महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-15, verse-27

विराट उवाच ।
परोक्षं नाभिजानामि विग्रहं युवयोरहम् ।
अर्थतत्त्वमविज्ञाय किं नु स्यात्कुशलं मम ॥२७॥

27. virāṭa uvāca ,
parokṣaṁ nābhijānāmi vigrahaṁ yuvayoraham ,
arthatattvamavijñāya kiṁ nu syātkuśalaṁ mama.

27. virāṭ uvāca parokṣam na abhijānāmi vigraham yuvayoḥ
aham arthatattvam avijñāya kim nu syāt kuśalam mama

27. Virata said: I do not know about the quarrel (vigraha) between you two that took place out of my sight. Without understanding the true nature of the matter, how can there be any well-being for me?

Words meanings summery:

• विराट् (virāṭ) - Virata (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• परोक्षम् (parokṣam) - that which happened out of my sight (out of sight, invisibly, secretly)

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I do not know (I know, I understand, I perceive)

• विग्रहम् (vigraham) - quarrel, strife, separation

• युवयोः (yuvayoḥ) - of you two, between you two

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अर्थतत्त्वम् (arthatattvam) - the true nature of the matter, the reality of the situation

• अविज्ञाय (avijñāya) - without knowing, having not understood

• किम् (kim) - how (what, why, how)

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

• स्यात् (syāt) - can there be (may be, let it be, would be)

• कुशलम् (kuśalam) - welfare, well-being, prosperity

• मम (mama) - my, for me

Words meanings and morphology

विराट् (virāṭ) - Virata (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virāṭ

virāṭ - Virata (proper name of the king of Matsya)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Root: vac (class 2)

परोक्षम् (parokṣam) - that which happened out of my sight (out of sight, invisibly, secretly)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (para+akṣa)

• para – other, distant, beyond
  adjective
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I do not know (I know, I understand, I perceive)

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Parasmaipada, 1st Person Singular

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

विग्रहम् (vigraham) - quarrel, strife, separation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vigraha

vigraha - separation, division, dispute, quarrel, strife

Prefix: vi

Root: grah (class 9)

युवयोः (yuvayoḥ) - of you two, between you two

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

अर्थतत्त्वम् (arthatattvam) - the true nature of the matter, the reality of the situation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of arthatattva

arthatattva - the true nature of a thing, the reality of a matter

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+tattva)

• artha – meaning, purpose, object, matter, thing
  noun (masculine)
• tattva – truth, reality, essential nature, principle
  noun (neuter)

अविज्ञाय (avijñāya) - without knowing, having not understood

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root jñā with upasarga vi and negative prefix a

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

किम् (kim) - how (what, why, how)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - can there be (may be, let it be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Root: as (class 2)

कुशलम् (kuśalam) - welfare, well-being, prosperity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kuśala

kuśala - welfare, well-being, prosperity; skilled, clever

मम (mama) - my, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I