महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-327, verse-11

एतन्मे संशयं विप्र हृदि शल्यमिवार्पितम् ।
छिन्धीतिहासकथनात्परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥११॥

11. etanme saṁśayaṁ vipra hṛdi śalyamivārpitam ,
chindhītihāsakathanātparaṁ kautūhalaṁ hi me.

11. etat me saṃśayam vipra hṛdi śalyam iva arpitam
chindhi itihāsakathanaāt param kautūhalam hi me

11. vipra! me hṛdi śalyam iva arpitam etat saṃśayam chindhi.
hi me kautūhalam itihāsakathanaāt param.

11. O brahmin, this doubt, like a dart lodged in my heart, please dispel it. Indeed, my curiosity extends beyond mere historical narratives.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (doubt) (this)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my)

• संशयम् (saṁśayam) - this doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

• विप्र (vipra) - O brahmin (brahmin, sage)

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in my heart (in the heart)

• शल्यम् (śalyam) - like a dart (causing pain/difficulty) (dart, arrow, splinter, thorn)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

• अर्पितम् (arpitam) - lodged, placed (in the heart) (placed, fixed, inserted, entrusted)

• छिन्धि (chindhi) - dispel (the doubt) (cut, sever, destroy, dispel)

• इतिहासकथनआत् (itihāsakathanaāt) - beyond historical narratives (from the narration of history)

• परम् (param) - beyond (beyond, further, supreme, excellent)

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity (curiosity, eagerness, spectacle)

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

• मे (me) - my (to me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (doubt) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this

मे (me) - my (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form

संशयम् (saṁśayam) - this doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

विप्र (vipra) - O brahmin (brahmin, sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, inspired one, sage

हृदि (hṛdi) - in my heart (in the heart)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind

शल्यम् (śalyam) - like a dart (causing pain/difficulty) (dart, arrow, splinter, thorn)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śalya

śalya - dart, arrow, spear, splinter

इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

अर्पितम् (arpitam) - lodged, placed (in the heart) (placed, fixed, inserted, entrusted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of arpita

arpita - placed, fixed, offered, entrusted

Past Passive Participle

From root 'ṛ' (to go) with prefix 'ā', causative form.

Prefix: ā

Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Agrees with saṃśayam

छिन्धि (chindhi) - dispel (the doubt) (cut, sever, destroy, dispel)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

इतिहासकथनआत् (itihāsakathanaāt) - beyond historical narratives (from the narration of history)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of itihāsakathana

itihāsakathana - narration of history

Compound type : tatpurusha (itihāsa+kathana)

• itihāsa – history, tradition, legend
  noun (masculine)
  From 'iti ha āsa' - 'thus, verily, it was'
  Prefixes: iti+ha+āsa
  Root: as (class 2)
• kathana – telling, narration, speech
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From root 'kath' with suffix 'ana'
  Root: kath (class 10)

परम् (param) - beyond (beyond, further, supreme, excellent)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity (curiosity, eagerness, spectacle)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eagerness, interest

From 'kutūhala' with a secondary derivative suffix.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मे (me) - my (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form