महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-21, verse-7

तस्य बुद्धिरियं किं नु मोहस्तत्त्वमिदं भवेत् ।
अथोपास्य सहस्रांशुं किं करोमीत्युवाच ताम् ॥७॥

7. tasya buddhiriyaṁ kiṁ nu mohastattvamidaṁ bhavet ,
athopāsya sahasrāṁśuṁ kiṁ karomītyuvāca tām.

7. tasya buddhiḥ iyam kim nu mohaḥ tattvam idam bhavet
atha upāsya sahasrāṃśum kim karomi iti uvāca tām

7. tasya iyam buddhiḥ kim nu mohaḥ idam tattvam bhavet
atha sahasrāṃśum upāsya kim karomi iti tām uvāca

7. He thought, "Is this delusion (moha), or could this be the truth (tattva)?" Then, after worshipping the sun (sahasrāṃśu), he said to her, "What shall I do?"

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (of him, his)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - thought (intellect, understanding, thought)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (this, she)

• किम् (kim) - is it? (what? is it? whether)

• नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, then)

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion (moha) (delusion, illusion, confusion)

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the truth (tattva) (reality, truth, true nature)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• भवेत् (bhavet) - could it be (may it be, it should be, could it be)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now, so)

• उपास्य (upāsya) - after worshipping (having worshipped, having attended upon)

• सहस्रांशुम् (sahasrāṁśum) - the sun (sahasrāṃśu) (the sun (having a thousand rays))

• किम् (kim) - what (what? is it? whether)

• करोमि (karomi) - I shall do (I do, I shall do)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, denoting direct speech)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

• ताम् (tām) - to her (her, that (feminine))

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the sage.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - thought (intellect, understanding, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, thought, mind

From √budh (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

इयम् (iyam) - this (this, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to `buddhiḥ`.

किम् (kim) - is it? (what? is it? whether)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle

Note: Marks a question.

नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion (moha) (delusion, illusion, confusion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, illusion, confusion, infatuation

From √muh (to be bewildered, confused)

Root: muh (class 4)

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the truth (tattva) (reality, truth, true nature)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, true nature, principle

From tad (that) + -tva (suffix forming abstract noun)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the current situation.

भवेत् (bhavet) - could it be (may it be, it should be, could it be)

(verb)

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

Optative Active

Root √bhū (to be), Optative mood, parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now, so)

(indeclinable)

उपास्य (upāsya) - after worshipping (having worshipped, having attended upon)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From √ās (to sit) with upasarga upa-, suffix -ya

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

सहस्रांशुम् (sahasrāṁśum) - the sun (sahasrāṃśu) (the sun (having a thousand rays))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sahasrāṃśu

sahasrāṁśu - the sun (literally 'having a thousand rays')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+aṃśu)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• aṃśu – ray, beam
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of `upāsya`.

किम् (kim) - what (what? is it? whether)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, whether

Interrogative pronoun

Note: Interrogative pronoun, object of `karomi`.

करोमि (karomi) - I shall do (I do, I shall do)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root √kṛ (to do), Present tense, 1st person singular, parasmaipada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, denoting direct speech)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates quoted speech.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root √vac (to speak), Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - to her (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Object of `uvāca`.