महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-23, verse-14

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
अश्वमेधसहस्रं च सत्यं च तुलया धृतम् ।
नाभिजानामि यद्यस्य सत्यस्यार्धमवाप्नुयात् ॥१४॥

14. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
aśvamedhasahasraṁ ca satyaṁ ca tulayā dhṛtam ,
nābhijānāmi yadyasya satyasyārdhamavāpnuyāt.

14. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca aśvamedhasahasram ca satyam ca tulayā
dhṛtam na abhijānāmi yadi asya satyasya ardham avāpnuyāt

14. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca aśvamedhasahasram
ca satyam ca tulayā dhṛtam yadi asya
satyasya ardham (tat) na avāpnuyāt
(aham) abhijānāmi (na abhijānāmi)

14. Mārkaṇḍeya said: 'A thousand horse-Vedic rituals (aśvamedha) and truth were weighed on a balance. I do not know if (the former) would attain even half of that truth.'

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अश्वमेधसहस्रम् (aśvamedhasahasram) - a thousand horse-Vedic rituals

• च (ca) - and

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• च (ca) - and

• तुलया (tulayā) - by a balance, by comparison, with a scale

• धृतम् (dhṛtam) - held, weighed, supported

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I know, I understand

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case

• अस्य (asya) - of this (truth) (of this, his)

• सत्यस्य (satyasya) - of truth

• अर्धम् (ardham) - half, part

• अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - might obtain, could attain

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - name of a celebrated sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अश्वमेधसहस्रम् (aśvamedhasahasram) - a thousand horse-Vedic rituals

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśvamedhasahasra

aśvamedhasahasra - a thousand horse-Vedic rituals

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśvamedha+sahasra)

• aśvamedha – horse-Vedic ritual, horse sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तुलया (tulayā) - by a balance, by comparison, with a scale

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tulā

tulā - a balance, scale, comparison

धृतम् (dhṛtam) - held, weighed, supported

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhṛta

dhṛta - held, borne, supported, weighed

past passive participle

from √dhṛ 'to hold, bear'

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

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

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

यदि (yadi) - if, in case

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this (truth) (of this, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

सत्यस्य (satyasya) - of truth

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

अर्धम् (ardham) - half, part

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ardha

ardha - half, part, side

अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - might obtain, could attain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of avāp

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)