महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-141, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
अन्तर्हितानि भूतानि रक्षांसि बलवन्ति च ।
अग्निना तपसा चैव शक्यं गन्तुं वृकोदर ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
antarhitāni bhūtāni rakṣāṁsi balavanti ca ,
agninā tapasā caiva śakyaṁ gantuṁ vṛkodara.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca antasahitāni bhūtāni rakṣāṃsi
balavanti ca agninā tapasā ca eva śakyam gantum vṛkodara

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "O Vṛkodara (Bhīma), the beings here are concealed, and the Rākṣasas are powerful. It is indeed possible to proceed only through fire and by the power of asceticism (tapas)."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अन्तर्हितानि (antarhitāni) - hidden, concealed, disappeared

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the creatures/beings in this place (beings, creatures, elements)

• रक्षांसि (rakṣāṁsi) - the Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas (demons), protections)

• बलवन्ति (balavanti) - powerful, strong

• च (ca) - and

• अग्निना (agninā) - by fire

• तपसा (tapasā) - by the power of asceticism (tapas) (by austerity (tapas), by heat)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to proceed (through the forest/obstacles) (to go, to proceed, to reach)

• वृकोदर (vṛkodara) - O Bhīma (whose belly is like a wolf's, i.e., very hungry/strong) (O Vṛkodara (Bhīma))

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava), firm in battle

Compound of yudhi (in battle, locative of yudh) and sthira (firm)

Compound type : aluk-tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yudh
• sthira – firm, steady
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Irregular perfect of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अन्तर्हितानि (antarhitāni) - hidden, concealed, disappeared

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of antarhita

antarhita - hidden, concealed, vanished

Past Passive Participle

From root dhā (to place) with prefixes antar (within, between) and hi (as part of internal compound formation)

Prefix: antar

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Adjective modifying "bhūtāni" and "rakṣāṃsi".

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the creatures/beings in this place (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, ghost, element, past

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of an implied verb "are".

रक्षांसि (rakṣāṁsi) - the Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas (demons), protections)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, Rākṣasa, evil spirit

As in mythology, a class of malevolent beings

Root: rakṣ

Note: Subject of an implied verb "are".

बलवन्ति (balavanti) - powerful, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong, mighty

Possessive suffix -vat added to bala (strength)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects "bhūtāni" and "rakṣāṃsi balavanti".

अग्निना (agninā) - by fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, Agni (god of fire)

I-stem noun

Root: ag

Note: Instrument of "gantum".

तपसा (tapasā) - by the power of asceticism (tapas) (by austerity (tapas), by heat)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

S-stem neuter noun

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Instrument of "gantum".

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects "agninā" and "tapasā".

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

Note: Emphasizes "only by fire and austerity".

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, practicable

Gerundive

From root śak (to be able), meaning 'to be able to be done' or simply 'possible'

Root: śak (class 5)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to proceed (through the forest/obstacles) (to go, to proceed, to reach)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of gam

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

वृकोदर (vṛkodara) - O Bhīma (whose belly is like a wolf's, i.e., very hungry/strong) (O Vṛkodara (Bhīma))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - Vṛkodara (a name of Bhīma), wolf-bellied, voracious

Compound of vṛka (wolf) and udara (belly)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛk
• udara – belly, stomach
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ud