महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-75, verse-5

जिज्ञासन्तो हि धर्मस्य संदिग्धस्य वृकोदर ।
पर्यायं न व्यवस्यन्ति दैवमानुषयोर्जनाः ॥५॥

5. jijñāsanto hi dharmasya saṁdigdhasya vṛkodara ,
paryāyaṁ na vyavasyanti daivamānuṣayorjanāḥ.

5. jijñāsantaḥ hi dharmasya saṃdigdhasya vṛkodara
paryāyam na vyavasyanti daivamānuṣayoḥ janāḥ

5. O Vṛkodara, people who are inquiring into the ambiguous aspects of natural law (dharma) are indeed unable to determine the precise distinction between divine and human influences.

Words meanings summery:

• जिज्ञासन्तः (jijñāsantaḥ) - inquiring, wishing to know, desirous of knowing

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law, of duty, of justice

• संदिग्धस्य (saṁdigdhasya) - of the doubtful, of the ambiguous

• वृकोदर (vṛkodara) - O Vṛkodara, O Bhīma

• पर्यायम् (paryāyam) - proper course, alternative, distinction

• न (na) - not, no

• व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they ascertain, they determine, they decide

• दैवमानुषयोः (daivamānuṣayoḥ) - of divine and human (factors), between divine and human

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people

Words meanings and morphology

जिज्ञासन्तः (jijñāsantaḥ) - inquiring, wishing to know, desirous of knowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jijñāsat

jijñāsat - desiring to know, inquiring

Present Active Participle (desiderative)

From desiderative root jijñāsa of jñā (to know), suffix śatṛ.

Root: jñā (class 9)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law, of duty, of justice

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, intrinsic nature, virtue, religion

From root dhṛ (to sustain, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

संदिग्धस्य (saṁdigdhasya) - of the doubtful, of the ambiguous

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃdigdha

saṁdigdha - doubtful, ambiguous, uncertain

Past Passive Participle

From sam-diś (to point out, indicate) or sam-dih (to be uncertain).

Prefix: sam

Root: diś / dih (class 6)

Note: Modifies dharmasya.

वृकोदर (vṛkodara) - O Vṛkodara, O Bhīma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied (epithet of Bhīma)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)

पर्यायम् (paryāyam) - proper course, alternative, distinction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paryāya

paryāya - turn, course, succession, alternative, proper state, distinction

From pari-i (to go around).

Prefix: pari

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of vyavasyanti.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they ascertain, they determine, they decide

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vyavasya

Present tense

From vi-ava-sā (to settle, ascertain).

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sā / so (class 4)

दैवमानुषयोः (daivamānuṣayoḥ) - of divine and human (factors), between divine and human

(adjective)

Genitive, dual of daivamānuṣa

daivamānuṣa - divine and human

Compound type : dvandva (daiva+mānuṣa)

• daiva – divine, relating to gods, fate
  noun/adjective (neuter)
  From deva (god).
• mānuṣa – human, relating to humans
  noun/adjective (masculine/neuter)
  From manuṣya (human).

Note: Often genitive to denote relation or distinction 'between X and Y'.

जनाः (janāḥ) - people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

From root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of vyavasyanti.