महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-21, verse-9

उभे वाङ्मनसी गत्वा भूतात्मानमपृच्छताम् ।
आवयोः श्रेष्ठमाचक्ष्व छिन्धि नौ संशयं विभो ॥९॥

9. ubhe vāṅmanasī gatvā bhūtātmānamapṛcchatām ,
āvayoḥ śreṣṭhamācakṣva chindhi nau saṁśayaṁ vibho.

9. ubhe vāṅmanasī gatvā bhūtātmānam apṛcchatām āvayoḥ
śreṣṭham ācakṣva chindhi nau saṃśayam vibho

9. ubhe vāṅmanasī bhūtātmānam gatvā apṛcchatām āvayoḥ
śreṣṭham ācakṣva vibho nau saṃśayam chindhi

9. Both speech and mind approached the universal self (bhūtātman) and asked: 'Declare who is superior between us two, O Lord! Resolve our doubt.'

Words meanings summery:

• उभे (ubhe) - both

• वाङ्मनसी (vāṅmanasī) - speech and mind

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, having approached

• भूतात्मानम् (bhūtātmānam) - the self of beings, the universal self, the elemental soul

• अपृच्छताम् (apṛcchatām) - they two asked, they two inquired

• आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - of us two, between us two

• श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - best, most excellent, superior

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - declare, tell, explain

• छिन्धि (chindhi) - cut, cleave, resolve, remove

• नौ (nau) - our (dual), us two

• संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, suspicion, uncertainty

• विभो (vibho) - O Lord, O Almighty one, O Pervader

Words meanings and morphology

उभे (ubhe) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Agrees with 'vāṅmanasī'.

वाङ्मनसी (vāṅmanasī) - speech and mind

(noun)

Nominative, dual of vāṅmanas

vāṅmanas - speech and mind

Compound type : dvandva (vāc+manas)

• vāc – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from vac
  Root: vac (class 2)
• manas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from man
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'apṛcchatām'.

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, having approached

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from gam + ktvā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Conjunctive participle.

भूतात्मानम् (bhūtātmānam) - the self of beings, the universal self, the elemental soul

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhūtātman

bhūtātman - self of beings, universal soul, elemental soul

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūta+ātman)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from bhū + kta
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'gatvā' and 'apṛcchatām'.

अपृच्छताम् (apṛcchatām) - they two asked, they two inquired

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Refers to 'ubhe vāṅmanasī'.

आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - of us two, between us two

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used in comparison, 'among us two'.

श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - best, most excellent, superior

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, chief, superior

Superlative of praśasya (excellent).

Note: Object of 'ācakṣva'.

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - declare, tell, explain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of cakṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Atmanepadi verb.

छिन्धि (chindhi) - cut, cleave, resolve, remove

(verb)

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

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Command form.

नौ (nau) - our (dual), us two

(pronoun)

Accusative, dual of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of 'āvam'.

संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, suspicion, uncertainty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Derived from sam-śī

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Object of 'chindhi'.

विभो (vibho) - O Lord, O Almighty one, O Pervader

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - lord, master, pervader, mighty, omnipotent

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Addressed to 'bhūtātman'.