṣṭhīv (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the previous question/concept) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that, such

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

Root verb, class 6

Root: iṣ (class 6)

वेदितुम् (veditum) - to know, to understand

(infinitive)