महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-49, verse-28

भवेत्सत्यमवक्तव्यं वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् ।
सर्वस्वस्यापहारे तु वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् ॥२८॥

28. bhavetsatyamavaktavyaṁ vaktavyamanṛtaṁ bhavet ,
sarvasvasyāpahāre tu vaktavyamanṛtaṁ bhavet.

28. bhavet satyam avaktavyam | vaktavyam anṛtam bhavet
| sarvasvasya apahāre tu vaktavyam anṛtam bhavet

28. satyam avaktavyam bhavet anṛtam vaktavyam bhavet
tu sarvasvasya apahāre anṛtam vaktavyam bhavet

28. Sometimes, truth (satyam) may need to remain unspoken, and falsehood (anṛtam) may need to be uttered. Indeed, in the event of the complete confiscation of one's possessions (sarvasvasya apahāre), falsehood (anṛtam) should be spoken.

Words meanings summery:

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be, it would be

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• अवक्तव्यम् (avaktavyam) - not to be spoken, unspoken

• वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be spoken, speakable

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood, lie

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be, it would be

• सर्वस्वस्य (sarvasvasya) - of all one's property, of everything one possesses

• अपहारे (apahāre) - in the taking away, in the loss, in the theft

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be spoken, speakable

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood, lie

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be, it would be

Words meanings and morphology

भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

Root bhū, optative 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

Derived from sat ('being, existing, real').

Root: as (class 2)

अवक्तव्यम् (avaktavyam) - not to be spoken, unspoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of a-vaktavya

a-vaktavya - not to be spoken, unspeakable

Gerundive

Negative prefix 'a-' + gerundive of root vac ('to speak').

Compound type : nañ tatpuruṣa (a+vaktavya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vaktavya – to be spoken, speakable
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya) from root vac 'to speak'.
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'satyam'.

वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be spoken, speakable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, speakable, what should be said

Gerundive

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya) from root vac 'to speak'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'anṛtam'.

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood, lie

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, lie

Negative prefix 'an-' + ṛta ('truth, right').

Compound type : nañ tatpuruṣa (an+ṛta)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root ṛ 'to go, to move in order'.
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

Root bhū, optative 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्वस्वस्य (sarvasvasya) - of all one's property, of everything one possesses

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sarvasva

sarvasva - one's entire property, everything one possesses

Compound of sarva ('all') and sva ('own, property').

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+sva)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• sva – own, one's own property, wealth
  noun (neuter)

अपहारे (apahāre) - in the taking away, in the loss, in the theft

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of apahāra

apahāra - taking away, stealing, seizing, loss

Action noun from root hṛ ('to carry') with prefix apa- ('away').

Prefix: apa

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Used in a conditional sense: 'in the event of/when there is a taking away'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be spoken, speakable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, speakable, what should be said

Gerundive

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya) from root vac 'to speak'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'anṛtam'.

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood, lie

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, lie

Negative prefix 'an-' + ṛta ('truth, right').

Compound type : nañ tatpuruṣa (an+ṛta)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root ṛ 'to go, to move in order'.
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

Root bhū, optative 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)