महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-45, verse-23

यथोदपाने महति सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके ।
एवं सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः ॥२३॥

23. yathodapāne mahati sarvataḥ saṁplutodake ,
evaṁ sarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ.

23. yathā udapāne mahati sarvataḥ saṃplutodake
evam sarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ

23. Just as all the various purposes served by small wells are fulfilled by a vast water reservoir (udapāna) completely overflowing with water, similarly, for a discerning Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) who truly knows (the ultimate truth), all the Vedas (veda) are understood and encompassed within that supreme knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• उदपाने (udapāne) - in a water reservoir (udapāna) (in a water reservoir, in a pond)

• महति (mahati) - in a great (in a great, in a large)

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - completely (from all sides, completely, everywhere)

• संप्लुतोदके (saṁplutodake) - overflowing with water (in that whose water is overflowing, in that which is inundated with water)

• एवम् (evam) - similarly (thus, in this manner, so)

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all (in all, in every)

• वेदेषु (vedeṣu) - in the Vedas (veda) (in the Vedas, in knowledge)

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - for a discerning Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) (of a Brahmin, of a knower of Brahman)

• विजानतः (vijānataḥ) - who truly knows (of one who knows, of one who discerns)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

उदपाने (udapāne) - in a water reservoir (udapāna) (in a water reservoir, in a pond)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of udapāna

udapāna - water reservoir, large well, pond

Compound type : tatpurusha (udaka+pāna)

• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)
• pāna – drinking, drinking place
  noun (neuter)
  from root pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)

महति (mahati) - in a great (in a great, in a large)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - completely (from all sides, completely, everywhere)

(indeclinable)

derived from sarva (all)

संप्लुतोदके (saṁplutodake) - overflowing with water (in that whose water is overflowing, in that which is inundated with water)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃplutodaka

saṁplutodaka - having overflowing water, inundated with water

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃpluta+udaka)

• saṃpluta – overflowed, inundated, filled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of saṃ-plu (to overflow, inundate)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: plu (class 1)
• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)

एवम् (evam) - similarly (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all (in all, in every)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

वेदेषु (vedeṣu) - in the Vedas (veda) (in the Vedas, in knowledge)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda

from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - for a discerning Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) (of a Brahmin, of a knower of Brahman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a priest, one related to Brahman

derived from brahman

विजानतः (vijānataḥ) - who truly knows (of one who knows, of one who discerns)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vi-jñā

jñā - to know, to understand, to perceive

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of root jñā with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)