महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-80, verse-14

सोऽहमप्यद्य यास्यामि गतिं पितृनिषेविताम् ।
न शक्नोम्यात्मनात्मानमहं धारयितुं शुभे ॥१४॥

14. so'hamapyadya yāsyāmi gatiṁ pitṛniṣevitām ,
na śaknomyātmanātmānamahaṁ dhārayituṁ śubhe.

14. saḥ aham api adya yāsyāmi gatim pitṛ-niṣevitām |
na śaknomi ātmanā ātmānam aham dhārayitum śubhe

14. saḥ aham api adya pitṛ-niṣevitām gatim yāsyāmi
śubhe aham ātmanā ātmānam dhārayitum na śaknomi

14. Therefore, I too will now attain the path traversed by my ancestors. O beautiful one, I am unable to sustain my very self (ātman) by my own will.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - therefore, that I (referring to the speaker) (that, he)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will go, I will attain

• गतिम् (gatim) - the path or state of existence (path, course, destination, state)

• पितृ-निषेविताम् (pitṛ-niṣevitām) - the path or state followed by (his) ancestors (served by ancestors, frequented by ancestors, attained by ancestors)

• न (na) - not

• शक्नोमि (śaknomi) - I am able, I can

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by my own will, by my own effort (by oneself, by the self, by one's own will)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself, my very being (ātman) (oneself, the self, one's own being)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• धारयितुम् (dhārayitum) - to sustain, to hold, to support, to maintain

• शुभे (śubhe) - O beautiful queen (the addressee) (O beautiful one, O auspicious one)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - therefore, that I (referring to the speaker) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Often used for emphasis or to connect to a previous thought.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will go, I will attain

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Future Tense

Root verb (2nd conjugation, P-class) with future suffix -sya and 1st person singular ending -mi.

Root: yā (class 2)

गतिम् (gatim) - the path or state of existence (path, course, destination, state)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, moving, motion, path, course, way, condition, state, destination

Derived from the root gam- 'to go'.

Root: gam (class 1)

पितृ-निषेविताम् (pitṛ-niṣevitām) - the path or state followed by (his) ancestors (served by ancestors, frequented by ancestors, attained by ancestors)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pitṛ-niṣevita

pitṛ-niṣevita - served by ancestors, frequented by ancestors

Tatpuruṣa compound meaning 'served by fathers/ancestors'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+niṣevita)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• niṣevita – served, attended, frequented
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root `sev` (to serve) with prefix `ni`.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'gatim'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शक्नोमि (śaknomi) - I am able, I can

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Root verb (5th conjugation, U-class) with present suffix -no and 1st person singular ending -mi.

Root: śak (class 5)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by my own will, by my own effort (by oneself, by the self, by one's own will)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, the Supreme Soul (brahman), essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Used reflexively, 'by myself'.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself, my very being (ātman) (oneself, the self, one's own being)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, the Supreme Soul (brahman), essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Direct object, 'myself'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

धारयितुम् (dhārayitum) - to sustain, to hold, to support, to maintain

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the causative of the root `dhṛ` (to hold).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Used with `śaknomi` 'to be able to'.

शुभे (śubhe) - O beautiful queen (the addressee) (O beautiful one, O auspicious one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - beautiful, auspicious, shining, lovely (feminine noun/adjective)

Note: Vocative address to a female.