महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-8, verse-52

ततोऽर्जुनो धनुर्दिव्यं गाण्डीवमजरं महत् ।
आरोपयितुमारेभे यत्नादिव कथंचन ॥५२॥

52. tato'rjuno dhanurdivyaṁ gāṇḍīvamajaraṁ mahat ,
āropayitumārebhe yatnādiva kathaṁcana.

52. tataḥ arjunaḥ dhanuḥ divyam gāṇḍīvam ajaram
mahat āropayitum ārebhe yatnāt iva kathaṃcana

52. tataḥ arjunaḥ divyam ajaram mahat gāṇḍīvam
dhanuḥ yatnāt iva kathaṃcana āropayitum ārebhe

52. Then Arjuna began, as if with immense effort and somehow, to string the divine, imperishable, great bow named Gaṇḍīva.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine, celestial

• गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gaṇḍīva (name of Arjuna's bow)

• अजरम् (ajaram) - ageless, undecaying, imperishable

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

• आरोपयितुम् (āropayitum) - to string (the bow) (to string (a bow), to place upon, to cause to ascend)

• आरेभे (ārebhe) - he began

• यत्नात् (yatnāt) - from effort, with effort, with difficulty

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - somehow, with great difficulty, in some way

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pāṇḍava prince); white, silver

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc

Note: The object being strung.

दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine, celestial

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of divya

divya - divine, celestial, heavenly

Note: Qualifies 'dhanuḥ'.

गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gaṇḍīva (name of Arjuna's bow)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gāṇḍīva

gāṇḍīva - Gaṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

Note: The specific name of the bow.

अजरम् (ajaram) - ageless, undecaying, imperishable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ajara

ajara - ageless, undecaying, immortal, imperishable

Negation of 'jara' (decay)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+jara)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jara – old age, decay
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'dhanuḥ'.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Note: Qualifies 'dhanuḥ'.

आरोपयितुम् (āropayitum) - to string (the bow) (to string (a bow), to place upon, to cause to ascend)

(indeclinable)

infinitive (tumun)

Causative of ā-ruh (to ascend), formed with suffix -tum

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Expresses purpose.

आरेभे (ārebhe) - he began

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of ā-rabh

perfect (liṭ)

From root 'rabh' with prefix 'ā', ātmanepada

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

यत्नात् (yatnāt) - from effort, with effort, with difficulty

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'with effort'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - somehow, with great difficulty, in some way

(indeclinable)

From katham (how) + cana (even)