महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-220, verse-32

नागामिनमनर्थं हि प्रतिघातशतैरपि ।
शक्नुवन्ति प्रतिव्योढुमृते बुद्धिबलान्नराः ॥३२॥

32. nāgāminamanarthaṁ hi pratighātaśatairapi ,
śaknuvanti prativyoḍhumṛte buddhibalānnarāḥ.

32. na āgāminam anartham hi pratighātaśataiḥ api
śaknuvanti prativyoḍhum ṛte buddhibalāt narāḥ

32. hi narāḥ āgāminam anartham pratighātaśataiḥ
api ṛte buddhibalāt prativyoḍhum na śaknuvanti

32. Indeed, people are unable to avert an impending misfortune, even with hundreds of countermeasures, without the power of their intellect.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• आगामिनम् (āgāminam) - impending (coming, impending, future)

• अनर्थम् (anartham) - misfortune (misfortune, evil, uselessness)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• प्रतिघातशतैः (pratighātaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of countermeasures (by hundreds of counter-measures, by hundreds of blows)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• शक्नुवन्ति (śaknuvanti) - are able (are able, can)

• प्रतिव्योढुम् (prativyoḍhum) - to ward off (to ward off, to repel, to oppose)

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except through (without, except for, apart from)

• बुद्धिबलात् (buddhibalāt) - through the power of intellect (from the strength of intellect, by the power of wisdom)

• नराः (narāḥ) - people (men, people)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

आगामिनम् (āgāminam) - impending (coming, impending, future)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āgāmin

āgāmin - coming, impending, future, next

Present Active Participle

From ā + gam (to go)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

अनर्थम् (anartham) - misfortune (misfortune, evil, uselessness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anartha

anartha - misfortune, calamity, evil, uselessness

Negative compound 'a' + 'artha'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+artha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिघातशतैः (pratighātaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of countermeasures (by hundreds of counter-measures, by hundreds of blows)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of pratighātaśata

pratighātaśata - hundreds of counter-blows/measures

Compound of 'pratighāta' and 'śata'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratighāta+śata)

• pratighāta – counter-blow, repulsion, obstruction, countermeasure
  noun (masculine)
  From prati + han (to strike)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: han (class 2)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

शक्नुवन्ति (śaknuvanti) - are able (are able, can)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of śak

Present Active

Root class 5, Parasmaipada

Root: śak (class 5)

प्रतिव्योढुम् (prativyoḍhum) - to ward off (to ward off, to repel, to oppose)

(verb)

active, infinitive of prativah

Infinitive

From prati + vah (to carry)

Prefix: prati

Root: vah (class 1)

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except through (without, except for, apart from)

(indeclinable)

बुद्धिबलात् (buddhibalāt) - through the power of intellect (from the strength of intellect, by the power of wisdom)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of buddhibala

buddhibala - strength of intellect, power of wisdom

Compound of 'buddhi' and 'bala'

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (buddhi+bala)

• buddhi – intellect, understanding, reason, wisdom
  noun (feminine)
  From root budh
  Root: budh (class 1)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bal (class 1)

Note: Governed by 'ṛte'.

नराः (narāḥ) - people (men, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, hero

Note: Subject of 'śaknuvanti'.