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.'

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)