महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-69, verse-27

अथ वा यां नलो वेद विद्यां तामेव बाहुकः ।
तुल्यं हि लक्षये ज्ञानं बाहुकस्य नलस्य च ॥२७॥

27. atha vā yāṁ nalo veda vidyāṁ tāmeva bāhukaḥ ,
tulyaṁ hi lakṣaye jñānaṁ bāhukasya nalasya ca.

27. atha vā yām nalaḥ veda vidyām tām eva bāhukaḥ
tulyam hi lakṣaye jñānam bāhukasya nalasya ca

27. Or rather, Bahuka possesses the very same knowledge that Nala knows. For I indeed perceive the knowledge of Bahuka and Nala to be identical.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

• वा (vā) - or, either, and

• याम् (yām) - which (feminine singular accusative)

• नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala (name of a king)

• वेद (veda) - knows, understands

• विद्याम् (vidyām) - knowledge, learning, science

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular accusative)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• बाहुकः (bāhukaḥ) - Bāhuka (name of Nala in disguise)

• तुल्यम् (tulyam) - equal, similar, identical

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• लक्षये (lakṣaye) - I perceive, I observe, I consider

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, understanding (jñāna)

• बाहुकस्य (bāhukasya) - of Bāhuka

• नलस्य (nalasya) - of Nala

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either, and

(indeclinable)

याम् (yām) - which (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to 'vidyām'.

नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a king from the Mahābhārata)

वेद (veda) - knows, understands

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Perfect form used in a present sense.

विद्याम् (vidyām) - knowledge, learning, science

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, discipline

From root 'vid' (to know).

Root: vid

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, refers to 'vidyām'.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

बाहुकः (bāhukaḥ) - Bāhuka (name of Nala in disguise)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāhuka

bāhuka - Bāhuka (name assumed by Nala when disguised as a charioteer)

तुल्यम् (tulyam) - equal, similar, identical

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tulya

tulya - equal, similar, comparable, identical

From root 'tul' (to weigh, compare) + 'ya' suffix.

Root: tul (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'jñānam'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

लक्षये (lakṣaye) - I perceive, I observe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, understanding (jñāna)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, understanding, wisdom

From root 'jñā' (to know) + 'ana' suffix.

Root: jñā (class 9)

बाहुकस्य (bāhukasya) - of Bāhuka

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bāhuka

bāhuka - Bāhuka (name assumed by Nala when disguised as a charioteer)

नलस्य (nalasya) - of Nala

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a king from the Mahābhārata)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)