महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-147, verse-16

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
पुनरेवेह मे बुद्धिः संशये परिमुह्यते ।
अपारे मार्गमाणस्य परं तीरमपश्यतः ॥१६॥

16. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
punareveha me buddhiḥ saṁśaye parimuhyate ,
apāre mārgamāṇasya paraṁ tīramapaśyataḥ.

16. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca punaḥ eva iha me buddhiḥ saṃśaye
parimuhyate apāre mārgamāṇasya param tīram apaśyataḥ

16. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca punaḥ eva iha me buddhiḥ saṃśaye
parimuhyate apāre mārgamāṇasya param tīram apaśyataḥ

16. Yudhishthira said: "Again, my intellect (buddhi) is completely bewildered by doubt here, like one searching in a boundless realm, yet unable to see the other shore."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (Yudhishthira (name of the eldest Pandava brother))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, moreover)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just, precisely)

• इह (iha) - here (in this situation) (here, in this world, in this matter)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my, for me)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding, discernment, perception)

• संशये (saṁśaye) - by doubt (in doubt, in uncertainty)

• परिमुह्यते (parimuhyate) - is completely bewildered (is completely bewildered, confused)

• अपारे (apāre) - in a boundless (realm/ocean) (in the boundless, endless)

• मार्गमाणस्य (mārgamāṇasya) - of one searching (of one who is searching, seeking)

• परम् (param) - the other (supreme, highest, other, distant)

• तीरम् (tīram) - shore (shore, bank, boundary)

• अपश्यतः (apaśyataḥ) - of one not seeing (of one not seeing, perceiving)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (Yudhishthira (name of the eldest Pandava brother))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steady in battle (etymologically); name of the eldest Pandava

Compound: `yudhi` (in battle) + `sthira` (steady)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect, active voice, 3rd person singular

From root `vac` (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, moreover)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

इह (iha) - here (in this situation) (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic form of `mama` (my) or `mahyam` (to me).

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding, discernment, perception)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, perception, wisdom

Action noun

From root `budh` (to awaken, know, understand)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of `parimuhyate`.

संशये (saṁśaye) - by doubt (in doubt, in uncertainty)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

From `sam` + root `śī` (to lie, rest) in a derived sense or `sam` + root `śi` (to sharpen) + `aya`

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

परिमुह्यते (parimuhyate) - is completely bewildered (is completely bewildered, confused)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of parimuh

Present, middle voice, 3rd person singular

From `pari` + root `muh` (to be bewildered, confused)

Prefix: pari

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Used reflexively or passively.

अपारे (apāre) - in a boundless (realm/ocean) (in the boundless, endless)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of apāra

apāra - boundless, endless, shoreless

Negative prefix `a` + `pāra` (shore, limit)

मार्गमाणस्य (mārgamāṇasya) - of one searching (of one who is searching, seeking)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mārgamāṇa

mārgamāṇa - searching, seeking, pursuing

Present Middle Participle

From root `mṛg` (to seek, hunt) + `śānac` suffix

Root: mṛg (class 10)

परम् (param) - the other (supreme, highest, other, distant)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, distant, supreme, highest

तीरम् (tīram) - shore (shore, bank, boundary)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīra

tīra - shore, bank, margin, boundary

Root: tṝ (class 1)

अपश्यतः (apaśyataḥ) - of one not seeing (of one not seeing, perceiving)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of apaśyat

apaśyat - not seeing, blind

Present Active Participle (negative)

From `a` (negation) + root `dṛś` (to see) in its present stem `paśy` + `śatṛ` suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)