महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-21, verse-21

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
यथा मम तथा तुभ्यं यथा तव तथा मम ।
जिज्ञासेयमृषेस्तस्य विघ्नः सत्यं नु किं भवेत् ॥२१॥

21. aṣṭāvakra uvāca ,
yathā mama tathā tubhyaṁ yathā tava tathā mama ,
jijñāseyamṛṣestasya vighnaḥ satyaṁ nu kiṁ bhavet.

21. aṣṭāvakra uvāca | yathā mama tathā tubhyaṃ yathā tava tathā
mama | jijñāsā iyam ṛṣeḥ tasya vighnaḥ satyaṃ nu kiṃ bhavet

21. aṣṭāvakra uvāca yathā mama tathā tubhyaṃ yathā tava tathā
mama ṛṣeḥ tasya iyam jijñāsā satyaṃ nu kiṃ vighnaḥ bhavet

21. Aṣṭāvakra said: 'What is true for me is true for you, and what is true for you is true for me. What obstacle, pray tell, can this inquiry of that sage truly pose?'

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• तुभ्यं (tubhyaṁ) - to you, for you

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) - desire to know, inquiry, investigation

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage, from the sage

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his, of that

• विघ्नः (vighnaḥ) - obstacle, hindrance, impediment

• सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth, reality, truly

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, pray (interrogative particle)

• किं (kiṁ) - what? why?

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

तुभ्यं (tubhyaṁ) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) - desire to know, inquiry, investigation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jijñāsā

jijñāsā - desire to know, inquiry, investigation

desiderative noun

derived from jñā (to know) with desiderative suffix -sa and feminine -ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage, from the sage

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with ṛṣeḥ

विघ्नः (vighnaḥ) - obstacle, hindrance, impediment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vighna

vighna - obstacle, hindrance, impediment

सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth, reality, truly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here, meaning 'truly'.

नु (nu) - indeed, now, pray (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

किं (kiṁ) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative adverb.

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)