महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-59, verse-12

नैतत्कारणमल्पं हि भविष्यति विशां पते ।
यदेकस्मिञ्जगत्सर्वं देववद्याति संनतिम् ॥१२॥

12. naitatkāraṇamalpaṁ hi bhaviṣyati viśāṁ pate ,
yadekasmiñjagatsarvaṁ devavadyāti saṁnatim.

12. na etat kāraṇam alpam hi bhaviṣyati viśām pate
yat ekasmin jagat sarvam devavat yāti saṃnatim

12. viśām pate etat kāraṇam alpam na hi bhaviṣyati
yat ekasmin sarvam jagat devavat saṃnatim yāti

12. O ruler of the people (viśām pate), this reason will surely not be trivial, that the entire world offers homage to one person as if to a deity.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एतत् (etat) - this (this, that)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason (reason, cause, instrument)

• अल्पम् (alpam) - trivial (small, little, trivial)

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

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be (will be, will happen)

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of the people, of the subjects)

• पते (pate) - O ruler (O lord, O master, O ruler)

• यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that, which, because)

• एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - to one (person) (in one, upon one)

• जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire (all, entire, every)

• देववत् (devavat) - as if to a deity (like a god, godly)

• याति (yāti) - offers (literally, 'goes to' in the sense of 'approaches with reverence') (goes, moves, attains, approaches)

• संनतिम् (saṁnatim) - homage (reverence, homage, obeisance, bowing down)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Also serves as a demonstrative adjective.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason (reason, cause, instrument)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From √kṛ 'to do' with suffix -ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अल्पम् (alpam) - trivial (small, little, trivial)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of alpa

alpa - small, little, insignificant

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

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be (will be, will happen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of bhū

future indicative active

3rd person singular future active of √bhū (class 1)

Root: bhū (class 1)

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of the people, of the subjects)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: This is a feminine noun, though it can refer to people generally.

पते (pate) - O ruler (O lord, O master, O ruler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, ruler, husband

यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that, which, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, because

एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - to one (person) (in one, upon one)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Used here pronominally for 'to one person'.

जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

present active participle

From √gam 'to go', literally 'that which moves', hence 'the world'. Nominative singular neuter.

Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire (all, entire, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

देववत् (devavat) - as if to a deity (like a god, godly)

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -vat 'like, resembling' from deva 'god'.

Note: This is an indeclinable word ending in -vat.

याति (yāti) - offers (literally, 'goes to' in the sense of 'approaches with reverence') (goes, moves, attains, approaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of yā

present indicative active

3rd person singular present active of √yā (class 2)

Root: yā (class 2)

संनतिम् (saṁnatim) - homage (reverence, homage, obeisance, bowing down)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃnati

saṁnati - reverence, homage, obeisance, bowing down, devotion

From sam- √nam 'to bend, bow', meaning 'bowing together, reverence'.

Prefix: sam

Root: nam (class 1)