महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-125, verse-22

नूनमर्थवतां मध्ये तव वाक्यमनुत्तमम् ।
न भाति कालेऽभिहितं तेनासि हरिणः कृशः ॥२२॥

22. nūnamarthavatāṁ madhye tava vākyamanuttamam ,
na bhāti kāle'bhihitaṁ tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ.

22. nūnam arthavatām madhye tava vākyam anuttamam
na bhāti kāle abhihitam tena asi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ

22. nūnam tava anuttamam vākyam arthavatām madhye
kāle abhihitam na bhāti tena asi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ

22. Surely, your unexceptional speech does not shine among people of substance, even when it is uttered at the right time. Therefore, you are emaciated like a deer.

Words meanings summery:

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

• अर्थवताम् (arthavatām) - of competent people, of people of substance (of those possessing meaning/purpose/wealth/competence)

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle of, among, between

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, statement, sentence

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unexceptional (not excellent, not supreme, inferior, unexceptional)

• न (na) - not, no

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, is brilliant

• काले (kāle) - at the right time (at the time, in due season)

• अभिहितम् (abhihitam) - spoken, uttered, told

• तेन (tena) - therefore (by that, by him, therefore)

• असि (asi) - you are

• हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - deer, fawn

• कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin, emaciated, weak

Words meanings and morphology

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

(indeclinable)

अर्थवताम् (arthavatām) - of competent people, of people of substance (of those possessing meaning/purpose/wealth/competence)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of arthavat

arthavat - meaningful, wealthy, useful, competent, having substance

Possessive suffix -vat

Note: Adjective used substantively.

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle of, among, between

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural or singular)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, statement, sentence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, statement, sentence, proposition

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unexceptional (not excellent, not supreme, inferior, unexceptional)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - not excellent, not supreme, inferior, unexceptional

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+uttama)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• uttama – best, highest, supreme, excellent
  adjective
  Superlative of ud-

Note: Agrees with vākyam.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, is brilliant

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

काले (kāle) - at the right time (at the time, in due season)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, proper time, season

अभिहितम् (abhihitam) - spoken, uttered, told

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhihita

abhihita - spoken, said, addressed, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā (to place) with prefix abhi in the sense of 'to speak'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

तेन (tena) - therefore (by that, by him, therefore)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used as an adverb meaning 'therefore' or 'by that reason'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - deer, fawn

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariṇa

hariṇa - deer, antelope, yellowish, greenish

कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin, emaciated, weak

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, lean, emaciated, weak, poor

Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective.