महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-177, verse-23

एवमेतन्मतं सर्प ताभ्यां हीनं न विद्यते ।
यथा शीतोष्णयोर्मध्ये भवेन्नोष्णं न शीतता ॥२३॥

23. evametanmataṁ sarpa tābhyāṁ hīnaṁ na vidyate ,
yathā śītoṣṇayormadhye bhavennoṣṇaṁ na śītatā.

23. evam etat matam sarpa tābhyām hīnam na vidyate
yathā śītoṣṇayoḥ madhye bhavet na uṣṇam na śītatā

23. Indeed, this is my opinion, O serpent: a state completely devoid of (the characteristics defining) those two (Brāhmaṇa and Śūdra by conduct) does not exist. Just as between cold and heat, there is a state that is neither (extreme) hot nor (extreme) cold.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - indeed, thus (thus, in this way)

• एतत् (etat) - this (opinion) (this, this opinion)

• मतम् (matam) - my opinion (opinion, view, doctrine)

• सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - from/by those two

• हीनम् (hīnam) - completely devoid of (the characteristics) (devoid, lacking)

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists

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

• शीतोष्णयोः (śītoṣṇayoḥ) - between cold and heat (the two extremes) (of cold and heat)

• मध्ये (madhye) - between (in the middle, between)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

• न (na) - not, no

• उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - (extreme) hot (heat, hot)

• न (na) - not, no

• शीतता (śītatā) - (extreme) cold (coldness, coolness)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - indeed, thus (thus, in this way)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (opinion) (this, this opinion)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

मतम् (matam) - my opinion (opinion, view, doctrine)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - opinion, view, doctrine, thought, mind

Past Passive Participle

from root man 'to think'

Root: man (class 4)

सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

Root: sṛp (class 1)

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - from/by those two

(pronoun)

Instrumental, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

instrumental/dative/ablative dual of tad

हीनम् (hīnam) - completely devoid of (the characteristics) (devoid, lacking)

(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)

Note: Refers to an implied 'state' or 'person'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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)

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

(indeclinable)

शीतोष्णयोः (śītoṣṇayoḥ) - between cold and heat (the two extremes) (of cold and heat)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of śītoṣṇa

śītoṣṇa - cold and heat

Compound type : dvandva (śīta+uṣṇa)

• śīta – cold
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root śyai
  Root: śyai (class 1)
• uṣṇa – hot, heat
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root uṣ
  Root: uṣ (class 1)

मध्ये (madhye) - between (in the middle, between)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, interval, midst

locative singular of madhya

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

(verb)

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

optative mood

3rd person singular optative active of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - (extreme) hot (heat, hot)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uṣṇa

uṣṇa - hot, warm, heat, summer

Past Passive Participle

from root uṣ 'to burn, to be hot'

Root: uṣ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शीतता (śītatā) - (extreme) cold (coldness, coolness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śītatā

śītatā - coldness, coolness, frigidity

derived from śīta with suffix -tā