महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-137, verse-20

इतः कष्टतरं किं नु यद्वयं गहने वने ।
दिशश्च न प्रजानीमो गन्तुं चैव न शक्नुमः ॥२०॥

20. itaḥ kaṣṭataraṁ kiṁ nu yadvayaṁ gahane vane ,
diśaśca na prajānīmo gantuṁ caiva na śaknumaḥ.

20. itaḥ kaṣṭataram kim nu yat vayam gahane vane
diśaḥ ca na prajānīmaḥ gantum ca eva na śaknumaḥ

20. What could be more dreadful than this situation, where we are in a dense forest, do not know the directions, and are moreover, unable to proceed?

Words meanings summery:

• इतः (itaḥ) - from this; than this

• कष्टतरम् (kaṣṭataram) - more difficult; more painful; worse

• किम् (kim) - what?

• नु (nu) - indeed; now; certainly

• यत् (yat) - that; which

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• गहने (gahane) - in a dense; deep; impenetrable

• वने (vane) - in a forest

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions

• च (ca) - and; also

• न (na) - not; no

• प्रजानीमः (prajānīmaḥ) - we know; we recognize

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go; for going

• च (ca) - and; also

• एव (eva) - only; indeed; also

• न (na) - not; no

• शक्नुमः (śaknumaḥ) - we are able; we can

Words meanings and morphology

इतः (itaḥ) - from this; than this

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas

कष्टतरम् (kaṣṭataram) - more difficult; more painful; worse

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kaṣṭatara

kaṣṭatara - more difficult; more painful; worse

comparative degree

comparative suffix -tara added to kaṣṭa

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?; which?

नु (nu) - indeed; now; certainly

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - that; which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - that; which; what

Note: Used here as a subordinating conjunction, 'that'.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I; we

गहने (gahane) - in a dense; deep; impenetrable

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gahana

gahana - dense; deep; impenetrable; difficult to traverse

वने (vane) - in a forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest; wood; tree

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction; quarter; point of the compass

च (ca) - and; also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not; no

(indeclinable)

प्रजानीमः (prajānīmaḥ) - we know; we recognize

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of prajñā

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go; for going

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive suffix -tumun

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and; also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only; indeed; also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not; no

(indeclinable)

शक्नुमः (śaknumaḥ) - we are able; we can

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)