महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-261, verse-35

गुणाश्चात्र सुदुर्ज्ञेया ज्ञाताश्चापि सुदुष्कराः ।
अनुष्ठिताश्चान्तवन्त इति त्वमनुपश्यसि ॥३५॥

35. guṇāścātra sudurjñeyā jñātāścāpi suduṣkarāḥ ,
anuṣṭhitāścāntavanta iti tvamanupaśyasi.

35. guṇāḥ ca atra sudurjñeyāḥ jñātāḥ ca api suduṣkarāḥ
anuṣṭhitāḥ ca antavantaḥ iti tvam anupaśyasi

35. tvam anupaśyasi iti atra guṇāḥ sudurjñeyāḥ ca
jñātāḥ api suduṣkarāḥ ca anuṣṭhitāḥ ca antavantaḥ

35. You perceive that the qualities (guṇa) here are exceedingly difficult to comprehend; and even if understood, they are extremely difficult to implement. Moreover, when put into practice, they are ultimately finite.

Words meanings summery:

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, constituents (of prakṛti)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this, in this matter

• सुदुर्ज्ञेयाः (sudurjñeyāḥ) - very difficult to know or understand, incomprehensible

• ज्ञाताः (jñātāḥ) - known, understood

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• सुदुष्कराः (suduṣkarāḥ) - very difficult to perform, extremely arduous

• अनुष्ठिताः (anuṣṭhitāḥ) - performed, carried out, observed

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - having an end, perishable, finite

• इति (iti) - thus, so, signifies quotation or conclusion

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अनुपश्यसि (anupaśyasi) - you perceive, you observe, you understand

Words meanings and morphology

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, constituents (of prakṛti)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent (sattva, rajas, tamas), strand, rope

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this, in this matter

(indeclinable)

सुदुर्ज्ञेयाः (sudurjñeyāḥ) - very difficult to know or understand, incomprehensible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sudurjñeya

sudurjñeya - very difficult to know, hard to understand, incomprehensible

Gerundive

prefix su- (very) + dur- (difficult) + root jñā (to know) + ya (gerundive suffix)

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (su+dur+jñeya)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
  intensive prefix
• dur – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating difficulty
• jñeya – knowable, to be known
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  from root jñā 'to know'
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Refers to guṇāḥ.

ज्ञाताः (jñātāḥ) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jñāta

jñāta - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

from root jñā 'to know'

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Refers to guṇāḥ (implied).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

सुदुष्कराः (suduṣkarāḥ) - very difficult to perform, extremely arduous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sudurṣkara

sudurṣkara - very difficult to perform, extremely arduous

Gerundive

prefix su- (very) + dur- (difficult) + root kṛ (to do) + a (kṛtya suffix)

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (su+dur+kara)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
  intensive prefix
• dur – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating difficulty
• kara – making, doing, performing, easy to do
  adjective (masculine)
  kṛtya
  from root kṛ 'to do'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to guṇāḥ (implied).

अनुष्ठिताः (anuṣṭhitāḥ) - performed, carried out, observed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anuṣṭhita

anuṣṭhita - performed, carried out, practised, observed

Past Passive Participle

from anu-√sthā 'to perform'

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (anu+sthita)

• anu – after, along, according to
  indeclinable
  prefix
• sthita – stood, situated, existing, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root sthā 'to stand'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to guṇāḥ (implied actions/qualities).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - having an end, perishable, finite

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antavat

antavat - having an end, perishable, finite, limited

from anta + matup suffix (meaning 'having')

Note: Refers to guṇāḥ (implied results/effects).

इति (iti) - thus, so, signifies quotation or conclusion

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates the end of a thought or statement that the listener 'perceives'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अनुपश्यसि (anupaśyasi) - you perceive, you observe, you understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Present active

2nd person singular present active indicative, from root dṛś (class 1) with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (anu+paśyati)

• anu – after, along, according to
  indeclinable
  prefix
• paśyati – sees, perceives
  verb
  Present active
  from root dṛś 'to see'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)