महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-71, verse-3

व्यास उवाच ।
अहं पैलोऽथ कौन्तेय याज्ञवल्क्यस्तथैव च ।
विधानं यद्यथाकालं तत्कर्तारो न संशयः ॥३॥

3. vyāsa uvāca ,
ahaṁ pailo'tha kaunteya yājñavalkyastathaiva ca ,
vidhānaṁ yadyathākālaṁ tatkartāro na saṁśayaḥ.

3. vyāsa uvāca aham pelaḥ atha kaunteya yājñavalkyaḥ tathā
eva ca vidhānam yat yathā kālam tat kartāraḥ na saṃśayaḥ

3. vyāsa uvāca: kaunteya,
aham pelaḥ atha yājñavalkyaḥ tathā eva ca (āvaṃ sthaḥ).
yat vidhānam yathā kālam tat kartāraḥ na saṃśayaḥ.

3. Vyāsa said: 'O Kaunteya, I am Paila, and Yājñavalkya is also here. We are certainly the performers of whatever procedures are required at the proper time; there is no doubt about this.'

Words meanings summery:

• व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पेलः (pelaḥ) - Paila (proper name)

• अथ (atha) - then, and, moreover

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kuntī, O Arjuna

• याज्ञवल्क्यः (yājñavalkyaḥ) - Yājñavalkya (proper name)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• च (ca) - and

• विधानम् (vidhānam) - procedure, rule, ordinance

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• कालम् (kālam) - the appropriate time (time, suitable time)

• तत् (tat) - that (procedure) (that, its)

• कर्तारः (kartāraḥ) - performers (we, referring to Vyāsa, Paila, Yājñavalkya) (doers, performers)

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (name of a revered sage, compiler of the Vedas and author of the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

पेलः (pelaḥ) - Paila (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paila

paila - Paila (name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa)

अथ (atha) - then, and, moreover

(indeclinable)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kuntī, O Arjuna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kuntī (refers to Arjuna and his brothers)

patronymic from Kuntī

याज्ञवल्क्यः (yājñavalkyaḥ) - Yājñavalkya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yājñavalkya

yājñavalkya - Yājñavalkya (name of a revered Vedic sage)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विधानम् (vidhānam) - procedure, rule, ordinance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidhāna

vidhāna - arrangement, disposition; rule, ordinance, precept; proper procedure

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

कालम् (kālam) - the appropriate time (time, suitable time)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season; suitable time

तत् (tat) - that (procedure) (that, its)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this; he, she, it

कर्तारः (kartāraḥ) - performers (we, referring to Vyāsa, Paila, Yājñavalkya) (doers, performers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, agent, author, performer

agent noun

root kṛ + tṛc

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)