महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-28

यातुधान्युवाच ।
नामनैरुक्तमेतत्ते दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम् ।
नैतद्धारयितुं शक्यं गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम् ॥२८॥

28. yātudhānyuvāca ,
nāmanairuktametatte duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram ,
naitaddhārayituṁ śakyaṁ gacchāvatara padminīm.

28. yātudhānī uvāca nāma nairuktam etat te duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram
na etat dhārayitum śakyam gaccha avatara padminīm

28. yātudhānī uvāca nāma nairuktam etat te duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram
na etat dhārayitum śakyam gaccha avatara padminīm

28. The demoness said, "This etymology of your name, with its difficult-to-pronounce syllables, cannot be remembered. Go, descend into the lotus pond."

Words meanings summery:

• यातुधानी (yātudhānī) - demoness, female demon

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• नाम (nāma) - name (name, by name, indeed)

• नैरुक्तम् (nairuktam) - etymological explanation (etymological, derived from Nirukta)

• एतत् (etat) - this (explanation) (this, this one)

• ते (te) - to you (Kashyapa) (to you, your)

• दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम् (duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram) - having letters difficult to pronounce

• न (na) - not, no

• एतत् (etat) - this (name/explanation) (this, this one)

• धारयितुम् (dhārayitum) - to remember, to retain (to hold, to bear, to remember)

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (to be remembered) (possible, capable)

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go (from here) (go, proceed)

• अवतर (avatara) - descend (into the pond) (descend, dismount)

• पद्मिनीम् (padminīm) - lotus pond (lotus pond, lotus plant, a type of woman)

Words meanings and morphology

यातुधानी (yātudhānī) - demoness, female demon

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yātudhānī

yātudhānī - demoness, a female Rākṣasa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of √vac

perfect active

third person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

नाम (nāma) - name (name, by name, indeed)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name

Note: Object of `dhārayitum`.

नैरुक्तम् (nairuktam) - etymological explanation (etymological, derived from Nirukta)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nairukta

nairukta - relating to etymology, derived from Nirukta

from nirukta

Note: Agrees with `nāma`.

एतत् (etat) - this (explanation) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Agrees with `nāma nairuktam`.

ते (te) - to you (Kashyapa) (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

enclitic dative/genitive singular of tvad

Note: Used here in the sense of 'for you'.

दुःखव्याभाषिताक्षरम् (duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram) - having letters difficult to pronounce

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣara

duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣara - difficult to articulate, having letters that are hard to speak

compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (duḥkha+vyābhāṣita+akṣara)

• duḥkha – pain, difficulty, sorrow
  noun (neuter)
• vyābhāṣita – spoken, uttered (implying 'misspoken' or 'awkwardly spoken' in this context)
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √bhāṣ with prefixes vi- and ā-
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: bhāṣ (class 1)
• akṣara – letter, syllable, imperishable
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `nāma nairuktam etat`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (name/explanation) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Object of `dhārayitum`.

धारयितुम् (dhārayitum) - to remember, to retain (to hold, to bear, to remember)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive of causal of √dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (to be remembered) (possible, capable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, fit

Gerundive

from √śak

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective, agrees with implied 'this' (etat).

गच्छ (gaccha) - go (from here) (go, proceed)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Lot) of √gam

imperative active

second person singular imperative active of √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

अवतर (avatara) - descend (into the pond) (descend, dismount)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Lot) of √tṛ

imperative active

second person singular imperative active of √tṛ with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: tṛ (class 1)

पद्मिनीम् (padminīm) - lotus pond (lotus pond, lotus plant, a type of woman)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of padminī

padminī - lotus pond, collection of lotuses, a beautiful woman (Padmini)

Note: Object of `avatara`.