महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-135, verse-21

कालेन महता वेदाः शक्या गुरुमुखाद्विभो ।
प्राप्तुं तस्मादयं यत्नः परमो मे समास्थितः ॥२१॥

21. kālena mahatā vedāḥ śakyā gurumukhādvibho ,
prāptuṁ tasmādayaṁ yatnaḥ paramo me samāsthitaḥ.

21. kālena mahatā vedāḥ śakyā gurumukhāt vibho
prāptum tasmāt ayam yatnaḥ paramaḥ me samāsthitaḥ

21. O Lord, the Vedas can only be obtained from a teacher's mouth after a long period of time. Therefore, I have undertaken this supreme effort.

Words meanings summery:

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, with time

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

• वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas, sacred knowledge

• शक्या (śakyā) - able (to be done), possible

• गुरुमुखात् (gurumukhāt) - from the mouth of a guru, from a teacher

• विभो (vibho) - O Lord, O all-pervading one

• प्राप्तुम् (prāptum) - to obtain, to attain

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• यत्नः (yatnaḥ) - effort, exertion

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, greatest

• मे (me) - by me, to me, for me

• समास्थितः (samāsthitaḥ) - undertaken, established, resorted to

Words meanings and morphology

कालेन (kālena) - by time, with time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, duration, appropriate time

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

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas, sacred knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - sacred knowledge, Veda (scripture), wisdom

Root: vid (class 2)

शक्या (śakyā) - able (to be done), possible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakya

śakya - possible, able to be done, capable, feasible

Gerundive (kṛtya)

Formed from root 'śak' with the suffix '-ya'.

Root: śak (class 5)

गुरुमुखात् (gurumukhāt) - from the mouth of a guru, from a teacher

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gurumukha

gurumukha - mouth of a guru, instruction from a teacher

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guru+mukha)

• guru – teacher, preceptor (guru), heavy, venerable
  noun (masculine)
• mukha – mouth, face, principal part, front
  noun (neuter)

विभो (vibho) - O Lord, O all-pervading one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - lord, master, all-pervading, powerful, mighty

प्राप्तुम् (prāptum) - to obtain, to attain

(verb)

active, infinitive of prāp

Infinitive

Formed from root 'āp' with prefix 'pra' and the infinitive suffix '-tum'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

यत्नः (yatnaḥ) - effort, exertion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

Derived from root 'yat'.

Root: yat (class 1)

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, most excellent, utmost

मे (me) - by me, to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

समास्थितः (samāsthitaḥ) - undertaken, established, resorted to

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāsthita

samāsthita - undertaken, established, resolved upon, resorted to

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'sthā' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)