महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-127, verse-16

स्यान्नु कर्म तथा युक्तं येन पुत्रशतं भवेत् ।
महता लघुना वापि कर्मणा दुष्करेण वा ॥१६॥

16. syānnu karma tathā yuktaṁ yena putraśataṁ bhavet ,
mahatā laghunā vāpi karmaṇā duṣkareṇa vā.

16. syāt nu karma tathā yuktam yena putraśatam bhavet
mahatā laghunā vā api karmaṇā duṣkareṇa vā

16. Is there an action (karma) or ritual (karma) by which a hundred sons could be born? Whether by a great or small action (karma), or even a difficult one.

Words meanings summery:

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

• नु (nu) - expresses a question (indeed, now, then, expresses a question or emphasis)

• कर्म (karma) - an action (karma) or ritual (karma) (action, deed, ritual, fate)

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

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - joined, endowed with, suitable, performed

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons

• भवेत् (bhavet) - could be born (may be, should be, would become)

• महता (mahatā) - by a great, by a large

• लघुना (laghunā) - by a small, by a light, by an easy

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by an action (karma) (by action, by deed, by ritual)

• दुष्करेण (duṣkareṇa) - by a difficult, by a hard-to-do

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

नु (nu) - expresses a question (indeed, now, then, expresses a question or emphasis)

(indeclinable)

कर्म (karma) - an action (karma) or ritual (karma) (action, deed, ritual, fate)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, fate, effect of actions

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

(indeclinable)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - joined, endowed with, suitable, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, endowed with, suitable, fit, engaged, practiced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'yuj' (to join, to unite, to apply)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'karma'

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'karma'

पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of putraśata

putraśata - a hundred sons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+śata)

• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

भवेत् (bhavet) - could be born (may be, should be, would become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

महता (mahatā) - by a great, by a large

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Agrees with 'karmaṇā'

लघुना (laghunā) - by a small, by a light, by an easy

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of laghu

laghu - small, light, easy, quick, insignificant

Note: Agrees with 'karmaṇā'

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by an action (karma) (by action, by deed, by ritual)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, fate, effect of actions

दुष्करेण (duṣkareṇa) - by a difficult, by a hard-to-do

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult to do, arduous, hard

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+kara)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill-
  prefix
• kara – making, doing, causing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'karmaṇā'

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)