महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-8, verse-35

कथं ते शोकनाशः स्यात्प्राणेषु च दया प्रभो ।
स्नेहश्च पाण्डुपुत्रेषु ज्ञात्वा दैवकृतं विधिम् ॥३५॥

35. kathaṁ te śokanāśaḥ syātprāṇeṣu ca dayā prabho ,
snehaśca pāṇḍuputreṣu jñātvā daivakṛtaṁ vidhim.

35. katham te śokanāśaḥ syāt prāṇeṣu ca dayā prabho
snehaḥ ca pāṇḍuputreṣu jñātvā daivakṛtam vidhim

35. prabho katham te śokanāśaḥ syāt ca prāṇeṣu dayā
ca pāṇḍuputreṣu snehaḥ daivakṛtam vidhim jñātvā

35. O Lord, how can your grief (śoka) be destroyed, and how can there be compassion towards all living beings and affection towards the Pāṇḍavas, when you have understood this divinely ordained course of events (vidhi)?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• ते (te) - your, for you

• शोकनाशः (śokanāśaḥ) - destruction of sorrow, end of grief

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

• प्राणेषु (prāṇeṣu) - in living beings, towards lives

• च (ca) - and, also

• दया (dayā) - compassion, mercy, pity

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O master

• स्नेहः (snehaḥ) - affection, love, tenderness

• च (ca) - and, also

• पाण्डुपुत्रेषु (pāṇḍuputreṣu) - towards the sons of Pandu, towards the Pandavas

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood

• दैवकृतम् (daivakṛtam) - divinely ordained, done by destiny

• विधिम् (vidhim) - rule, order, destiny, course of events

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, for you

(pronoun)

singular of tvam

tvam - you

शोकनाशः (śokanāśaḥ) - destruction of sorrow, end of grief

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śokanāśa

śokanāśa - destruction of sorrow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+nāśa)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
• nāśa – destruction, loss
  noun (masculine)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √as

Root: √as (class 2)

प्राणेषु (prāṇeṣu) - in living beings, towards lives

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, living being

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दया (dayā) - compassion, mercy, pity

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dayā

dayā - compassion, pity, mercy

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful

स्नेहः (snehaḥ) - affection, love, tenderness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sneha

sneha - affection, love, tenderness; oil, fat

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पाण्डुपुत्रेषु (pāṇḍuputreṣu) - towards the sons of Pandu, towards the Pandavas

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍuputra

pāṇḍuputra - son of Pandu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+putra)

• pāṇḍu – Pandu (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from verbal root √jñā (to know).

Root: √jñā (class 9)

दैवकृतम् (daivakṛtam) - divinely ordained, done by destiny

(adjective)

neuter, singular of daivakṛta

daivakṛta - done by destiny, divinely ordained

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daiva+kṛta)

• daiva – divine, related to destiny
  adjective (neuter)
• kṛta – done, made
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from verbal root √kṛ (to do).
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)

विधिम् (vidhim) - rule, order, destiny, course of events

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, ordinance, method, destiny