महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-326, verse-102

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
एतदाश्चर्यभूतं हि माहात्म्यं तस्य धीमतः ।
किं ब्रह्मा न विजानीते यतः शुश्राव नारदात् ॥१०२॥

102. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
etadāścaryabhūtaṁ hi māhātmyaṁ tasya dhīmataḥ ,
kiṁ brahmā na vijānīte yataḥ śuśrāva nāradāt.

102. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca etat āścaryabhūtam hi māhātmyam tasya
dhīmataḥ kim brahmā na vijānīte yataḥ śuśrāva nāradāt

102. Yudhiṣṭhira said: This greatness of that wise one is indeed astonishing. Does Brahmā not know it, since he heard it from Nārada?

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira (a famous Pandava prince))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• आश्चर्यभूतम् (āścaryabhūtam) - astonishing (wonderful, astonishing, surprising)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness (greatness, glory, majesty, significance)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (of that, of him, his)

• धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of that wise one (of the intelligent one, of the wise one)

• किम् (kim) - (interrogative particle) (what? why? (interrogative particle))

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator deity))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विजानीते (vijānīte) - knows (he knows, he understands, he recognizes)

• यतः (yataḥ) - since, from whom (from whom, from which, since, because)

• शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard (he heard, he listened)

• नारदात् (nāradāt) - from Nārada

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira (a famous Pandava prince))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest of the Pāṇḍavas), firm in battle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh (battle).
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect, active, from root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Refers to māhātmyam.

आश्चर्यभूतम् (āścaryabhūtam) - astonishing (wonderful, astonishing, surprising)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āścaryabhūta

āścaryabhūta - become wonderful, wonderful, astonishing

Past Passive Participle (from bhū)

Compound of āścarya (wonder) and bhūta (become, being).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āścarya+bhūta)

• āścarya – wonder, surprise, astonishing
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – become, been, past, being, creature
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies māhātmyam.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness (greatness, glory, majesty, significance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māhātmya

māhātmya - greatness, glory, majesty, high-mindedness, significance

Derived from mahātman (great-souled).

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'is'.

तस्य (tasya) - of that (of that, of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, modifying dhīmataḥ.

धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of that wise one (of the intelligent one, of the wise one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, thoughtful, sagacious

Possessive suffix -mat added to dhī (intellect).

Note: Qualifies 'that' (tasya).

किम् (kim) - (interrogative particle) (what? why? (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity); the Absolute, universal spirit, sacred word, Veda

Nominative singular of masculine brahman, referring to the deity.

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Subject of vijānīte.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb vijānīte.

विजानीते (vijānīte) - knows (he knows, he understands, he recognizes)

(verb)

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

Present Middle

3rd person singular, present, middle, from root jñā with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

यतः (yataḥ) - since, from whom (from whom, from which, since, because)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Refers to Nārada.

शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard (he heard, he listened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of śru

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect, active, from root śru. Reduplication śu + śrāva.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Subject is Brahmā.

नारदात् (nāradāt) - from Nārada

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - a divine sage, a messenger

Root: nṛ (class 1)

Note: Source of hearing.