महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-22, verse-34

किं कुर्मः पुरुषव्याघ्र ब्रवीहि पुरुषर्षभ ।
कृतमित्येव तज्ज्ञेयं नृपैर्यद्यपि दुष्करम् ॥३४॥

34. kiṁ kurmaḥ puruṣavyāghra bravīhi puruṣarṣabha ,
kṛtamityeva tajjñeyaṁ nṛpairyadyapi duṣkaram.

34. kim kurmaḥ puruṣavyāghra bravīhi puruṣarṣabha
kṛtam iti eva tat jñeyam nṛpaiḥ yadyapi duṣkaram

34. O foremost of men, O mightiest of men, tell us what we should do. Whatever is to be done must be considered as already accomplished, even if it is difficult for kings.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?, which?

• कुर्मः (kurmaḥ) - what should we do? (we do, we make, we should do)

• पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O foremost of men (vocative address to a respected hero like Kṛṣṇa) (O tiger among men, O best of men)

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - please tell us (tell, speak, say)

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O mightiest of men (vocative address to a respected hero like Kṛṣṇa) (O bull among men, O best of men)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - that which is decided/done (done, made, accomplished)

• इति (iti) - as if 'done' (thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion)

• एव (eva) - certainly, indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• तत् (tat) - that (which is to be done) (that, it)

• ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - should be considered (to be known, knowable, should be known)

• नृपैः (nṛpaiḥ) - by kings

• यद्यपि (yadyapi) - even if, although

• दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult to do, hard to accomplish

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?, which?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Can be nominative or accusative singular neuter.

कुर्मः (kurmaḥ) - what should we do? (we do, we make, we should do)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (optative implied) (laṭ/liṅ (vidhi)) of kṛ

present active indicative/optative

1st person plural, Parasmaipada, present tense (laṭ) or optative (vidhi-liṅ)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O foremost of men (vocative address to a respected hero like Kṛṣṇa) (O tiger among men, O best of men)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (comparative) (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - please tell us (tell, speak, say)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

imperative active

2nd person singular, Parasmaipada, imperative mood (loṭ)

Root: brū (class 2)

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O mightiest of men (vocative address to a respected hero like Kṛṣṇa) (O bull among men, O best of men)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (comparative) (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best
  noun (masculine)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - that which is decided/done (done, made, accomplished)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, accomplished, acted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root kṛ (to do) + suffix -ta

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used here substantively, 'that which is done'.

इति (iti) - as if 'done' (thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly, indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (which is to be done) (that, it)

(demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'kṛtam' (that which is done/to be done).

ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - should be considered (to be known, knowable, should be known)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñeya

jñeya - to be known, knowable, perceivable

Gerundive

Derived from verb root jñā (to know) + suffix -eya

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Implies 'it should be known'.

नृपैः (nṛpaiḥ) - by kings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, monarch

Note: Agent of the action 'duṣkaram'.

यद्यपि (yadyapi) - even if, although

(indeclinable)

Compound of yadi (if) + api (also, even)

दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult to do, hard to accomplish

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult to do, hard, arduous

Derived from dus (bad/difficult) + kṛ (to do) + -a suffix

Compound type : tatpurusha (dus+kara)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
• kara – doing, making, producing
  noun/adjective (neuter)
  Agent noun/adjective from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'tat' (that which is to be done).