महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-4, verse-11

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
यथा भवान्वेद तथास्मि वेत्ता भावाभावौ विदितौ मे यथावत् ।
स्वार्थे हि संमुह्यति तात लोको मां चापि लोकात्मकमेव विद्धि ॥११॥

11. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
yathā bhavānveda tathāsmi vettā; bhāvābhāvau viditau me yathāvat ,
svārthe hi saṁmuhyati tāta loko; māṁ cāpi lokātmakameva viddhi.

11. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca | yathā bhavān veda
tathā asmi vettā bhāvābhāvau viditau
me yathāvat | svārthe hi sammuhyati tāta
lokaḥ mām ca api lokātmakam eva viddhi

11. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca yathā bhavān veda
tathā asmi vettā bhāvābhāvau me yathāvat
viditau tāta hi lokaḥ svārthe
sammuhyati mām ca api lokātmakam eva viddhi

11. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: 'Just as your honor knows, so too am I a knower. Both existence and non-existence are properly understood by me. Indeed, my dear (tāta), people become deluded by their self-interest. And you should know me also as possessing a worldly nature.'

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

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

• भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you (polite form)

• वेद (veda) - knows, understands

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• वेत्ता (vettā) - knower, one who knows

• भावाभावौ (bhāvābhāvau) - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

• विदितौ (viditau) - known, understood

• मे (me) - to me, by me, my

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, truly, accurately, exactly as it is

• स्वार्थे (svārthe) - in one's own interest, for one's own purpose

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

• सम्मुह्यति (sammuhyati) - is deluded, becomes confused, errs

• तात (tāta) - dear one, father, son (term of endearment)

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - people, the world, mankind

• माम् (mām) - me

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• लोकात्मकम् (lokātmakam) - having a worldly nature, constituted of the world

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (proper name, 'he who holds the kingdom')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dhṛta+rāṣṭra)

• dhṛta – held, borne, maintained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country
  noun (neuter)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you (polite form)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you, sir, lord

वेद (veda) - knows, understands

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Used in present sense.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

वेत्ता (vettā) - knower, one who knows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vettṛ

vettṛ - knower, one who knows, master

भावाभावौ (bhāvābhāvau) - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhāvābhāva

bhāvābhāva - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

Compound type : dvandva (bhāva+abhāva)

• bhāva – existence, being, state, nature, feeling
  noun (masculine)
• abhāva – non-existence, non-being, absence, privation
  noun (masculine)

विदितौ (viditau) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vidita

vidita - known, understood, perceived (past passive participle)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √vid (to know). Masculine dual.

Root: vid (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, by me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can also be genitive.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, truly, accurately, exactly as it is

(indeclinable)

स्वार्थे (svārthe) - in one's own interest, for one's own purpose

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svārtha

svārtha - one's own interest, self-interest, one's own goal

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+artha)

• sva – own, self
  adjective
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth, interest
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

(indeclinable)

सम्मुह्यति (sammuhyati) - is deluded, becomes confused, errs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of muh

Prefix: sam

Root: muh (class 4)

तात (tāta) - dear one, father, son (term of endearment)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - dear one, father, son (a term of endearment)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - people, the world, mankind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - people, the world, mankind, society, community

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

लोकात्मकम् (lokātmakam) - having a worldly nature, constituted of the world

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lokātmaka

lokātmaka - having a worldly nature, of the nature of the world

Compound type : tatpurusha (loka+ātmaka)

• loka – world, people, realm
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaka – constituting, having the nature of, relating to the self (ātman)
  adjective
  Derived from ātman

Note: Agreeing with the implied 'me' (mām) as an abstract quality.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)