महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-135, verse-36

इन्द्र उवाच ।
बन्धिष्ये सेतुना गङ्गां सुखः पन्था भविष्यति ।
क्लिश्यते हि जनस्तात तरमाणः पुनः पुनः ॥३६॥

36. indra uvāca ,
bandhiṣye setunā gaṅgāṁ sukhaḥ panthā bhaviṣyati ,
kliśyate hi janastāta taramāṇaḥ punaḥ punaḥ.

36. indra uvāca bandhiṣye setunā gaṅgām sukhaḥ panthāḥ
bhaviṣyati kliśyate hi janaḥ tāta taramāṇaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

36. Indra said: 'I will bind the Gaṅgā with a dam, and then the way will be made easy. For, dear one, people are troubled by repeatedly crossing it.'

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्र (indra) - Indra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• बन्धिष्ये (bandhiṣye) - I shall bind, I shall build (a dam)

• सेतुना (setunā) - with a dam, by a bridge

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā river

• सुखः (sukhaḥ) - easy, pleasant, comfortable

• पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, way

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be

• क्लिश्यते (kliśyate) - is troubled, suffers, is distressed

• हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

• जनः (janaḥ) - people, folk

• तात (tāta) - O dear one, O son

• तरमाणः (taramāṇaḥ) - crossing, traversing

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्र (indra) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra, king of the gods

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice.

Root: √vac (class 2)

बन्धिष्ये (bandhiṣye) - I shall bind, I shall build (a dam)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of √bandh

Future Middle

1st person singular, future tense, middle voice.

Root: √bandh (class 9)

सेतुना (setunā) - with a dam, by a bridge

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of setu

setu - dam, bridge, causeway, embankment

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā river

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the Ganges river

सुखः (sukhaḥ) - easy, pleasant, comfortable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sukha

sukha - easy, pleasant, happy, comfortable

Note: Agrees with 'panthāḥ'.

पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, way

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of path

path - path, road, way

Irregular declension for masculine nouns ending in -an.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √bhū

Future Active

3rd person singular, future tense, active voice.

Root: √bhū (class 1)

क्लिश्यते (kliśyate) - is troubled, suffers, is distressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of √kliś

Present Passive/Middle

3rd person singular, present indicative, passive or middle voice. The root is 4th class.

Root: √kliś (class 4)

हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

(indeclinable)

जनः (janaḥ) - people, folk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, folk, man

तात (tāta) - O dear one, O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, child, son

तरमाणः (taramāṇaḥ) - crossing, traversing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taramāṇa

taramāṇa - crossing, going across, floating

Present Middle Participle

Derived from √tṛ (to cross).

Root: √tṛ (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis: 'again and again'.