महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-211, verse-21

वासुदेव उवाच ।
स्वयंवरः क्षत्रियाणां विवाहः पुरुषर्षभ ।
स च संशयितः पार्थ स्वभावस्यानिमित्ततः ॥२१॥

21. vāsudeva uvāca ,
svayaṁvaraḥ kṣatriyāṇāṁ vivāhaḥ puruṣarṣabha ,
sa ca saṁśayitaḥ pārtha svabhāvasyānimittataḥ.

21. vāsudeva uvāca | svayaṃvaraḥ kṣatriyāṇām vivāhaḥ puruṣarṣabha
| saḥ ca saṃśayitaḥ pārtha svabhāvasya animittataḥ

21. Vāsudeva (Krishna) said, 'O best among men (Arjuna), a self-choice (svayaṃvara) is the [proper] marriage for kṣatriyas. But that [method], O Pārtha (Arjuna), is uncertain due to its unpredictable nature.'

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Krishna (Vasudeva (Krishna))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• स्वयंवरः (svayaṁvaraḥ) - self-choice (a form of marriage)

• क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of kṣatriyas, of warriors

• विवाहः (vivāhaḥ) - marriage

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O Arjuna (vocative) (O best among men)

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to svayaṃvara) (he, that)

• च (ca) - and

• संशयितः (saṁśayitaḥ) - doubtful, uncertain, questioned

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (vocative) (O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna))

• स्वभावस्य (svabhāvasya) - of its (the svayaṃvara's) intrinsic nature (svabhāva) (of nature, of intrinsic nature (dharma), of disposition)

• अनिमित्ततः (animittataḥ) - due to its unpredictable nature (due to absence of cause, due to unpredictability, due to an ill omen)

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Krishna (Vasudeva (Krishna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Krishna

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active 3rd singular

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वयंवरः (svayaṁvaraḥ) - self-choice (a form of marriage)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (svayam+vara)

• svayam – self, by oneself, of one's own accord
  indeclinable
• vara – choice, choosing, suitor
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'vṛ' (to choose)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of kṣatriyas, of warriors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - warrior, member of the kṣatriya caste

Root: kṣi

विवाहः (vivāhaḥ) - marriage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivāha

vivāha - marriage, wedding

from vi- + vah (to carry, lead)

Prefix: vi

Root: vah (class 1)

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O Arjuna (vocative) (O best among men)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, male, person, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to svayaṃvara) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Masculine nominative singular of demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to 'svayaṃvaraḥ'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संशयितः (saṁśayitaḥ) - doubtful, uncertain, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśayita

saṁśayita - doubted, uncertain, questionable

Past Passive Participle

from sam- + śay (to lie, doubt)

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (vocative) (O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), Arjuna

Patronymic from Pṛthā

स्वभावस्य (svabhāvasya) - of its (the svayaṃvara's) intrinsic nature (svabhāva) (of nature, of intrinsic nature (dharma), of disposition)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhāva – state of being, existence, nature, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'bhū' (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अनिमित्ततः (animittataḥ) - due to its unpredictable nature (due to absence of cause, due to unpredictability, due to an ill omen)

(indeclinable)

Compound: a (not) + nimitta (cause, reason). 'tataḥ' suffix indicates 'from' or 'due to'.

Compound type : negative tatpurusha (a+nimitta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Privative prefix
• nimitta – cause, reason, sign, omen
  noun (neuter)