महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-308, verse-165

श्रुतं ते न श्रुतं मन्ये मिथ्या वापि श्रुतं श्रुतम् ।
अथ वा श्रुतसंकाशं श्रुतमन्यच्छ्रुतं त्वया ॥१६५॥

165. śrutaṁ te na śrutaṁ manye mithyā vāpi śrutaṁ śrutam ,
atha vā śrutasaṁkāśaṁ śrutamanyacchrutaṁ tvayā.

165. śrutam te na śrutam manye mithyā vā api śrutam śrutam
atha vā śruta-saṃkāśam śrutam anyat śrutam tvayā

165. manye te śrutam na śrutam vā api śrutam mithyā śrutam
atha vā tvayā anyat śruta-saṃkāśam śrutam śrutam

165. I do not think that what you heard was truly heard by you. Or perhaps, even if you did hear it, it was heard falsely. Alternatively, what you heard was something else that merely resembled knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

• ते (te) - by you (agent in passive construction) (by you, of you, for you)

• न (na) - not, no

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, incorrectly

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively

• श्रुत-संकाशम् (śruta-saṁkāśam) - appearing like what is heard, resembling knowledge, seemingly heard

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned, revealed (as in Śruti)

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

ते (te) - by you (agent in passive construction) (by you, of you, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Used here in place of instrumental `tvayā` to denote the agent in a passive construction.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned, revealed (as in Śruti)

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, incorrectly

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned, revealed (as in Śruti)

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned, revealed (as in Śruti)

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

श्रुत-संकाशम् (śruta-saṁkāśam) - appearing like what is heard, resembling knowledge, seemingly heard

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta-saṃkāśa

śruta-saṁkāśa - resembling what is heard, appearing like knowledge

Compound of 'śruta' (heard, knowledge) and 'saṃkāśa' (resembling, appearing like).

Compound type : tatpurusha (śruta+saṃkāśa)

• śruta – heard, listened, learned, revealed (as in Śruti)
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root 'śru'.
  Root: śru (class 5)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, appearing, shining
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'kāś' (to shine, appear) with the prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned, revealed (as in Śruti)

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different, distinct

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned, taught

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned, revealed (as in Śruti)

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)