महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-131, verse-14

न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचिदिति त्वा लक्षयाम्यहम् ।
शरणैषिणः परित्यागं कथं साध्विति मन्यसे ॥१४॥

14. na te'styaviditaṁ kiṁciditi tvā lakṣayāmyaham ,
śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ parityāgaṁ kathaṁ sādhviti manyase.

14. na te asti aviditam kiñcit iti tvā lakṣayāmi aham
| śaraṇa-eṣiṇaḥ parityāgam katham sādhu iti manyase

14. I infer from this that nothing is unknown to you. How then can you consider the abandonment of one seeking refuge to be proper?

14. אני רואה שאין דבר שאינך יודע. איך אפוא אתה סבור שנטישת מי שמבקש מחסה היא דבר טוב?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - to you (dative of interest) (to you, for you, by you, your)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अविदितम् (aviditam) - unknown, not known

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (anything, something, whatever)

• इति (iti) - from this (introducing the king's inference) (thus, so, indicates direct speech or quoted thought)

• त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

• लक्षयामि (lakṣayāmi) - I perceive, I infer, I observe

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शरण-एषिणः (śaraṇa-eṣiṇaḥ) - of one seeking refuge

• परित्यागम् (parityāgam) - abandonment, forsaking, giving up

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner? why?

• साधु (sādhu) - proper (good, proper, virtuous, righteous)

• इति (iti) - as such (connects 'sādhu' to the verb 'manyase') (thus, so, indicates direct speech or quoted thought)

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

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you (dative of interest) (to you, for you, by you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Also genitive singular. Here dative with 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Active

root 'as' (2nd conj.)

Root: as (class 2)

अविदितम् (aviditam) - unknown, not known

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avidita

avidita - unknown, not known

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative particle 'a-' + past passive participle of root 'vid' (to know)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vidita – known
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vid' (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (anything, something, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - something, anything, a little

Note: Indeclinable when used adverbially as 'a little'. Here functioning as a pronoun in nominative neuter singular.

इति (iti) - from this (introducing the king's inference) (thus, so, indicates direct speech or quoted thought)

(indeclinable)

त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

लक्षयामि (lakṣayāmi) - I perceive, I infer, I observe

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

Present Active

root 'lakṣ' (10th conj.) or causative of 'lakṣ'

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

शरण-एषिणः (śaraṇa-eṣiṇaḥ) - of one seeking refuge

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaraṇa+eṣin)

• śaraṇa – refuge, shelter, protection
  noun (neuter)
• eṣin – seeking, desiring, going
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from root 'iṣ' (to seek/desire) or 'i' (to go)
  From root 'iṣ' (to desire) with 'in' suffix
  Root: iṣ (class 4)

परित्यागम् (parityāgam) - abandonment, forsaking, giving up

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parityāga

parityāga - abandonment, renunciation, forsaking

From prefix 'pari' + root 'tyaj'

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner? why?

(indeclinable)

साधु (sādhu) - proper (good, proper, virtuous, righteous)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, proper, righteous

Note: Can also be used adverbially (well, properly).

इति (iti) - as such (connects 'sādhu' to the verb 'manyase') (thus, so, indicates direct speech or quoted thought)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'sādhu' to the verb 'manyase'.

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

(verb)

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

Present Middle

root 'man' (4th conj.)

Root: man (class 4)

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