महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-135, verse-37

यवक्रीरुवाच ।
नायं शक्यस्त्वया बद्धुं महानोघः कथंचन ।
अशक्याद्विनिवर्तस्व शक्यमर्थं समारभ ॥३७॥

37. yavakrīruvāca ,
nāyaṁ śakyastvayā baddhuṁ mahānoghaḥ kathaṁcana ,
aśakyādvinivartasva śakyamarthaṁ samārabha.

37. yavakrīḥ uvāca na ayam śakyaḥ tvayā baddhum mahān oghaḥ
kathaṃcana aśakyāt vinivartasva śakyam artham samārabhā

37. Yavakri said: 'It is impossible for you to bind this mighty current by any means whatsoever. Desist from what is impossible, and undertake that which is achievable.'

37. יַוַקְרִי אמר, אינך יכול לסכור בשום אופן את השטף העצום הזה. חדל ממה שאי אפשר, והתחל במשהו שאפשר לבצע.

Words meanings summery:

• यवक्रीः (yavakrīḥ) - Yavakri (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible, able, capable

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• बद्धुम् (baddhum) - to bind, to construct

• महान् (mahān) - great, mighty

• ओघः (oghaḥ) - flood, current, stream

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, at all, somehow

• अशक्यात् (aśakyāt) - from the impossible, from what is not possible

• विनिवर्तस्व (vinivartasva) - turn back, desist, cease

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, achievable

• अर्थम् (artham) - purpose, object, thing

• समारभा (samārabhā) - undertake, begin, start

Words meanings and morphology

यवक्रीः (yavakrīḥ) - Yavakri (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yavakrī

yavakrī - Yavakri (name of a sage)

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)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Masculine nominative singular, referring to 'oghaḥ'.

शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible, able, capable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, practicable, able, capable

Gerundive (karmaṇi pratyaya)

Derived from √śak (to be able).

Root: √śak (class 5)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Instrumental singular, functioning as the agent of the passive construction.

बद्धुम् (baddhum) - to bind, to construct

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of √bandh

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root.

Root: √bandh (class 9)

महान् (mahān) - great, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, important

Note: Masculine nominative singular, agreeing with 'oghaḥ'.

ओघः (oghaḥ) - flood, current, stream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ogha

ogha - flood, current, stream, multitude

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, at all, somehow

(indeclinable)

Compound of katham (how) + ca (and) + na (not).

अशक्यात् (aśakyāt) - from the impossible, from what is not possible

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of aśakya

aśakya - impossible, not practicable, unachievable

Gerundive

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of śakya.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śakya)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• śakya – possible, practicable, able
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive (karmaṇi pratyaya)
  Derived from √śak (to be able).
  Root: √śak (class 5)

विनिवर्तस्व (vinivartasva) - turn back, desist, cease

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of √vṛt

Imperative Middle

2nd person singular, imperative mood, middle voice, with prefixes vi and ni.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: √vṛt (class 1)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, achievable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, practicable, able, capable

Gerundive (karmaṇi pratyaya)

Derived from √śak (to be able).

Root: √śak (class 5)

अर्थम् (artham) - purpose, object, thing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object, thing

समारभा (samārabhā) - undertake, begin, start

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of √rabh

Imperative Middle

2nd person singular, imperative mood, middle voice, with prefixes sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: √rabh (class 1)

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