महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-310, verse-3

कथं च बालस्य सतः सूक्ष्मज्ञाने गता मतिः ।
यथा नान्यस्य लोकेऽस्मिन्द्वितीयस्येह कस्यचित् ॥३॥

3. kathaṁ ca bālasya sataḥ sūkṣmajñāne gatā matiḥ ,
yathā nānyasya loke'smindvitīyasyeha kasyacit.

3. kathaṃ ca bālasya sataḥ sūkṣmajñāne gatā matiḥ
yathā na anyasya loke asmin dvitīyasya iha kasyacit

3. ca bālasya sataḥ matiḥ sūkṣmajñāne kathaṃ gatā
yathā asmin loke iha kasyacit dvitīyasya anyasya na

3. And how did his mind attain subtle knowledge while he was still a child, such that no one else in this world, no second person, possessed it?

Words meanings summery:

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how (how, why)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• बालस्य (bālasya) - of a child (of a child, of a boy, of a young one)

• सतः (sataḥ) - of one who is (a child) (being, existing, of one who is)

• सूक्ष्मज्ञाने (sūkṣmajñāne) - in subtle knowledge

• गता (gatā) - attained, went (into) (went, reached, attained)

• मतिः (matiḥ) - mind, understanding (mind, thought, understanding, intention)

• यथा (yathā) - such that, just as (as, so that, just as)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another (person) (of another, of someone else)

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world) (in this)

• द्वितीयस्य (dvitīyasya) - of a second (person) (of a second, of the second)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone else (of anyone, of someone)

Words meanings and morphology

कथं (kathaṁ) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

बालस्य (bālasya) - of a child (of a child, of a boy, of a young one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young

सतः (sataḥ) - of one who is (a child) (being, existing, of one who is)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good

Present Active Participle

From verb as (to be). Genitive form.

Root: as (class 2)

सूक्ष्मज्ञाने (sūkṣmajñāne) - in subtle knowledge

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sūkṣmajñāna

sūkṣmajñāna - subtle knowledge

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sūkṣma+jñāna)

• sūkṣma – subtle, fine, minute
  adjective (masculine)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

गता (gatā) - attained, went (into) (went, reached, attained)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

From verb gam (to go). Nominative singular feminine.

Root: gam (class 1)

मतिः (matiḥ) - mind, understanding (mind, thought, understanding, intention)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, understanding

Root: man (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - such that, just as (as, so that, just as)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another (person) (of another, of someone else)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

द्वितीयस्य (dvitīyasya) - of a second (person) (of a second, of the second)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second

Ordinal number from 'dvi' (two).

Root: dvi

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone else (of anyone, of someone)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - someone, anyone

Pronoun 'ka' (who) + particle 'cit'. Genitive singular masculine form.

Note: Refers to another individual.