महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-10, verse-2

एतदिच्छामि तत्त्वेन व्याख्यातुं वै पितामह ।
सूक्ष्मा गतिर्हि धर्मस्य यत्र मुह्यन्ति मानवाः ॥२॥

2. etadicchāmi tattvena vyākhyātuṁ vai pitāmaha ,
sūkṣmā gatirhi dharmasya yatra muhyanti mānavāḥ.

2. etat icchāmi tattvena vyākhyātum vai pitāmaha
sūkṣmā gatiḥ hi dharmasya yatra muhyanti mānavāḥ

2. pitāmaha etat tattvena vyākhyātum icchāmi vai hi
dharmasya gatiḥ sūkṣmā yatra mānavāḥ muhyanti

2. O Pitamaha, I truly wish for this to be explained in its essence, for the intrinsic nature (dharma) of righteousness is subtle, and where humans often become bewildered.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, that)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in its essence (by truth, in reality, in essence)

• व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to be explained (to explain, to comment)

• वै (vai) - truly, indeed (indeed, certainly, verily)

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather (addressing Bhishma) (O grandfather)

• सूक्ष्मा (sūkṣmā) - subtle (subtle, fine, minute)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - nature, course (course, path, movement, nature)

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

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of (dharma) (of dharma, of righteousness)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which case)

• मुह्यन्ति (muhyanti) - they become bewildered (they are bewildered, they get confused)

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans (humans, men)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

Present 1st person singular active of root iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in its essence (by truth, in reality, in essence)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

from tad (that) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to be explained (to explain, to comment)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of vyākhyā

infinitive

Infinitive of root khyā with prefix vi-ā

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

वै (vai) - truly, indeed (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather (addressing Bhishma) (O grandfather)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather

सूक्ष्मा (sūkṣmā) - subtle (subtle, fine, minute)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, fine, minute, delicate

Root: suc

गतिः (gatiḥ) - nature, course (course, path, movement, nature)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, course, condition, nature

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

हि (hi) - for (for, indeed, because)

(indeclinable)

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of (dharma) (of dharma, of righteousness)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue

from root dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which case)

(indeclinable)

locative adverb from yad

मुह्यन्ति (muhyanti) - they become bewildered (they are bewildered, they get confused)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of muh

present active

Present 3rd person plural active of root muh

Root: muh (class 4)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans (humans, men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, man, descendant of Manu

from Manu