महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-16, verse-27

अहो मूढाः स्म सुचिरमिमं कालमचेतसः ।
यन्न विद्मः परं देवं शाश्वतं यं विदुर्बुधाः ॥२७॥

27. aho mūḍhāḥ sma suciramimaṁ kālamacetasaḥ ,
yanna vidmaḥ paraṁ devaṁ śāśvataṁ yaṁ vidurbudhāḥ.

27. aho mūḍhāḥ sma suciram imam kālam acetasaḥ yat
na vidmaḥ param devam śāśvatam yam viduḥ budhāḥ

27. aho suciram imam kālam mūḍhāḥ acetasaḥ sma yat
param śāśvatam devam na vidmaḥ yam budhāḥ viduḥ

27. Alas, for such a long time we were foolish and without understanding (acetas)! We did not know the supreme (para) and eternal deity whom the wise (budha) truly know.

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - Alas! Oh! Ah!

• मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - foolish, deluded, bewildered

• स्म (sma) - we were (emphatic) (an particle used with present tense to indicate past time, or emphasis)

• सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

• इमम् (imam) - this

• कालम् (kālam) - time

• अचेतसः (acetasaḥ) - senseless, without consciousness or intellect, ignorant

• यत् (yat) - that, because, since

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• देवम् (devam) - god, deity

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

• यम् (yam) - whom

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

• बुधाः (budhāḥ) - the wise, the enlightened

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - Alas! Oh! Ah!

(indeclinable)

मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - foolish, deluded, bewildered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, deluded, bewildered, ignorant

Past Passive Participle

Root: muh (class 4)

स्म (sma) - we were (emphatic) (an particle used with present tense to indicate past time, or emphasis)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here with an implied 'we are' (from as), giving a past sense 'we were'.

सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+ciram)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  prefix
• ciram – for a long time, long
  indeclinable

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

कालम् (kālam) - time

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

अचेतसः (acetasaḥ) - senseless, without consciousness or intellect, ignorant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of acetas

acetas - senseless, unconscious, ignorant, stupid

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+cetas)

• a – not, non, without
  prefix
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

यत् (yat) - that, because, since

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

देवम् (devam) - god, deity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, everlasting, constant

यम् (yam) - whom

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

बुधाः (budhāḥ) - the wise, the enlightened

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of budha

budha - wise, intelligent, knowing, learned person, a sage

Root: budh (class 1)