महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-158, verse-20

असंबाधा देवनदी स्वर्गसंपादनी शुभा ।
कथमिच्छसि तां रोद्धुं नैष धर्मः सनातनः ॥२०॥

20. asaṁbādhā devanadī svargasaṁpādanī śubhā ,
kathamicchasi tāṁ roddhuṁ naiṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.

20. asaṃbādhā devanadī svargasaṃpādanī śubhā katham
icchasi tām roddhum na eṣaḥ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

20. How can you wish to obstruct that unobstructed, auspicious divine river which leads to heaven? This is not an eternal natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• असंबाधा (asaṁbādhā) - unobstructed, unhindered, not confined

• देवनदी (devanadī) - referring to the Ganges (divine river, celestial river)

• स्वर्गसंपादनी (svargasaṁpādanī) - accomplishing heaven, leading to heaven, granting heaven

• शुभा (śubhā) - auspicious, sacred, bright, beautiful

• कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

• ताम् (tām) - referring to the divine river (her, that)

• रोद्धुम् (roddhum) - to obstruct, to stop, to block

• न (na) - not, no

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - referring to the act of obstructing the river (this)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law or fundamental principle (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, intrinsic nature)

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

Words meanings and morphology

असंबाधा (asaṁbādhā) - unobstructed, unhindered, not confined

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asaṃbādha

asaṁbādha - unobstructed, unhindered, not confined

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+saṃbādha)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• saṃbādha – obstruction, hindrance, compression
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: badh (class 1)

देवनदी (devanadī) - referring to the Ganges (divine river, celestial river)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devanadī

devanadī - divine river, celestial river

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+nadī)

• deva – god, divine, celestial
  noun (masculine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nad

स्वर्गसंपादनी (svargasaṁpādanī) - accomplishing heaven, leading to heaven, granting heaven

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svargasaṃpādanī

svargasaṁpādanī - accomplishing heaven, leading to heaven, granting heaven

Compound type : tatpurusha (svarga+saṃpādanī)

• svarga – heaven, celestial abode
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svṛj
• saṃpādanī – bringing about, accomplishing
  adjective (feminine)
  derived from saṃpādayati (causative of saṃpad)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

शुभा (śubhā) - auspicious, sacred, bright, beautiful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, sacred, bright, beautiful

Root: śubh (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

(indeclinable)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present active indicative

Present 2nd person singular active

Root: iṣ (class 4)

ताम् (tām) - referring to the divine river (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

रोद्धुम् (roddhum) - to obstruct, to stop, to block

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive of rudh

Root: rudh (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - referring to the act of obstructing the river (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, he, it

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law or fundamental principle (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

from dhṛ 'to hold, support'

Root: dhṛ (class 3)

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, ancient, everlasting