महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-16

न ते जानामि यत्कार्यं नाभिजानामि काङ्क्षितम् ।
कौतूहलं महज्जातं साध्वसं चागतं मम ॥१६॥

16. na te jānāmi yatkāryaṁ nābhijānāmi kāṅkṣitam ,
kautūhalaṁ mahajjātaṁ sādhvasaṁ cāgataṁ mama.

16. na te jānāmi yat kāryam na abhijānāmi kāṅkṣitam
kautūhalam mahat jātam sādhvasam ca āgatam mama

16. I do not know what your task is, nor do I understand what you desire. A great curiosity has arisen in me, and fear has also come upon me.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - to you, for you, by you

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, what is to be done

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I understand, I know

• काङ्क्षितम् (kāṅkṣitam) - desired, wished; desire

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

• जातम् (jātam) - arisen, born, produced, become

• साध्वसम् (sādhvasam) - fear, terror, apprehension

• च (ca) - and, also

• आगतम् (āgatam) - come, arrived

• मम (mama) - my, of me, to me

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, by you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Second person pronoun, dative or genitive singular.

Note: Here in the sense of 'for you' or 'by you'.

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √jñā

Present active, first person singular.

Root: jñā (class 9)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Neuter nominative singular, serving as an interrogative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the 'task'.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, what is to be done

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, task, business

Gerundive

From the root √kṛ ('to do'), neuter nominative singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I understand, I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √jñā

Present active, first person singular, with prefix 'abhi-'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

काङ्क्षितम् (kāṅkṣitam) - desired, wished; desire

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāṅkṣita

kāṅkṣita - desired, wished, longed for

Past Passive Participle

From the root √kāṅkṣ ('to desire'), neuter accusative singular.

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eagerness, interest

Note: Subject of 'jātam'.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

Neuter nominative singular.

Root: mah (class 1)

जातम् (jātam) - arisen, born, produced, become

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, arisen, produced, happened

Past Passive Participle

From the root √jan ('to be born'), neuter nominative singular.

Root: jan (class 4)

साध्वसम् (sādhvasam) - fear, terror, apprehension

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sādhvasa

sādhvasa - fear, terror, apprehension

Note: Subject of 'āgatam'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आगतम् (āgatam) - come, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

From the root √gam ('to go') with prefix 'ā-', neuter nominative singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me, to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun, genitive or dative singular.