महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-63, verse-39

वाच्यावाच्यं न जानीषे नूनं मामवमन्यसे ।
भीष्मद्रोणमुखान्सर्वान्कस्मान्न स विजेष्यति ॥३९॥

39. vācyāvācyaṁ na jānīṣe nūnaṁ māmavamanyase ,
bhīṣmadroṇamukhānsarvānkasmānna sa vijeṣyati.

39. vācyāvācyam na jānīṣe nūnam mām avamanyase |
bhīṣmadroṇamukhān sarvān kasmāt na saḥ vijeṣyati

39. You do not distinguish between what should be spoken and what should not be spoken (vācyāvācya); surely you disrespect me. Why would he not conquer all of them, including those led by Bhīṣma and Droṇa?

Words meanings summery:

• वाच्यावाच्यम् (vācyāvācyam) - what should be said and what should not be said, proper and improper speech

• न (na) - not, no

• जानीषे (jānīṣe) - you know, you understand

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, indeed, certainly

• माम् (mām) - me, myself

• अवमन्यसे (avamanyase) - you disrespect, you disregard, you despise

• भीष्मद्रोणमुखान् (bhīṣmadroṇamukhān) - headed by Bhīṣma and Droṇa

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what cause

• न (na) - not, no

• सः (saḥ) - he (Virāṭa's son, Uttara, but sarcastically implying Bṛhannalā's capability through Uttara) (he, that)

• विजेष्यति (vijeṣyati) - will conquer, will be victorious

Words meanings and morphology

वाच्यावाच्यम् (vācyāvācyam) - what should be said and what should not be said, proper and improper speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vācyāvācya

vācyāvācya - what is proper to say and what is improper to say

compound of vācya (gerundive from vac) and avācya (negated gerundive)

Compound type : dvandva (vācya+avācya)

• vācya – to be spoken, proper to say
  participle (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• avācya – not to be spoken, improper to say
  participle (neuter)
  Gerundive (negated)
  from root vac with negation 'a-'
  Prefix: a
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'jānīṣe'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

जानीषे (jānīṣe) - you know, you understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present Middle

from root jñā, Present tense, 2nd person singular, middle voice

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Conjugation form of middle voice verb.

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

माम् (mām) - me, myself

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of 'avamanyase'.

अवमन्यसे (avamanyase) - you disrespect, you disregard, you despise

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of avaman

Present Middle

from root man with upasarga ava, Present tense, 2nd person singular, middle voice

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Conjugation form of middle voice verb.

भीष्मद्रोणमुखान् (bhīṣmadroṇamukhān) - headed by Bhīṣma and Droṇa

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhīṣmadroṇamukha

bhīṣmadroṇamukha - headed by Bhīṣma and Droṇa

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhīṣma+droṇa+mukha)

• bhīṣma – Bhīṣma (name of a Kuru elder)
  proper noun (masculine)
• droṇa – Droṇa (name of a Kuru guru)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mukha – face, mouth, chief, leader, headed by
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvān'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Object of 'vijeṣyati'.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what cause

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative used as 'why'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

सः (saḥ) - he (Virāṭa's son, Uttara, but sarcastically implying Bṛhannalā's capability through Uttara) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Uttara, whose victory is being mocked by Virāṭa.

विजेष्यति (vijeṣyati) - will conquer, will be victorious

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vijī

Future Active

from root ji with upasarga vi, Future tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)