महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-228, verse-12

अथ यूयं बहुत्वात्तानारभध्वं कथंचन ।
अनार्यं परमं तत्स्यादशक्यं तच्च मे मतम् ॥१२॥

12. atha yūyaṁ bahutvāttānārabhadhvaṁ kathaṁcana ,
anāryaṁ paramaṁ tatsyādaśakyaṁ tacca me matam.

12. atha yūyaṃ bahutvāt tān ārabhadhvaṃ kathañcana
anāryaṃ paramaṃ tat syāt aśakyaṃ tat ca me matam

12. Now, if you, relying on your large numbers, somehow attack them, that would be an utterly ignoble act, and I consider it impossible.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - Now, then, therefore, moreover, hereupon

• यूयं (yūyaṁ) - you (plural)

• बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to multitude, because of being many

• तान् (tān) - them

• आरभध्वं (ārabhadhvaṁ) - you (plural) begin, undertake, attack

• कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - somehow, by any means, perhaps

• अनार्यं (anāryaṁ) - ignoble, un-Aryan, disgraceful

• परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme, highest, ultimate, very great

• तत् (tat) - that action (of attacking) (that)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

• अशक्यं (aśakyaṁ) - impossible, not capable

• तत् (tat) - that action (of attacking) (that)

• च (ca) - and

• मे (me) - in my opinion (by me, to me, my)

• मतम् (matam) - considered, thought, opinion

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - Now, then, therefore, moreover, hereupon

(indeclinable)

यूयं (yūyaṁ) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to multitude, because of being many

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bahutva

bahutva - multitude, many-ness

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आरभध्वं (ārabhadhvaṁ) - you (plural) begin, undertake, attack

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ā-rabh

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - somehow, by any means, perhaps

(indeclinable)

अनार्यं (anāryaṁ) - ignoble, un-Aryan, disgraceful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anārya

anārya - ignoble, un-Aryan, disgraceful

Negation 'a-' + 'ārya'

Note: Used as a predicate nominative here.

परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme, highest, ultimate, very great

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, very great

Note: Modifies 'anāryaṃ'.

तत् (tat) - that action (of attacking) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अशक्यं (aśakyaṁ) - impossible, not capable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśakya

aśakya - impossible, not capable

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Negation 'a-' + gerundive from root 'śak'

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Used as a predicate nominative here.

तत् (tat) - that action (of attacking) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - in my opinion (by me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Used as the agent (equivalent to instrumental 'mayā') in a passive construction with 'matam'.

मतम् (matam) - considered, thought, opinion

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - considered, thought, opinion; believed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'man' (to think, believe)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Used as a predicate nominative with 'tat'.