महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-39, verse-6

यद्ययं जगतः कर्ता यथैनं मूर्ख मन्यसे ।
कस्मान्न ब्राह्मणं सम्यगात्मानमवगच्छति ॥६॥

6. yadyayaṁ jagataḥ kartā yathainaṁ mūrkha manyase ,
kasmānna brāhmaṇaṁ samyagātmānamavagacchati.

6. yat ayam jagataḥ kartā yathā enam mūrkha manyase
kasmāt na brāhmaṇam samyak ātmanam avagacchati

6. If this person is the creator of the world, as you foolishly believe him to be, then why does he not properly understand his own divine self (ātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - if (if, that which, because)

• अयम् (ayam) - this one, he (this, he)

• जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (of the world, of moving things)

• कर्ता (kartā) - creator (creator, doer, agent)

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, how)

• एनम् (enam) - him (him, this one)

• मूर्ख (mūrkha) - foolishly (as adverbial adjective) (foolish, ignorant, fool)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you believe, you consider (you consider, you think, you believe)

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (from what, why, whence)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - divine (modifying ātmanam) (a brahmin, related to Brahman, divine)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, fully (properly, rightly, fully)

• आत्मनम् (ātmanam) - his own self (ātman) (the self, soul, oneself)

• अवगच्छति (avagacchati) - he understands (he understands, comprehends, knows)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - if (if, that which, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indeclinable conjunction

अयम् (ayam) - this one, he (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Masculine nominative singular of idam

जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (of the world, of moving things)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, moving, people

From root gam (to go) with suffix -at

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Neuter genitive singular of jagat

कर्ता (kartā) - creator (creator, doer, agent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, agent, creator

Agent noun

From root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -tṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Masculine nominative singular of kartṛ

यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, how)

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enam

enam - him, this one (masculine accusative singular)

Note: Masculine accusative singular

मूर्ख (mūrkha) - foolishly (as adverbial adjective) (foolish, ignorant, fool)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mūrkha

mūrkha - foolish, ignorant, stupid, a fool

Note: Used adverbially here as 'foolishly', grammatically accusative singular

मन्यसे (manyase) - you believe, you consider (you consider, you think, you believe)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: 2nd person singular present middle voice of man

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (from what, why, whence)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Ablative singular of kim, used adverbially for 'why'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - divine (modifying ātmanam) (a brahmin, related to Brahman, divine)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, related to Brahman, sacred text, divine

Derived from brahman

Note: Masculine accusative singular, adjective modifying ātmanam

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, fully (properly, rightly, fully)

(indeclinable)

From sam + añc

Prefix: sam

Root: añc (class 1)

Note: Adverbial use

आत्मनम् (ātmanam) - his own self (ātman) (the self, soul, oneself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Masculine accusative singular of ātman

अवगच्छति (avagacchati) - he understands (he understands, comprehends, knows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of avagam

Prefix: ava

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: 3rd person singular present active voice of avagam (ava + gam)