महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-177, verse-22

यत्पुनर्भवता प्रोक्तं न वेद्यं विद्यतेति ह ।
ताभ्यां हीनमतीत्यात्र पदं नास्तीति चेदपि ॥२२॥

22. yatpunarbhavatā proktaṁ na vedyaṁ vidyateti ha ,
tābhyāṁ hīnamatītyātra padaṁ nāstīti cedapi.

22. yat punaḥ bhavatā proktam na vedyam vidyate iti ha
tābhyām hīnam atītya atra padam na asti iti cet api

22. As for what was said by you, 'indeed, there is nothing truly knowable,' and, 'even if there is no (third) state here for one who is devoid of (the characteristics of) those two (Brāhmaṇa and Śūdra based on conduct), going beyond them...'

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - regarding what (what, which, that)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - furthermore, moreover (again, moreover, but)

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (referring to Nahusha) (by you, by your honor)

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - was stated (said, declared, spoken)

• न (na) - not, no

• वेद्यम् (vedyam) - truly knowable, ascertainable (to be known, knowable, an object of knowledge)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

• ह (ha) - indeed (an emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, verily)

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - from those two (categories, i.e., Brāhmaṇa and Śūdra based on conduct) (from/by those two)

• हीनम् (hīnam) - devoid of (the characteristics of Brāhmaṇa or Śūdra based on conduct) (devoid, lacking, inferior)

• अतीत्य (atītya) - going beyond (having gone beyond, having transgressed)

• अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this matter)

• पदम् (padam) - (a third) state or position (of classification) (a state, position, step, word)

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - does exist (is, exists)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

• चेत् (cet) - even if, if indeed (if, if indeed)

• अपि (api) - even (if) (also, even, too)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - regarding what (what, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

पुनः (punaḥ) - furthermore, moreover (again, moreover, but)

(indeclinable)

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (referring to Nahusha) (by you, by your honor)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, your honor, being, becoming

Present Active Participle (when used as 'being') or honorific pronoun

instrumental singular of bhavat (honorific pronoun or participle)

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - was stated (said, declared, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

from root vac 'to speak' with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वेद्यम् (vedyam) - truly knowable, ascertainable (to be known, knowable, an object of knowledge)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedya

vedya - to be known, knowable, object of knowledge

Gerundive (kṛtya)

from root vid 'to know'

Root: vid (class 2)

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

present tense middle voice

3rd person singular present middle (ātmanepada) of vid (class 4)

Root: vid (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed (an emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, verily)

(indeclinable)

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - from those two (categories, i.e., Brāhmaṇa and Śūdra based on conduct) (from/by those two)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

instrumental/dative/ablative dual of tad

हीनम् (hīnam) - devoid of (the characteristics of Brāhmaṇa or Śūdra based on conduct) (devoid, lacking, inferior)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hīna

hīna - abandoned, deficient, lacking, inferior

Past Passive Participle

from root hā 'to abandon, to leave'

Root: hā (class 3)

अतीत्य (atītya) - going beyond (having gone beyond, having transgressed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

from root i 'to go' with upasarga ati

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

पदम् (padam) - (a third) state or position (of classification) (a state, position, step, word)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, place, state, position, word

Root: pad (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - does exist (is, exists)

(verb)

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

present tense

3rd person singular present active of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - even if, if indeed (if, if indeed)

(indeclinable)

Often combined with 'api' for 'even if'

अपि (api) - even (if) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)