महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-142, verse-2

दुर्बलाः क्लेशिताः स्मेति यद्ब्रवीथेतरेतरम् ।
अशक्येऽपि व्रजामेति धनंजयदिदृक्षया ॥२॥

2. durbalāḥ kleśitāḥ smeti yadbravīthetaretaram ,
aśakye'pi vrajāmeti dhanaṁjayadidṛkṣayā.

2. durbalāḥ kleśitāḥ sma iti yat bravītha itaretaram
aśakye api vrajāmaḥ iti dhanañjaya didṛkṣayā

2. You say to each other, "We are weak, we are afflicted." (Yet you also say,) "We will go, even to the impossible, out of the desire to see Dhananjaya (Arjuna)."

Words meanings summery:

• दुर्बलाः (durbalāḥ) - (we are) weak (weak, feeble)

• क्लेशिताः (kleśitāḥ) - (we are) afflicted (afflicted, tormented, distressed)

• स्म (sma) - we are (particle used with present tense to denote past or with nominative to express 'to be') (we are)

• इति (iti) - thus (introduces or closes a quote) (thus, so, indicating a quote)

• यत् (yat) - that which, what

• ब्रवीथ (bravītha) - you (all) say (you say, you speak)

• इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - to one another (to one another, mutually)

• अशक्ये (aśakye) - even in the impossible situation (in the impossible, in what is not possible)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• व्रजामः (vrajāmaḥ) - we shall go (we go, we proceed)

• इति (iti) - thus (closes a quote) (thus, so, indicating a quote)

• धनञ्जय (dhanañjaya) - Arjuna, the third Pandava brother (Arjuna (conqueror of wealth))

• दिदृक्षया (didṛkṣayā) - out of the desire to see (with a desire to see)

Words meanings and morphology

दुर्बलाः (durbalāḥ) - (we are) weak (weak, feeble)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble, powerless, infirm

'dur' (bad, difficult) + 'bala' (strength)

Compound type : karmadharaya (dur+bala)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
  Negative/pejorative prefix
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied 'vayam'

क्लेशिताः (kleśitāḥ) - (we are) afflicted (afflicted, tormented, distressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kleśita

kleśita - afflicted, troubled, pained, tormented

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √kliś (to torment, distress)

Root: kliś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with implied 'vayam'

स्म (sma) - we are (particle used with present tense to denote past or with nominative to express 'to be') (we are)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

1st plural present active of √as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Often paired with 'iti'

इति (iti) - thus (introduces or closes a quote) (thus, so, indicating a quote)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - that which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Functions as a conjunction here

ब्रवीथ (bravītha) - you (all) say (you say, you speak)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Present Active

2nd plural present active of √brū

Root: brū (class 2)

इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - to one another (to one another, mutually)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of itaretara

itaretara - one another, mutual

Formed from itara + itara

Compound type : dvandva (itara+itara)

• itara – other, another
  pronoun (masculine)
• itara – other, another
  pronoun (masculine)

Note: Functions as an adverb here

अशक्ये (aśakye) - even in the impossible situation (in the impossible, in what is not possible)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of aśakya

aśakya - impossible, impracticable, not to be done

Gerundive (kṛtya)

'a-' (not) + 'śakya' (possible), derived from √śak (to be able)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+śakya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• śakya – possible, practicable, capable of being done
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Derived from √śak
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Refers to an impossible state or task

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

व्रजामः (vrajāmaḥ) - we shall go (we go, we proceed)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vraj

Present Active

1st plural present active of √vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus (closes a quote) (thus, so, indicating a quote)

(indeclinable)

धनञ्जय (dhanañjaya) - Arjuna, the third Pandava brother (Arjuna (conqueror of wealth))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanañjaya

dhanañjaya - conqueror of wealth; a name of Arjuna

Formed from 'dhana' (wealth) + 'jaya' (conqueror)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – victory, conquest; a conqueror
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from √ji
  Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Object of desire to see

दिदृक्षया (didṛkṣayā) - out of the desire to see (with a desire to see)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of didṛkṣā

didṛkṣā - desire to see, wish to behold

Desiderative nominalization

Formed from desiderative stem of √dṛś (to see) + -ā (feminine noun suffix)

Root: dṛś (class 1)