महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-125, verse-27

किं नु दुःखमतोऽन्यद्वै यदहं श्रमकर्शितः ।
भवतामाश्रमं प्राप्तो हताशो नष्टलक्षणः ॥२७॥

27. kiṁ nu duḥkhamato'nyadvai yadahaṁ śramakarśitaḥ ,
bhavatāmāśramaṁ prāpto hatāśo naṣṭalakṣaṇaḥ.

27. kim nu duḥkham ataḥ anyat vai yat aham śramakarśitaḥ
bhavatām āśramam prāptaḥ hatāśaḥ naṣṭalakṣaṇaḥ

27. kim ataḥ anyat duḥkham nu vai yat aham śramakarśitaḥ
hatāśaḥ naṣṭalakṣaṇaḥ bhavatām āśramam prāptaḥ

27. What sorrow could be greater than this: that I, exhausted by fatigue, disheartened, and having lost all auspicious signs, have come to your hermitage (āśrama).

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (kind of sorrow) (what, why, whether)

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (particle for emphasis or question)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, misery

• अतः (ataḥ) - than this (from this, than this, therefore)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• यत् (yat) - that (conjunction introducing a clause) (that, which (relative pronoun, conjunction))

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रमकर्शितः (śramakarśitaḥ) - weakened by fatigue, exhausted by toil

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you, of your honors

• आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage, retreat

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached (your hermitage) (reached, obtained, arrived)

• हताशः (hatāśaḥ) - disheartened, disappointed, hopeless

• नष्टलक्षणः (naṣṭalakṣaṇaḥ) - one whose auspicious signs are lost

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (kind of sorrow) (what, why, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

Note: Acts as an interrogative pronoun.

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (particle for emphasis or question)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, misery

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, misery, unhappiness

Note: Here, it is nominative.

अतः (ataḥ) - than this (from this, than this, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in comparison.

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with `duḥkham`.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

यत् (yat) - that (conjunction introducing a clause) (that, which (relative pronoun, conjunction))

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as a conjunction 'that' introducing the subsequent clause.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

श्रमकर्शितः (śramakarśitaḥ) - weakened by fatigue, exhausted by toil

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śramakarśita

śramakarśita - weakened by fatigue, exhausted by toil

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrama+karśita)

• śrama – fatigue, weariness, toil, exertion
  noun (masculine)
• karśita – weakened, emaciated, attenuated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (causative)
  from root kṛś (to be thin) in causative
  Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `aham`.

भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you, of your honors

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite address)

Present Active Participle

from root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Politeness marker for addressing multiple revered persons (sages in an āśrama).

आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage, retreat

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, ascetic retreat, stage of life (āśrama)

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Object of `prāptaḥ`.

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached (your hermitage) (reached, obtained, arrived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - reached, obtained, arrived at

Past Passive Participle

from root āp (to obtain, reach) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `aham`.

हताशः (hatāśaḥ) - disheartened, disappointed, hopeless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hatāśa

hatāśa - disappointed, disheartened, hopeless, frustrated

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hata+āśā)

• hata – destroyed, killed, struck down
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• āśā – hope, desire, expectation
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with `aham`.

नष्टलक्षणः (naṣṭalakṣaṇaḥ) - one whose auspicious signs are lost

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṣṭalakṣaṇa

naṣṭalakṣaṇa - one whose auspicious signs are lost, deprived of good fortune

Compound type : bahuvrihi (naṣṭa+lakṣaṇa)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, ruined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root naś (to perish, be lost)
  Root: naś (class 4)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, auspicious sign, fortune
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `aham`.