महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-6

वासुदेव उवाच ।
न गतिः कर्मणां शक्या वेत्तुमीशस्य तत्त्वतः ॥६॥

6. vāsudeva uvāca ,
na gatiḥ karmaṇāṁ śakyā vettumīśasya tattvataḥ.

6. vāsudevaḥ uvāca na gatiḥ karmaṇām
śakyā vettum īśasya tattvataḥ

6. vāsudevaḥ uvāca īśasya karmaṇām
gatiḥ tattvataḥ vettum na śakyā

6. Vāsudeva said: The nature of the Lord (Īśa)'s actions (karma) cannot be truly known.

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (an epithet of Krishna)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - nature or course of actions (movement, course, path, state, nature, destiny)

• कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions, of deeds, of works

• शक्या (śakyā) - possible, capable (of being done)

• वेत्तुम् (vettum) - to know, to understand

• ईशस्य (īśasya) - of the Lord, of the master

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, essentially, according to the truth

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (an epithet of Krishna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, an epithet of Krishna

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect

3rd person singular Perfect, Parasmaipada, from root `vac` (class 2).

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - nature or course of actions (movement, course, path, state, nature, destiny)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, state, condition, destiny, nature

From root `gam` (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions, of deeds, of works

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of action

From root `kṛ` (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `gatiḥ`.

शक्या (śakyā) - possible, capable (of being done)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, fit to be done

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root `śak` (to be able), suffix `ya`.

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `gatiḥ`.

वेत्तुम् (vettum) - to know, to understand

(verb)

infinitive of vid

Infinitive

Infinitive form from root `vid` (class 2).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Used with `śakyā`.

ईशस्य (īśasya) - of the Lord, of the master

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of īśa

īśa - lord, master, ruler, Shiva

From root `īś` (to rule, to be master of).

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `karmaṇām`.

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, essentially, according to the truth

(indeclinable)

Derived from `tattva` (truth, reality) + `tas` suffix (ablative/adverbial).