महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-76, verse-18

भीष्म उवाच ।
वेदाहं तव या बुद्धिरानृशंस्यगुणैव सा ।
न च शुद्धानृशंस्येन शक्यं महदुपासितुम् ॥१८॥

18. bhīṣma uvāca ,
vedāhaṁ tava yā buddhirānṛśaṁsyaguṇaiva sā ,
na ca śuddhānṛśaṁsyena śakyaṁ mahadupāsitum.

18. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca veda aham tava yā buddhiḥ ānṛśaṃsyaguṇā
eva sā na ca śuddha ānṛśaṃsyena śakyam mahat upāsitum

18. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca aham veda yā tava buddhiḥ sā ānṛśaṃsyaguṇā
eva ca śuddha ānṛśaṃsyena mahat upāsitum na śakyam

18. Bhishma said: "I know that your intellect is indeed endowed with the quality of compassion. But it is not possible to achieve great things solely through pure compassion."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वेद (veda) - I know

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• या (yā) - which, who

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, mind

• आनृशंस्यगुणा (ānṛśaṁsyaguṇā) - endowed with the quality of compassion, compassionate

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• सा (sā) - that (feminine), she

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• शुद्ध (śuddha) - pure, unadulterated

• आनृशंस्येन (ānṛśaṁsyena) - by compassion, through kindness

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able

• महत् (mahat) - great (thing/position), important

• उपासितुम् (upāsitum) - to obtain, to maintain, to serve, to achieve

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper name, son of Shantanu and Ganga)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

वेद (veda) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Historically a perfect form, but used with present meaning.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

या (yā) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind, judgment, reason

Root: budh (class 1)

आनृशंस्यगुणा (ānṛśaṁsyaguṇā) - endowed with the quality of compassion, compassionate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ānṛśaṃsyaguṇa

ānṛśaṁsyaguṇa - having the quality of kindness or compassion, endowed with humanity

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (ānṛśaṃsya+guṇa)

• ānṛśaṃsya – kindness, compassion, humanity, benevolence
  noun (neuter)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, virtue, merit, thread, strand
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that (feminine), she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it, they

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शुद्ध (śuddha) - pure, unadulterated

(adjective)

singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, unmixed, unadulterated, innocent

Past Passive Participle

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Used here to modify 'ānṛśaṃsyena'.

आनृशंस्येन (ānṛśaṁsyena) - by compassion, through kindness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsya

ānṛśaṁsya - kindness, compassion, humanity, benevolence

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, practicable, capable, able to be done

Gerundive

From √śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

महत् (mahat) - great (thing/position), important

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty, high

उपासितुम् (upāsitum) - to obtain, to maintain, to serve, to achieve

(indeclinable)

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Infinitive form.