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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-323, verse-30

न किलातप्ततपसा शक्यते द्रष्टुमञ्जसा ।
ततः पुनर्वर्षशतं तप्त्वा तात्कालिकं महत् ॥३०॥
30. na kilātaptatapasā śakyate draṣṭumañjasā ,
tataḥ punarvarṣaśataṁ taptvā tātkālikaṁ mahat.
30. na kila ataptatapasā śakyate draṣṭum añjasā
tataḥ punaḥ varṣaśatam taptvā tātkālikam mahat
30. kila na ataptatapasā añjasā draṣṭum śakyate.
tataḥ punaḥ varṣaśatam tātkālikam mahat taptvā
30. Indeed, it is said that it cannot be seen directly by one who has not performed spiritual discipline (tapas). Consequently, having again undertaken great and immediate spiritual discipline (tapas) for a hundred years...

Words meanings summery:

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  • (na) - not (not, no)
  • किल (kila) - it is said (indeed, it is said, certainly)
  • अतप्ततपसा (ataptatapasā) - by one who has not performed spiritual discipline (by one who has not performed austerity, by a person whose penance is not done)
  • शक्यते (śakyate) - can be seen (is able, can be done, is possible)
  • द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see (to see, for seeing)
  • अञ्जसा (añjasā) - directly (directly, truly, easily, quickly)
  • ततः (tataḥ) - consequently (then, from there, thence, therefore)
  • पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, further)
  • वर्षशतम् (varṣaśatam) - a hundred years
  • तप्त्वा (taptvā) - having undertaken spiritual discipline (having performed austerity, having heated)
  • तात्कालिकम् (tātkālikam) - immediate / at that time (momentary, temporary, contemporary, immediate)
  • महत् (mahat) - great / intense (great, large, mighty)

Words meanings and morphology

(na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
किल (kila) - it is said (indeed, it is said, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Often indicates a quotation or common belief.
अतप्ततपसा (ataptatapasā) - by one who has not performed spiritual discipline (by one who has not performed austerity, by a person whose penance is not done)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of ataptatapas
ataptatapas - one whose austerity (tapas) has not been performed; by one who has not performed penance
from a- (not) + tapta (performed) + tapas (austerity)
Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+tapta+tapas)
  • a – not, un-, without
    indeclinable
  • tapta – heated, purified by heat, performed (of tapas)
    adjective (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    from root tap (to heat, practice austerity)
    Root: tap (class 1)
  • tapas – austerity, penance, spiritual discipline, heat
    noun (neuter)
    Root: tap (class 1)
शक्यते (śakyate) - can be seen (is able, can be done, is possible)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śak
present passive
Root: śak (class 5)
Note: Used with an infinitive, e.g., draṣṭum śakyate (it can be seen).
द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see (to see, for seeing)
(indeclinable)
infinitive
from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -tum
Root: dṛś (class 1)
अञ्जसा (añjasā) - directly (directly, truly, easily, quickly)
(indeclinable)
Instrumental singular of añjas, used adverbially.
Note: Functions as an adverb.
ततः (tataḥ) - consequently (then, from there, thence, therefore)
(indeclinable)
पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, further)
(indeclinable)
वर्षशतम् (varṣaśatam) - a hundred years
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of varṣaśata
varṣaśata - a hundred years
from varṣa (year) + śata (hundred)
Compound type : dvigu (varṣa+śata)
  • varṣa – year, rain
    noun (neuter)
  • śata – hundred
    noun (neuter)
Note: Functions adverbially to denote duration.
तप्त्वा (taptvā) - having undertaken spiritual discipline (having performed austerity, having heated)
(indeclinable)
absolutive
from root tap (to heat, practice austerity) with suffix -tvā
Root: tap (class 1)
तात्कालिकम् (tātkālikam) - immediate / at that time (momentary, temporary, contemporary, immediate)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tātkālika
tātkālika - momentary, temporary, current, immediate, relating to that time
from tad-kāla (that time) + ṭhañ (kālika) suffix
Note: Qualifies an implied neuter noun, likely `tapas`.
महत् (mahat) - great / intense (great, large, mighty)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat
mahat - great, large, vast, powerful, important
present active participle
from root mah (to be great), used as an adjective
Root: mah (class 1)
Note: Qualifies an implied neuter noun, likely `tapas`.