महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-9, verse-17

धनुरादाय तत्राहं नाशकं तस्य पूरणे ।
यथा पुरा च मे वीर्यं भुजयोर्न तथाभवत् ॥१७॥

17. dhanurādāya tatrāhaṁ nāśakaṁ tasya pūraṇe ,
yathā purā ca me vīryaṁ bhujayorna tathābhavat.

17. dhanuḥ ādāya tatra ahaṃ na aśakaṃ tasya pūraṇe
yathā purā ca me vīryaṃ bhujayoḥ na tathā abhavat

17. ahaṃ tatra dhanuḥ ādāya tasya pūraṇe na aśakaṃ ca
purā yathā me bhujayoḥ vīryaṃ na tathā abhavat

17. When I took up the bow there, I was unable to string it. My strength in my arms was no longer what it used to be.

Words meanings summery:

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, then

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I

• न (na) - not, no

• अशकं (aśakaṁ) - I was not able, I could not

• तस्य (tasya) - its, of it, his

• पूरणे (pūraṇe) - in the stringing (of the bow) (in the act of filling, in the stringing (of a bow))

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, anciently

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - my, to me

• वीर्यं (vīryaṁ) - strength, valor, energy

• भुजयोः (bhujayoḥ) - in the two arms, of the two arms

• न (na) - not, no

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

Words meanings and morphology

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root 'dā' with prefix 'ā' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, then

(indeclinable)

अहं (ahaṁ) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अशकं (aśakaṁ) - I was not able, I could not

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

तस्य (tasya) - its, of it, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पूरणे (pūraṇe) - in the stringing (of the bow) (in the act of filling, in the stringing (of a bow))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pūraṇa

pūraṇa - filling, completing, stringing (a bow)

Root: pūr (class 10)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, anciently

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

वीर्यं (vīryaṁ) - strength, valor, energy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vīrya

vīrya - strength, valor, energy, heroism

भुजयोः (bhujayoḥ) - in the two arms, of the two arms

(noun)

Locative, masculine, dual of bhuja

bhuja - arm, hand

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)