महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-188, verse-12

कर्तुमस्मद्विधैर्ब्रह्मंस्ततो न व्यवसाम्यहम् ।
पञ्चानां महिषी कृष्णा भवत्विति कथंचन ॥१२॥

12. kartumasmadvidhairbrahmaṁstato na vyavasāmyaham ,
pañcānāṁ mahiṣī kṛṣṇā bhavatviti kathaṁcana.

12. kartum asmad-vidhaiḥ brahman tataḥ na vyavasāmi
aham pañcānām mahiṣī kṛṣṇā bhavatu iti kathaṃcana

12. O Brahmin, I cannot sanction such an act for those like us. How could Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) possibly become the queen of five (men)?

Words meanings summery:

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• अस्मद्-विधैः (asmad-vidhaiḥ) - by those like us, by people like us

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (vocative, addressing a venerable person, possibly Vyāsa or other sages) (Brahmin, priestly class, the Absolute)

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, therefore, from that

• न (na) - not, no

• व्यवसामि (vyavasāmi) - I determine, I decide, I undertake, I sanction

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of five

• महिषी (mahiṣī) - queen, chief wife

• कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā (a proper name, referring to Draupadī) (black, dark; Draupadī)

• भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be, let it be, let her be

• इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - somehow, by any means, possibly

Words meanings and morphology

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

infinitive suffix -tum

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्मद्-विधैः (asmad-vidhaiḥ) - by those like us, by people like us

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of asmad-vidha

asmad-vidha - like us, of our kind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asmad+vidha)

• asmad – I, we (first person pronoun stem)
  pronoun
• vidha – kind, sort, manner, form
  noun (masculine)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (vocative, addressing a venerable person, possibly Vyāsa or other sages) (Brahmin, priestly class, the Absolute)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class; the Absolute (brahman)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

derived from 'tad' with suffix -tas (ablative/adverbial)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

व्यवसामि (vyavasāmi) - I determine, I decide, I undertake, I sanction

(verb)

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

Present Active

verb root `sā` (to finish, to determine) with prefixes `vi` and `ava`

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sā (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of five

(numeral)

महिषी (mahiṣī) - queen, chief wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahiṣī

mahiṣī - queen, empress, chief wife

कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā (a proper name, referring to Draupadī) (black, dark; Draupadī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇā

kṛṣṇā - black, dark; a proper name (Draupadī)

भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be, let it be, let her be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative Active

3rd person singular imperative

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - somehow, by any means, possibly

(indeclinable)

compound of katham (how) + cana (particle)