महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-190, verse-77

राजोवाच ।
इक्ष्वाकवः पश्यत मां गृहीतं न वै शक्नोम्येष शरं विमोक्तुम् ।
न चास्य कर्तुं नाशमभ्युत्सहामि आयुष्मान्वै जीवतु वामदेवः ॥७७॥

77. rājovāca ,
ikṣvākavaḥ paśyata māṁ gṛhītaṁ; na vai śaknomyeṣa śaraṁ vimoktum ,
na cāsya kartuṁ nāśamabhyutsahāmi; āyuṣmānvai jīvatu vāmadevaḥ.

77. rājaḥ uvāca | ikṣvākavaḥ paśyata mām
gṛhītam na vai śaknomi eṣa śaram
vimoktum | na ca asya kartum nāśam
abhyutsahāmi āyuṣmān vai jīvatu vāmadevaḥ

77. The King said, 'O Ikṣvākus, behold me, seized! Indeed, I am unable to release this arrow, nor am I capable of destroying its effect. May Vāmadeva certainly live long!'

Words meanings summery:

• राजः (rājaḥ) - king, ruler

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इक्ष्वाकवः (ikṣvākavaḥ) - O Ikṣvākus! (descendants of Ikṣvāku)

• पश्यत (paśyata) - behold, see, look

• माम् (mām) - me

• गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - seized, caught, captured

• न (na) - not, no

• वै (vai) - emphasizes the preceding or following statement (indeed, certainly, verily)

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

• एष (eṣa) - referring to the speaker (the King), used emphatically (this (masculine nominative singular))

• शरम् (śaram) - arrow

• विमोक्तुम् (vimoktum) - to release, to unbind

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्य (asya) - of this arrow's effect or power (of this, its)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to undo or reverse (to do, to make)

• नाशम् (nāśam) - the destruction of the arrow's effect or power (destruction, annihilation)

• अभ्युत्सहामि (abhyutsahāmi) - I strive, I exert myself, I am capable

• आयुष्मान् (āyuṣmān) - long-lived, endowed with long life

• वै (vai) - emphasizes the preceding or following statement (indeed, certainly, verily)

• जीवतु (jīvatu) - a blessing, 'may he live long!' (may live, let live)

• वामदेवः (vāmadevaḥ) - Vāmadeva (a proper name)

Words meanings and morphology

राजः (rājaḥ) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

root vac (2nd class), perfect active 3rd person singular

Root: √vac (class 2)

इक्ष्वाकवः (ikṣvākavaḥ) - O Ikṣvākus! (descendants of Ikṣvāku)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of ikṣvāku

ikṣvāku - a king of the solar dynasty, a descendant of Ikṣvāku

पश्यत (paśyata) - behold, see, look

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of √dṛś

present imperative active

root dṛś (1st class, irregular present stem paśya), present imperative active 2nd person plural

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - seized, caught, captured

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - seized, caught, held

Past Passive Participle

formed from root grah (9th class) with suffix kta

Root: √grah (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - emphasizes the preceding or following statement (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

शक्नोमि (śaknomi) - I am able, I can

(verb)

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

present active

root śak (5th class), present active 1st person singular

Root: √śak (class 5)

एष (eṣa) - referring to the speaker (the King), used emphatically (this (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

शरम् (śaram) - arrow

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow, reed

विमोक्तुम् (vimoktum) - to release, to unbind

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of vimoktu

infinitive

formed from prefix vi- + root muc + infinitive suffix tumun

Prefix: vi

Root: √muc (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this arrow's effect or power (of this, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to undo or reverse (to do, to make)

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of kartu

infinitive

formed from root kṛ (8th class) + infinitive suffix tumun

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

नाशम् (nāśam) - the destruction of the arrow's effect or power (destruction, annihilation)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss

from root √naś + ghañ suffix

Root: √naś (class 4)

अभ्युत्सहामि (abhyutsahāmi) - I strive, I exert myself, I am capable

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of abhyutsahā

present active

formed from prefixes abhi-, ut- + root sah (1st class), present active 1st person singular

Prefixes: abhi+ut

Root: √sah (class 1)

आयुष्मान् (āyuṣmān) - long-lived, endowed with long life

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āyuṣmat

āyuṣmat - long-lived, endowed with long life

from āyus + matup suffix

वै (vai) - emphasizes the preceding or following statement (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

जीवतु (jīvatu) - a blessing, 'may he live long!' (may live, let live)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √jīv

present imperative active

root jīv (1st class), present imperative active 3rd person singular

Root: √jīv (class 1)

वामदेवः (vāmadevaḥ) - Vāmadeva (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāmadeva

vāmadeva - a proper name (a sage)