महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-71, verse-16

न मे कश्चिद्विजानीयान्मुखमद्येति भारत ।
मुखमालिप्य तेनासौ सहदेवोऽपि गच्छति ॥१६॥

16. na me kaścidvijānīyānmukhamadyeti bhārata ,
mukhamālipya tenāsau sahadevo'pi gacchati.

16. na me kaścit vijānīyāt mukham adya iti bhārata
mukham ālipya tena asau sahadevaḥ api gacchati

16. "Let no one recognize my face today, O Bhārata." Having smeared his face with that, even Sahadeva goes (forth).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• मे (me) - my, to me, of me

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (when combined with 'na') (anyone, someone)

• विजानीयात् (vijānīyāt) - should know, may know, might recognize

• मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• इति (iti) - marks the end of the direct speech (thus, so, this (quotative particle))

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

• मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

• आलिप्य (ālipya) - having smeared, having anointed, having covered

• तेन (tena) - by the substance used for smearing the face (by that, with that (thing/substance))

• असौ (asau) - that one, he

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (name of a Pāṇḍava)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• गच्छति (gacchati) - he goes, he walks

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun.

Note: Here used in genitive sense 'my face'.

कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (when combined with 'na') (anyone, someone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - anyone, someone, some

Formed from 'kaḥ' (who) + 'cit' (an enclitic particle).

विजानीयात् (vijānīyāt) - should know, may know, might recognize

(verb)

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

Optative mood, potential.

Optative 3rd person singular of √jñā with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, principal part

Note: Object of 'vijānīyāt'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'idam' (this) + 'dyā' (day).

इति (iti) - marks the end of the direct speech (thus, so, this (quotative particle))

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, a native of India, an Indian

From 'Bharata' with secondary suffix 'aṇ'.

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, principal part

Note: Object of the absolutive 'ālipya'.

आलिप्य (ālipya) - having smeared, having anointed, having covered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund) with prefix.

Formed by adding '-ya' to the root 'lip' with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: lip (class 6)

तेन (tena) - by the substance used for smearing the face (by that, with that (thing/substance))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the substance used for smearing.

असौ (asau) - that one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one (yonder)

Remote demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of 'gacchati'.

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (name of a Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (proper name, youngest of the Pāṇḍavas)

Note: In apposition to 'asau'.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - he goes, he walks

(verb)

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

Present tense.

Present 3rd person singular of √gam.

Root: gam (class 1)