महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-105

राजोवाच ।
प्रस्तुतं सुमहत्कार्यमावयोर्गह्वरं यथा ।
जापकस्य दृढीकारः कथमेतद्भविष्यति ॥१०५॥

105. rājovāca ,
prastutaṁ sumahatkāryamāvayorgahvaraṁ yathā ,
jāpakasya dṛḍhīkāraḥ kathametadbhaviṣyati.

105. राजा उवाच प्रस्तुतम् सुमहत् कार्यम् आवयोः
गह्वरम् यथा जापकस्य दृढीकारः कथम् एतत् भविष्यति

105. राजा उवाच सुमहत् कार्यम् आवयोः गह्वरम् यथा
प्रस्तुतम् जापकस्य दृढीकारः एतत् कथम् भविष्यति

105. The king said: "This immense task has been undertaken, which is like a deep chasm for us both. How will the chanter's (jāpaka's) resolve be strengthened in this situation?"

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (राजा) - king, ruler

• उवाच (उवाच) - said, spoke

• प्रस्तुतम् (प्रस्तुतम्) - undertaken, presented, commenced

• सुमहत् (सुमहत्) - very great, immense

• कार्यम् (कार्यम्) - task, action, duty

• आवयोः (आवयोः) - of us two, for us two

• गह्वरम् (गह्वरम्) - deep chasm, difficult, impenetrable

• यथा (यथा) - as, like, in which way

• जापकस्य (जापकस्य) - of the chanter, of the reciter (of mantras)

• दृढीकारः (दृढीकारः) - strengthening, making firm, resolve

• कथम् (कथम्) - how? in what manner?

• एतत् (एतत्) - this, this (situation)

• भविष्यति (भविष्यति) - will be, will happen

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (राजा) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of राजन्

राजन् - king, ruler, prince

उवाच (उवाच) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of वच्

Root: वच् (class 2)

प्रस्तुतम् (प्रस्तुतम्) - undertaken, presented, commenced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of प्रस्तुत

प्रस्तुत - presented, commenced, undertaken, ready

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra- (prefix) + stu (root) 'to praise, undertake'.

Prefix: प्र

Root: स्तु (class 2)

सुमहत् (सुमहत्) - very great, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of सुमहत्

सुमहत् - very great, immense

कार्यम् (कार्यम्) - task, action, duty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of कार्य

कार्य - to be done, duty, task, action, business

Gerundive

From root kṛ 'to do', with suffix -ya.

Root: कृ (class 8)

आवयोः (आवयोः) - of us two, for us two

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of अस्मद्

अस्मद् - I, we

गह्वरम् (गह्वरम्) - deep chasm, difficult, impenetrable

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of गह्वर

गह्वर - deep, dense, impenetrable, difficult, chasm, cave

यथा (यथा) - as, like, in which way

(indeclinable)

जापकस्य (जापकस्य) - of the chanter, of the reciter (of mantras)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of जापक

जापक - chanter, reciter (of mantras), murmurer

Root: जप् (class 1)

दृढीकारः (दृढीकारः) - strengthening, making firm, resolve

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of दृढीकार

दृढीकार - making firm, strengthening, consolidation

Derived from the stem 'dṛḍhī' (from dṛḍha 'firm') and 'kāra' (from kṛ 'to do'), signifying the act of making firm.

Root: कृ (class 8)

कथम् (कथम्) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

एतत् (एतत्) - this, this (situation)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of एतद्

एतद् - this, this one

भविष्यति (भविष्यति) - will be, will happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (Lṛṭ) of भू

Root: भू (class 1)