महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-23, verse-18

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
अनेकान्तं बहुद्वारं धर्ममाहुर्मनीषिणः ।
किं निश्चितं भवेत्तत्र तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥१८॥

18. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
anekāntaṁ bahudvāraṁ dharmamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ ,
kiṁ niścitaṁ bhavettatra tanme brūhi pitāmaha.

18. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca | anekāntam bahudvāram dharmam āhuḥ
manīṣiṇaḥ | kim niścitam bhavet tatra tat me brūhi pitāmaha

18. pitāmaha yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca manīṣiṇaḥ dharmam anekāntam
bahudvāram āhuḥ tatra kim niścitam bhavet? tat me brūhi

18. Yudhishthira said: "The wise declare that natural law (dharma) is multifaceted and has numerous approaches. What, then, is truly certain among them? Please tell me that, O grandfather."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अनेकान्तम् (anekāntam) - multifaceted, uncertain, non-absolute

• बहुद्वारम् (bahudvāram) - having many doors, manifold, having numerous approaches

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, righteousness, duty

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise, thinkers, intelligent persons

• किम् (kim) - what?

• निश्चितम् (niścitam) - certain, ascertained, definite

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

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that regard, in that matter

• तत् (tat) - that

• मे (me) - to me, my

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandfather

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (a character in the Mahabharata, eldest Pandava)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (lit)

Root vac, class 2, perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

अनेकान्तम् (anekāntam) - multifaceted, uncertain, non-absolute

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anekānta

anekānta - not one-sided, manifold, uncertain, non-exclusive

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ekānta)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ekānta – one-sided, exclusive, absolute, solitary
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound (tatpuruṣa) eka + anta

बहुद्वारम् (bahudvāram) - having many doors, manifold, having numerous approaches

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bahudvāra

bahudvāra - having many doors or ways, manifold

Compound (bahuvrīhi)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+dvāra)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (masculine)
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance, way
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dvā (class 1)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, righteousness, duty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, cosmic order

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of brū

Perfect tense (lit)

Root brū, class 2, perfect 3rd plural active (irregular formation from root ah/brū)

Root: brū (class 2)

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise, thinkers, intelligent persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, thoughtful

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

निश्चितम् (niścitam) - certain, ascertained, definite

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niścita

niścita - ascertained, decided, certain, fixed

Past Passive Participle

Root ci, with prefix ni, past passive participle

Prefix: ni

Root: ci (class 5)

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

(verb)

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

Optative mood

Root bhū, class 1, optative 3rd singular active

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that regard, in that matter

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb derived from tad (that)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me (stem form)

Enclitic form of asmad (I)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative mood

Root brū, class 2, imperative 2nd singular active

Root: brū (class 2)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandfather

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather (father's father), Brahma

Compound (tatpuruṣa) pitṛ + māha (from mah)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+maha)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• maha – great, strong (often as suffix)
  adjective (masculine)