महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-110

देवैरपि न शक्यस्त्वं परिज्ञातुं कुतो मया ।
त्वयि सर्वे च दृश्यन्ते सुरा ब्रह्मादयोऽनघ ॥११०॥

110. devairapi na śakyastvaṁ parijñātuṁ kuto mayā ,
tvayi sarve ca dṛśyante surā brahmādayo'nagha.

110. devaiḥ api na śakyaḥ tvam parijñātum kutaḥ mayā
tvayi sarve ca dṛśyante surā brahma-ādayaḥ anagha

110. You cannot be fully known even by the gods; how then could I know you? O sinless one, all the gods, including Brahmā and others, are seen within you.

110. אפילו האלים אינם יכולים להכיר אותך עד תום, קל וחומר אני. בך נראים כל האלים ובראשם בְּרַהְמָה, הו נקי מחטא.

Words meanings summery:

• देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible, capable (to be known)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• परिज्ञातुम् (parijñātum) - to know fully, to comprehend

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (implying 'how is it possible?') (from where, how then, why)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• त्वयि (tvayi) - in you, within you

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• च (ca) - and, also

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen, they appear

• सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities

• ब्रह्म-आदयः (brahma-ādayaḥ) - Brahmā and others, starting with Brahmā

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

Words meanings and morphology

देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Note: Agent in a potential passive construction ('śakyaḥ')

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'devaiḥ'

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible, capable (to be known)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, fit to be, can be

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root śak (to be able), with suffix -ya

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Forms a passive potential construction with 'parijñātum'

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Subject of the passive potential construction

परिज्ञातुम् (parijñātum) - to know fully, to comprehend

(verb)

infinitive of pari-jñā

infinitive

Infinitive of root jñā (to know) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Complements 'śakyaḥ'

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (implying 'how is it possible?') (from where, how then, why)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent of implied 'knowing'

त्वयि (tvayi) - in you, within you

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Locative of place where things are seen

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Subject of 'dṛśyante'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen, they appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

Note: Subject of 'dṛśyante', along with 'Brahmādayaḥ'

ब्रह्म-आदयः (brahma-ādayaḥ) - Brahmā and others, starting with Brahmā

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brahma-ādi

brahma-ādi - Brahmā and others, beginning with Brahmā

Compound type : bahuvrihi (brahman+ādi)

• brahman – Brahmā (the creator deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Subject of 'dṛśyante', along with 'surāḥ'

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Negation 'a' + 'agha' (sin, fault)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+agha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• agha – sin, fault, evil
  noun (neuter)

Note: Direct address

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