महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-100

उपमन्युरुवाच ।
हेतुभिर्वा किमन्यैस्ते ईशः कारणकारणम् ।
न शुश्रुम यदन्यस्य लिङ्गमभ्यर्च्यते सुरैः ॥१००॥

100. upamanyuruvāca ,
hetubhirvā kimanyaiste īśaḥ kāraṇakāraṇam ,
na śuśruma yadanyasya liṅgamabhyarcyate suraiḥ.

100. upamanyuḥ uvāca | hetubhiḥ vā kim anyaiḥ te īśaḥ kāraṇa-kāraṇam
| na śuśruma yat anyasya liṅgam abhyarcyate suraiḥ

100. upamanyuḥ uvāca.
te anyaiḥ hetubhiḥ kim vā? īśaḥ kāraṇa-kāraṇam.
na śuśruma yat anyasya liṅgam suraiḥ abhyarcyate.

100. Upamanyu said: "What is the need for other arguments for you? The Lord is the cause of all causes. We have never heard that the emblem (liṅga) of anyone else is worshipped by the gods."

Words meanings summery:

• उपमन्युः (upamanyuḥ) - The sage Upamanyu. (Upamanyu (a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - Said. (said, spoke)

• हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) - By reasons or arguments. (by reasons, by arguments, by causes)

• वा (vā) - Or. (or, either)

• किम् (kim) - What (need)? (what?, why?, what for?)

• अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - By other (arguments/reasons). (by others, by other (reasons))

• ते (te) - For you. (to you, for you, your)

• ईशः (īśaḥ) - The Lord (referring to Shiva). (lord, ruler, Shiva)

• कारण-कारणम् (kāraṇa-kāraṇam) - The cause of all causes. (cause of causes, ultimate cause)

• न (na) - Not. (not, no)

• शुश्रुम (śuśruma) - We have heard. (we heard, we have heard)

• यत् (yat) - That (introduces a clause). (that, which, who)

• अन्यस्य (anyasya) - Of anyone else. (of another, of someone else)

• लिङ्गम् (liṅgam) - The emblem (specifically Shiva's liṅga). (emblem, symbol, mark, phallus (specifically, Shiva liṅga))

• अभ्यर्च्यते (abhyarcyate) - Is worshipped. (is worshipped, is honored)

• सुरैः (suraiḥ) - By the gods. (by gods, by deities)

Words meanings and morphology

उपमन्युः (upamanyuḥ) - The sage Upamanyu. (Upamanyu (a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upamanyu

upamanyu - Name of a sage

Note: Refers to the sage Upamanyu.

उवाच (uvāca) - Said. (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active Indic

3rd person singular, perfect active.

Root: vac (class 2)

हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) - By reasons or arguments. (by reasons, by arguments, by causes)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, argument

वा (vā) - Or. (or, either)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - What (need)? (what?, why?, what for?)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'what need?' or 'what purpose?'

अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - By other (arguments/reasons). (by others, by other (reasons))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Agrees with 'hetubhiḥ'.

ते (te) - For you. (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used as dative or genitive of 'you'.

ईशः (īśaḥ) - The Lord (referring to Shiva). (lord, ruler, Shiva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśa

īśa - lord, master, ruler, Shiva

Note: Refers to the supreme Lord, Shiva.

कारण-कारणम् (kāraṇa-kāraṇam) - The cause of all causes. (cause of causes, ultimate cause)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa-kāraṇa

kāraṇa-kāraṇa - the cause of causes, prime cause

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāraṇa+kāraṇa)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - Not. (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शुश्रुम (śuśruma) - We have heard. (we heard, we have heard)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of śru

Perfect Active Indic

1st person plural, perfect active.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'we have not heard'.

यत् (yat) - That (introduces a clause). (that, which, who)

(relative pronoun)

Note: Connects the main clause with the subordinate clause.

अन्यस्य (anyasya) - Of anyone else. (of another, of someone else)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Agrees with 'liṅgam' (genitive).

लिङ्गम् (liṅgam) - The emblem (specifically Shiva's liṅga). (emblem, symbol, mark, phallus (specifically, Shiva liṅga))

(noun)

neuter, singular of liṅga

liṅga - mark, sign, emblem, phallus, Shiva-liṅga

Note: Object of 'abhyarcyate'.

अभ्यर्च्यते (abhyarcyate) - Is worshipped. (is worshipped, is honored)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of arc

Present Passive Indic

3rd person singular, present passive.

Prefix: abhi

Root: arc (class 1)

Note: Formed with prefix 'abhi'.

सुरैः (suraiḥ) - By the gods. (by gods, by deities)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

Note: Agent in a passive construction.