महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-51, verse-14

सुदीर्घेणापि कालेन न ते शक्या गुणा मया ।
आत्मा च परमो वक्तुं नमस्ते नलिनेक्षण ॥१४॥

14. sudīrgheṇāpi kālena na te śakyā guṇā mayā ,
ātmā ca paramo vaktuṁ namaste nalinekṣaṇa.

14. sudīrgheṇa api kālena na te śakyāḥ guṇāḥ mayā
ātmā ca paramaḥ vaktum namaḥ te nalinekṣaṇa

14. sudīrgheṇa api kālena mayā te guṇāḥ ca paramaḥ
ātmā vaktum na śakyāḥ nalinekṣaṇa te namaḥ

14. Even with a very long time, your qualities cannot be described by me, nor can your supreme self (ātman). Salutations to you, O lotus-eyed one!

Words meanings summery:

• सुदीर्घेण (sudīrgheṇa) - by very long (time)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, with time

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - your, to you

• शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - able to be, possible (masculine plural)

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, merits

• मया (mayā) - by me

• आत्मा (ātmā) - your supreme self (ātman) (self, soul, supreme spirit)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell, to describe

• नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, obeisance

• ते (te) - your, to you

• नलिनेक्षण (nalinekṣaṇa) - O lotus-eyed one

Words meanings and morphology

सुदीर्घेण (sudīrgheṇa) - by very long (time)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sudīrgha

sudīrgha - very long, exceedingly long

compound of su (good, well, very) and dīrgha (long)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dīrgha)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• dīrgha – long, extended
  adjective

Note: Agrees with kālena

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

कालेन (kālena) - by time, with time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Can also be dative

शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - able to be, possible (masculine plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, able to be done/achieved

gerundive

from śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Agrees with guṇāḥ and ātmā

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, merits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, merit, strand

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (pronoun)

आत्मा (ātmā) - your supreme self (ātman) (self, soul, supreme spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, supreme spirit

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, best

Note: Agrees with ātmā

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell, to describe

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive form of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Infinitive functions as an indeclinable.

नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, obeisance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of namas

namas - salutation, obeisance, bow

Note: Often used as an indeclinable particle with dative.

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Can also be genitive

नलिनेक्षण (nalinekṣaṇa) - O lotus-eyed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nalinekṣaṇa

nalinekṣaṇa - lotus-eyed

compound of nalina (lotus) and īkṣaṇa (eye)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nalina+īkṣaṇa)

• nalina – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  from īkṣ (to see)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa