महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-199, verse-26

उपविष्टाः शयानाश्च घ्नन्ति जीवाननेकशः ।
ज्ञानविज्ञानवन्तश्च तत्र किं प्रतिभाति ते ॥२६॥

26. upaviṣṭāḥ śayānāśca ghnanti jīvānanekaśaḥ ,
jñānavijñānavantaśca tatra kiṁ pratibhāti te.

26. upaviṣṭāḥ śayānāḥ ca ghnanti jīvān anekaśaḥ
jñānavijñānavantaḥ ca tatra kim pratibhāti te

26. Moreover, even while sitting or lying down, people kill numerous creatures. And this happens even among those who possess knowledge (jñāna) and understanding (vijñāna). What does this indicate to you?

Words meanings summery:

• उपविष्टाः (upaviṣṭāḥ) - seated, sitting

• शयानाः (śayānāḥ) - lying down, sleeping

• च (ca) - and, also

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike, they destroy

• जीवान् (jīvān) - living beings, creatures

• अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - in many ways, manifoldly, numerously

• ज्ञानविज्ञानवन्तः (jñānavijñānavantaḥ) - even those with intellectual and experiential knowledge (possessing knowledge and (specific/discriminative) understanding)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

• किम् (kim) - what

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it seems, it occurs to

• ते (te) - to you, of you

Words meanings and morphology

उपविष्टाः (upaviṣṭāḥ) - seated, sitting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upaviṣṭa

upaviṣṭa - seated, sitting, settled

Past Passive Participle

From √viś (to enter) with upasarga upa- (here, 'to sit down')

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Refers to the implicit 'people' (narāḥ).

शयानाः (śayānāḥ) - lying down, sleeping

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śayāna

śayāna - lying, sleeping, reposing

Present Middle Participle

From √śī (to lie, to sleep)

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Refers to the implicit 'people' (narāḥ).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike, they destroy

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

जीवान् (jīvān) - living beings, creatures

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living being, creature, soul

From √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Object of 'ghnanti'.

अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - in many ways, manifoldly, numerously

(indeclinable)

From aneka (many) + -śaḥ (adverbial suffix indicating distribution)

Note: Adverbial.

ज्ञानविज्ञानवन्तः (jñānavijñānavantaḥ) - even those with intellectual and experiential knowledge (possessing knowledge and (specific/discriminative) understanding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jñānavijñānavat

jñānavijñānavat - possessing knowledge (jñāna) and understanding (vijñāna)

From jñānavijñāna (knowledge and understanding) + -vat (possessive suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jñāna+vijñāna+vat)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom (jñāna)
  noun (neuter)
  From √jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• vijñāna – discriminative knowledge, understanding, experiential knowledge, science (vijñāna)
  noun (neuter)
  From √jñā (to know) with upasarga vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• vat – possessing, like
  suffix
  Possessive suffix used to form adjectives

Note: Qualifies the implicit 'people' (narāḥ).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + -tra (locative suffix)

Note: Refers to the situation described.

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'pratibhāti'.

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it seems, it occurs to

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Verb with prefix 'prati-' meaning 'to appear to'.

ते (te) - to you, of you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Dative case, 'to you'.