महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-165, verse-6

भीष्म उवाच ।
ततो राजा विममृशे कथं कार्यमिदं भवेत् ।
कथं वा सुकृतं मे स्यादिति बुद्ध्यान्वचिन्तयत् ॥६॥

6. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tato rājā vimamṛśe kathaṁ kāryamidaṁ bhavet ,
kathaṁ vā sukṛtaṁ me syāditi buddhyānvacintayat.

6. bhīṣma uvāca tataḥ rājā vimamṛśe katham kāryam idam
bhavet katham vā sukṛtam me syāt iti buddhyā anvacintayat

6. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tataḥ rājā idam kāryam katham bhavet vā me
sukṛtam katham syāt iti buddhyā anvacintayat vimamṛśe

6. Bhishma said: 'Then the king reflected, "How may this work be accomplished? And how may a good deed (sukṛta) be mine?" Thus, he pondered with his intellect.'

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - The Kuru patriarch Bhishma. (Bhishma (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

• राजा (rājā) - The king being discussed in the narrative. (king)

• विममृशे (vimamṛśe) - he reflected, pondered, investigated

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - This specific task or duty. (work, action, thing to be done, duty)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be, it would be

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• वा (vā) - or, and, either...or

• सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - good deed, virtue, merit

• मे (me) - my, of me

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

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with intellect, by means of intellect/wisdom

• अन्वचिन्तयत् (anvacintayat) - he considered, reflected, deliberated

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - The Kuru patriarch Bhishma. (Bhishma (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; name of a celebrated warrior in the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd Person Singular

Perfect tense (liṭ) from root vac, reduplicated form

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb of time.

राजा (rājā) - The king being discussed in the narrative. (king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

Note: Subject of `vimamṛśe` and `anvacintayat`.

विममृशे (vimamṛśe) - he reflected, pondered, investigated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of vimṛś

Perfect 3rd Person Singular

Perfect tense (liṭ) from vi-√mṛś

Prefix: vi

Root: mṛś (class 6)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - This specific task or duty. (work, action, thing to be done, duty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, proper to be done, duty, action, business

Gerundive

Passive future participle / Gerundive from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as a noun here.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative 3rd Person Singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, and, either...or

(indeclinable)

सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - good deed, virtue, merit

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukṛta

sukṛta - well done, good deed, virtue, merit

Tatpuruṣa compound: su (good) + kṛta (done)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+kṛta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed, deed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as a noun.

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Dative/Genitive singular of `asmad`. Here used in genitive sense.

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative 3rd Person Singular

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with intellect, by means of intellect/wisdom

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, wisdom

Derived from root budh (to know, understand)

Root: budh (class 1)

अन्वचिन्तयत् (anvacintayat) - he considered, reflected, deliberated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of anucint

Imperfect 3rd Person Singular

Imperfect tense (laṅ) from anu-√cint

Prefix: anu

Root: cit (class 1)