महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-109, verse-13

तदा प्रभृति कौन्तेय नरा गिरिमिमं सदा ।
नाशक्नुवनभिद्रष्टुं कुत एवाधिरोहितुम् ॥१३॥

13. tadā prabhṛti kaunteya narā girimimaṁ sadā ,
nāśaknuvanabhidraṣṭuṁ kuta evādhirohitum.

13. tadā prabhṛti kaunteya narāḥ girim imam sadā
na aśaknuvan abhidraṣṭum kutaḥ eva adhirohitum

13. O son of Kunti, from that time onwards, people have never been able to gaze upon this mountain, much less to ascend it.

13. מאז, הו בן קוּנְטִי, אנשים לא היו מסוגלים אפילו לראות את ההר הזה, וקל וחומר לטפס עליו.

Words meanings summery:

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from that time onwards (from, since, beginning from)

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Arjuna (son of Kunti) (O son of Kunti)

• नराः (narāḥ) - people (men, people)

• गिरिम् (girim) - this mountain (mountain)

• इमम् (imam) - this (mountain) (this)

• सदा (sadā) - always, never (when used with 'na') (always, ever)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अशक्नुवन् (aśaknuvan) - they were not able (with 'na') (they were able)

• अभिद्रष्टुम् (abhidraṣṭum) - to fully behold (to see, to perceive, to gaze upon)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - much less, how indeed (from where, whence, how, why)

• एव (eva) - emphatic particle (with kutaḥ) (indeed, only, certainly)

• अधिरोहितुम् (adhirohitum) - to ascend (the mountain) (to ascend, to climb)

Words meanings and morphology

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronominal base 'tad' (that) with the suffix '-dā' indicating time.

प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from that time onwards (from, since, beginning from)

(indeclinable)

Derived from the root 'bhṛ' (to bear) with the prefix 'pra-', often used as an indeclinable indicating a starting point or 'since'.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Arjuna (son of Kunti) (O son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti, descendant of Kunti

Formed from 'Kuntī' with the 'ḍhak' (अ) suffix, denoting 'descendant of'.

नराः (narāḥ) - people (men, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

गिरिम् (girim) - this mountain (mountain)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

इमम् (imam) - this (mountain) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Declined as masculine accusative singular to agree with 'girim'.

सदा (sadā) - always, never (when used with 'na') (always, ever)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base 'sa' with the suffix '-dā' indicating time.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अशक्नुवन् (aśaknuvan) - they were not able (with 'na') (they were able)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: The initial 'a-' is the augment for the imperfect tense.

अभिद्रष्टुम् (abhidraṣṭum) - to fully behold (to see, to perceive, to gaze upon)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'dṛś' (to see) with the prefix 'abhi' (towards, fully).

Prefix: abhi

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - much less, how indeed (from where, whence, how, why)

(indeclinable)

Ablative form of the interrogative pronoun 'kim' (what/who) used adverbially.

एव (eva) - emphatic particle (with kutaḥ) (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

अधिरोहितुम् (adhirohitum) - to ascend (the mountain) (to ascend, to climb)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'ruh' (to grow, to ascend) with the prefix 'adhi' (on, upon, over).

Prefix: adhi

Root: ruh (class 1)

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