महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-6, verse-2

स देशः क्व नु यत्रासौ वसते धर्मसंकटे ।
कथं वा स विमुच्येत नरस्तस्मान्महाभयात् ॥२॥

2. sa deśaḥ kva nu yatrāsau vasate dharmasaṁkaṭe ,
kathaṁ vā sa vimucyeta narastasmānmahābhayāt.

2. saḥ deśaḥ kva nu yatra asau vasate dharmasaṃkaṭe
katham vā saḥ vimucyeta naraḥ tasmāt mahābhayāt

2. kva nu saḥ deśaḥ yatra asau dharmasaṃkaṭe vasate
vā katham saḥ naraḥ tasmāt mahābhayāt vimucyeta

2. Where, indeed, is that place where he dwells, caught in a crisis concerning his natural law (dharma)? Or how might that person be liberated (vimucyeta) from such great fear?

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - referring to 'that place' (deśaḥ) (that, he)

• देशः (deśaḥ) - the location where the suffering person resides (place, region, country)

• क्व (kva) - interrogative adverb (where, in what place)

• नु (nu) - interrogative particle, emphasizes the question (indeed, then, now, surely)

• यत्र (yatra) - introduces a relative clause (where, in which place)

• असौ (asau) - referring to the suffering individual from previous verse (that one, he)

• वसते (vasate) - dwells, lives, resides

• धर्मसंकटे (dharmasaṁkaṭe) - a predicament related to moral or constitutional principles (dharma) (in a crisis of natural law (dharma), in a critical situation concerning righteousness/duty)

• कथम् (katham) - interrogative, asking for a solution (how, in what manner)

• वा (vā) - presenting an alternative question (or, either)

• सः (saḥ) - referring to the same suffering individual (he, that)

• विमुच्येत (vimucyeta) - may be freed, might be liberated, should be released

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that great fear (from that, therefore)

• महाभयात् (mahābhayāt) - from great fear, from great danger

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - referring to 'that place' (deśaḥ) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देशः (deśaḥ) - the location where the suffering person resides (place, region, country)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country, spot

Root: diś (class 6)

क्व (kva) - interrogative adverb (where, in what place)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - interrogative particle, emphasizes the question (indeed, then, now, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used in questions.

यत्र (yatra) - introduces a relative clause (where, in which place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with kva.

असौ (asau) - referring to the suffering individual from previous verse (that one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, this one

वसते (vasate) - dwells, lives, resides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vas

present

ātmanepada

Root: vas (class 1)

धर्मसंकटे (dharmasaṁkaṭe) - a predicament related to moral or constitutional principles (dharma) (in a crisis of natural law (dharma), in a critical situation concerning righteousness/duty)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dharmasaṃkaṭa

dharmasaṁkaṭa - crisis of duty/righteousness, moral dilemma, difficult situation concerning natural law (dharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+saṃkaṭa)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root dhṛ (to uphold, support)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃkaṭa – crisis, danger, difficulty, distress
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kaṭ (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - interrogative, asking for a solution (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - presenting an alternative question (or, either)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - referring to the same suffering individual (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विमुच्येत (vimucyeta) - may be freed, might be liberated, should be released

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (liṅ) of vimuc

optative

passive voice

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Derived from root muc with prefix vi.

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that great fear (from that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Also neuter ablative singular.

महाभयात् (mahābhayāt) - from great fear, from great danger

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mahābhaya

mahābhaya - great fear, great danger

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhaya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• bhaya – fear, dread, danger
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root bhī (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)