महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-23, verse-25

नैष मार्दवसाध्यो वै मतो नापि सखा तव ।
येन त्वं योधितो वीर द्वारका चावमर्दिता ॥२५॥

25. naiṣa mārdavasādhyo vai mato nāpi sakhā tava ,
yena tvaṁ yodhito vīra dvārakā cāvamarditā.

25. na eṣaḥ mārdavasādhyaḥ vai mataḥ na api sakhā tava
yena tvam yodhitaḥ vīra dvārakā ca avamarditā

25. Indeed, this one cannot be subdued by gentleness, nor is he considered your friend (sakhā). O hero, he is the one by whom you were engaged in battle and Dvārakā was oppressed.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one), he

• मार्दवसाध्यः (mārdavasādhyaḥ) - to be accomplished by mildness, conquerable by gentleness

• वै (vai) - indeed, truly, surely (emphatic particle)

• मतः (mataḥ) - considered, thought, believed

• न (na) - not, no

• अपि (api) - also, even

• सखा (sakhā) - friend, companion

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• योधितः (yodhitaḥ) - you were engaged in battle (fought (causative of 'to fight'))

• वीर (vīra) - O hero, O brave one

• द्वारका (dvārakā) - Dvārakā (name of a city)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अवमर्दिता (avamarditā) - crushed, oppressed, destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it (proximate demonstrative)

मार्दवसाध्यः (mārdavasādhyaḥ) - to be accomplished by mildness, conquerable by gentleness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārdavasādhya

mārdavasādhya - to be achieved by gentleness, conquerable by mildness, subject to tenderness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mārdava+sādhya)

• mārdava – softness, gentleness, mildness, tenderness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'mṛdu' (soft).
• sādhya – to be accomplished, to be effected, practicable, conquerable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Formed from the root 'sādh' (to accomplish) with the suffix '-ya'.
  Root: sādh (class 5)

वै (vai) - indeed, truly, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

मतः (mataḥ) - considered, thought, believed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mata

mata - considered, thought, believed, intended, approved

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root 'man' (to think, believe) with the suffix '-ta'.

Root: man (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सखा (sakhā) - friend, companion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion, comrade

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Subject of a passive verb.

योधितः (yodhitaḥ) - you were engaged in battle (fought (causative of 'to fight'))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yodhita

yodhita - fought, caused to fight, battled

Past Passive Participle (Causative)

Formed from the causative stem of root 'yudh' (to fight) with the suffix '-ta'.

Root: yudh (class 4)

वीर (vīra) - O hero, O brave one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

द्वारका (dvārakā) - Dvārakā (name of a city)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dvārakā

dvārakā - Dvārakā (ancient city, capital of the Yadavas, associated with Krishna)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अवमर्दिता (avamarditā) - crushed, oppressed, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avamardita

avamardita - crushed, oppressed, destroyed, molested

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root 'mṛd' (to crush) with the prefix 'ava-' and the suffix '-ta'.

Prefix: ava

Root: mṛd (class 7)