महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-32, verse-11

व्यास उवाच ।
ईश्वरो वा भवेत्कर्ता पुरुषो वापि भारत ।
हठो वा वर्तते लोके कर्मजं वा फलं स्मृतम् ॥११॥

11. vyāsa uvāca ,
īśvaro vā bhavetkartā puruṣo vāpi bhārata ,
haṭho vā vartate loke karmajaṁ vā phalaṁ smṛtam.

11. vyāsa uvāca īśvaraḥ vā bhavet kartā puruṣaḥ vā api
bhārata haṭhaḥ vā vartate loke karmajam vā phalam smṛtam

11. vyāsaḥ uvāca bhārata īśvaraḥ vā puruṣaḥ vā api kartā
bhavet vā haṭhaḥ vartate vā karmajam phalam smṛtam loke

11. Vyāsa said: O Bhārata, whether God is the creator or the cosmic person is the creator, or whether it happens by sheer force, or whether the result is known to be born from karma, - (all these views exist in the world).

Words meanings summery:

• व्यास (vyāsa) - the sage Vyāsa, speaker of the verse (Vyāsa (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - God, lord, supreme being

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, should be, may be

• कर्ता (kartā) - creator, doer, agent

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the cosmic person, person, puruṣa

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• भारत (bhārata) - addressing Yudhiṣṭhira or a prince of the Bharata lineage (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

• हठः (haṭhaḥ) - sheer force or accidental occurrence (sheer force, violence, obstinacy, chance)

• वा (vā) - or

• वर्तते (vartate) - takes place, exists, occurs, operates

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in human society

• कर्मजम् (karmajam) - born from karma, resulting from previously done action

• वा (vā) - or

• फलम् (phalam) - result, fruit, consequence

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - considered, remembered, known, stated

Words meanings and morphology

व्यास (vyāsa) - the sage Vyāsa, speaker of the verse (Vyāsa (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

root vac in perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - God, lord, supreme being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, God, master

Root: īś

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, should be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (liṅ) of bhū

root bhū in potential mood

Root: bhū (class 1)

कर्ता (kartā) - creator, doer, agent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, creator

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the cosmic person, person, puruṣa

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, cosmic spirit

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - addressing Yudhiṣṭhira or a prince of the Bharata lineage (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata

हठः (haṭhaḥ) - sheer force or accidental occurrence (sheer force, violence, obstinacy, chance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haṭha

haṭha - force, violence, suddenness

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

वर्तते (vartate) - takes place, exists, occurs, operates

(verb)

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

root vṛt in present tense

Root: vṛt (class 1)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in human society

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

कर्मजम् (karmajam) - born from karma, resulting from previously done action

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karmaja

karmaja - produced by karma

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (karma+ja)

• karma – action, ritual action, previously done action
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ja – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

फलम् (phalam) - result, fruit, consequence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - considered, remembered, known, stated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛ

smṛ - to remember, to think of, to consider

Past Passive Participle

root smṛ with ta suffix

Root: smṛ (class 1)

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