महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-135, verse-39

यवक्रीरुवाच ।
यथा तव निरर्थोऽयमारम्भस्त्रिदशेश्वर ।
तथा यदि ममापीदं मन्यसे पाकशासन ॥३९॥

39. yavakrīruvāca ,
yathā tava nirartho'yamārambhastridaśeśvara ,
tathā yadi mamāpīdaṁ manyase pākaśāsana.

39. yavakrīḥ uvāca | yathā tava nirarthaḥ ayam ārambhaḥ
tridaśeśvara | tathā yadi mama api idam manyase pākaśāsana

39. Yavakri said: "O Lord of the thirty (gods) (tridaśeśvara), just as this endeavor of yours is useless, so too, O Chastiser of Pāka (pākaśāsana), if you consider this effort of mine to be so [i.e., useless]..."

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• निरर्थः (nirarthaḥ) - useless, meaningless, vain

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• आरम्भः (ārambhaḥ) - commencement, undertaking, endeavor, effort

• त्रिदशेश्वर (tridaśeśvara) - Referring to Indra, the king of gods (Lord of the thirty (gods))

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

• यदि (yadi) - if

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• इदम् (idam) - this (neuter)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

• पाकशासन (pākaśāsana) - Referring to Indra, the slayer of the demon Pāka (Chastiser of Pāka)

Words meanings and morphology

यवक्रीः (yavakrīḥ) - The proper name Yavakri (Yavakri)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yavakrī

yavakrī - A proper name, son of Bharadvaja

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Lit)

Perfect active, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

निरर्थः (nirarthaḥ) - useless, meaningless, vain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirartha

nirartha - useless, meaningless, vain

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+artha)

• nis – out, forth, without
  indeclinable
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

आरम्भः (ārambhaḥ) - commencement, undertaking, endeavor, effort

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārambha

ārambha - beginning, commencement, undertaking, effort

From ā-√rabh (to begin)

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

त्रिदशेश्वर (tridaśeśvara) - Referring to Indra, the king of gods (Lord of the thirty (gods))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tridaśeśvara

tridaśeśvara - Lord of the thirty (gods); an epithet of Indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tridaśa+īśvara)

• tridaśa – thirty; thirty gods (divine beings)
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, god
  noun (masculine)
  From √īś (to rule, to be master of)
  Root: īś (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √man

Present tense

Present active, 2nd person singular

Root: man (class 4)

पाकशासन (pākaśāsana) - Referring to Indra, the slayer of the demon Pāka (Chastiser of Pāka)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pākaśāsana

pākaśāsana - Chastiser of Pāka; an epithet of Indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāka+śāsana)

• pāka – the demon Pāka (killed by Indra)
  proper noun (masculine)
• śāsana – chastiser, ruler, commander
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √śās
  Root: śās (class 2)