महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-149, verse-1

कुन्त्युवाच ।
न विषादस्त्वया कार्यो भयादस्मात्कथंचन ।
उपायः परिदृष्टोऽत्र तस्मान्मोक्षाय रक्षसः ॥१॥

1. kuntyuvāca ,
na viṣādastvayā kāryo bhayādasmātkathaṁcana ,
upāyaḥ paridṛṣṭo'tra tasmānmokṣāya rakṣasaḥ.

1. kuntī uvāca | na viṣādaḥ tvayā kāryaḥ bhayāt asmāt
kathaṃcana | upāyaḥ paridṛṣṭaḥ atra tasmāt mokṣāya rakṣasaḥ

1. Kuntī said, "You should not feel any despondency at all because of this fear. A solution has been found here for liberation (mokṣa) from that demon."

Words meanings summery:

• कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kuntī

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• विषादः (viṣādaḥ) - despondency, dejection, sorrow

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - to be done, proper to be done, duty

• भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, at all

• उपायः (upāyaḥ) - means, expedient, solution

• परिदृष्टः (paridṛṣṭaḥ) - seen, observed, discovered

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

• मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for liberation (mokṣa) from the demon (for liberation, for freedom)

• रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - from the demon, of the demon

Words meanings and morphology

कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kuntī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kuntī, mother of the Pāṇḍavas

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विषादः (viṣādaḥ) - despondency, dejection, sorrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣāda

viṣāda - despondency, dejection, sorrow

from vi-sad (to sink down)

Prefix: vi

Root: sad (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - to be done, proper to be done, duty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, fit to be done, duty, business

Gerundive

from kṛ + ṇyat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Often used predicatively as 'should be done' and agrees with 'viṣādaḥ'

भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread

Root: bhī (class 3)

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'bhayāt'

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, at all

(indeclinable)

from kathaṃ + cana

उपायः (upāyaḥ) - means, expedient, solution

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, expedient, solution, approach

from upa-i (to go near)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

परिदृष्टः (paridṛṣṭaḥ) - seen, observed, discovered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paridṛṣṭa

paridṛṣṭa - seen, observed, considered

Past Passive Participle

from pari-dṛś

Prefix: pari

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'upāyaḥ'

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Can mean 'therefore' or 'from that (situation)'

मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for liberation (mokṣa) from the demon (for liberation, for freedom)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, emancipation, release, freedom

from muc + ghañ

Root: muc (class 6)

रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - from the demon, of the demon

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, evil spirit

Note: Used in ablative sense here (liberation from)