महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-21, verse-9

न तन्न विदितं ब्रह्मँल्लोके भूतेन केनचित् ।
पुनरुक्तेन किं तेन भाषितेन पुनः पुनः ॥९॥

9. na tanna viditaṁ brahmaँlloke bhūtena kenacit ,
punaruktena kiṁ tena bhāṣitena punaḥ punaḥ.

9. na tat na viditam brahman loke bhūtena kenacit
punaruktena kim tena bhāṣitena punaḥ punaḥ

9. O Brahmin, that is not unknown to any being in the world. What is the use of repeating that, of speaking it again and again?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - that

• न (na) - not, no

• विदितम् (viditam) - known, understood

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O venerable one, O wise one! (O Brahmin!)

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• भूतेन (bhūtena) - by a being, by a creature

• केनचित् (kenacit) - by anyone, by some

• पुनरुक्तेन (punaruktena) - by that which is repeated, by repetition

• किम् (kim) - what is the use? (what, what use)

• तेन (tena) - by that

• भाषितेन (bhāṣitena) - by what has been spoken, by speech

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विदितम् (viditam) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidita

vidita - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vid (class 2) with -ta suffix

Root: vid (class 2)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O venerable one, O wise one! (O Brahmin!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman)

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

भूतेन (bhūtena) - by a being, by a creature

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (class 1) with -ta suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'by any living being'

केनचित् (kenacit) - by anyone, by some

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kenacit

ka-cit - anyone, someone, a certain one

Formed from interrogative pronoun ka and indefinite particle cit

पुनरुक्तेन (punaruktena) - by that which is repeated, by repetition

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of punarukta

punarukta - repeated, reiterated, repetition

Compound of punar (again) and ukta (spoken, past passive participle of vac)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (punar+ukta)

• punar – again, once more, back
  indeclinable
• ukta – spoken, said
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root vac
  Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what is the use? (what, what use)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भाषितेन (bhāṣitena) - by what has been spoken, by speech

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhāṣita

bhāṣita - spoken, said, speech, word

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhāṣ (class 1) with -ta suffix

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)