महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-149, verse-13

न हि शक्नोमि त्वां द्रष्टुं दिवाकरमिवोदितम् ।
अप्रमेयमनाधृष्यं मैनाकमिव पर्वतम् ॥१३॥

13. na hi śaknomi tvāṁ draṣṭuṁ divākaramivoditam ,
aprameyamanādhṛṣyaṁ mainākamiva parvatam.

13. na hi śaknomi tvām draṣṭum divākaram iva uditam
| aprameyam anādhṛṣyam mainākam iva parvatam

13. Indeed, I am not able to see you, just as one cannot look directly at the rising sun. You are immeasurable and invincible, like Mount Mainaka.

13. איני יכול להביט בך, כי אתה כשמש העולה, חסר מידה וקשה לגישה, כהר מַינָאקַה.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• शक्नोमि (śaknomi) - I am able, I can

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to look at

• दिवाकरम् (divākaram) - the sun, day-maker

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उदितम् (uditam) - the rising (sun) (risen, ascended, appeared)

• अप्रमेयम् (aprameyam) - immeasurable, incomprehensible, indescribable

• अनाधृष्यम् (anādhṛṣyam) - invincible, unassailable, irresistible

• मैनाकम् (mainākam) - Mount Mainaka

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain, hill

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

शक्नोमि (śaknomi) - I am able, I can

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śak

present active

root śak, class 5 (śaknoti, śaknuvanti), present indicative, 1st person singular

Root: śak (class 5)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to look at

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive (tumun) form of root dṛś (paśyati)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दिवाकरम् (divākaram) - the sun, day-maker

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of divākara

divākara - sun, day-maker

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (divā+kara)

• divā – by day, daily
  indeclinable
• kara – maker, doer, causing
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root kṛ (to make, to do) with suffix -a
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उदितम् (uditam) - the rising (sun) (risen, ascended, appeared)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - risen, ascended, appeared, produced

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root i (to go) with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'divākaram'

अप्रमेयम् (aprameyam) - immeasurable, incomprehensible, indescribable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aprameya

aprameya - immeasurable, incomprehensible, that which cannot be proved, not an object of knowledge

Negated Gerundive / Potential Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'a' + Gerundive of root mā (to measure) with prefix pra

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prameya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negating prefix
• prameya – measurable, provable, an object of knowledge
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive / Potential Passive Participle
  Gerundive of root mā (to measure) with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'tvām' and implicitly 'parvatam' (you, like a mountain)

अनाधृष्यम् (anādhṛṣyam) - invincible, unassailable, irresistible

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anādhṛṣya

anādhṛṣya - invincible, unassailable, irresistible, not to be overcome

Negated Gerundive / Potential Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'an' + Gerundive of root dhṛṣ (to be bold/attack) with prefix ā

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ādhṛṣya)

• an – not, non-, un- (used before vowels)
  indeclinable
  negating prefix
• ādhṛṣya – to be assailed, to be attacked, assailable
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive / Potential Passive Participle
  Gerundive of root dhṛṣ (to be bold, to attack) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'tvām' and implicitly 'parvatam' (you, like a mountain)

मैनाकम् (mainākam) - Mount Mainaka

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of maināka

maināka - Mainaka (name of a mountain, son of Himavat and Mena)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain, hill

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

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