महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-179, verse-5

न स्म प्रज्ञायते किंचिदम्भसा समवस्तृते ।
समं वा विषमं वापि नद्यो वा स्थावराणि वा ॥५॥

5. na sma prajñāyate kiṁcidambhasā samavastṛte ,
samaṁ vā viṣamaṁ vāpi nadyo vā sthāvarāṇi vā.

5. na sma prajñāyate kiṃcit ambhasā samavastṛte
samam vā viṣamam vā api nadyaḥ vā sthāvarāṇi vā

5. When everything was completely covered by water, nothing could be discerned—neither flat nor uneven ground, nor rivers, nor stationary objects.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• स्म (sma) - Indicates past tense when used with a present tense verb (indeed, certainly, (past tense indicator))

• प्रज्ञायते (prajñāyate) - is perceived, is known, is discerned

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

• अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water, with water

• समवस्तृते (samavastṛte) - when covered, when overspread, when submerged

• समम् (samam) - even, flat, level, equal

• वा (vā) - or, either, also

• विषमम् (viṣamam) - uneven, irregular, difficult

• वा (vā) - or, either, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

• वा (vā) - or, either, also

• स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - stationary objects, immobile things, unmoving beings

• वा (vā) - or, either, also

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - Indicates past tense when used with a present tense verb (indeed, certainly, (past tense indicator))

(indeclinable)

प्रज्ञायते (prajñāyate) - is perceived, is known, is discerned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of prajñā

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - anything, something, a little, whatsoever

अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water, with water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water, fluid, sky, ether

समवस्तृते (samavastṛte) - when covered, when overspread, when submerged

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of samavastṛta

samavastṛta - covered, overspread, submerged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root stṛ (to spread, to strew) with prefixes sam- and ava-

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: stṛ (class 9)

समम् (samam) - even, flat, level, equal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - even, flat, level, equal, similar, tranquil

वा (vā) - or, either, also

(indeclinable)

विषमम् (viṣamam) - uneven, irregular, difficult

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣama

viṣama - uneven, irregular, difficult, bad, dangerous

वा (vā) - or, either, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river, stream

वा (vā) - or, either, also

(indeclinable)

स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - stationary objects, immobile things, unmoving beings

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthāvara

sthāvara - immobile, stationary, fixed, unmoving

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with suffix -vara

Root: sthā (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either, also

(indeclinable)