महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-256, verse-8

किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं यद्राजा सततं घृणी ।
त्वं च बालिशया बुद्ध्या सदैवास्मान्प्रबाधसे ॥८॥

8. kiṁ nu śakyaṁ mayā kartuṁ yadrājā satataṁ ghṛṇī ,
tvaṁ ca bāliśayā buddhyā sadaivāsmānprabādhase.

8. kim nu śakyam mayā kartum yat rājā satatam ghṛṇī
tvam ca bāliśayā buddhyā sadā eva asmān prabādhase

8. What indeed can be done by me, since the king is perpetually resentful, and you, with your foolish intellect, constantly torment us?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what indeed? (what?, how?, why?, whether)

• नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, then, surely, of course, whether)

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (possible, capable, to be able to)

• मया (mayā) - by me (by me, with me)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do (to do, to make, to perform)

• यत् (yat) - since (that, which, because, since, so that)

• राजा (rājā) - the king (Duryodhana) (king, ruler, sovereign)

• सततम् (satatam) - perpetually (constantly, always, continually)

• घृणी (ghṛṇī) - resentful (hateful, resentful, spiteful, compassionate, pitying)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• च (ca) - and (and, also, but)

• बालिशया (bāliśayā) - foolish (childish, foolish, ignorant)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - intellect (intellect, reason, understanding, mind)

• सदा (sadā) - constantly (always, ever, constantly)

• एव (eva) - always (reinforcing `sadā`) (just, only, indeed, certainly)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us (the Pandavas) (us)

• प्रबाधसे (prabādhase) - you constantly torment (you torment, you oppress, you harass)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what indeed? (what?, how?, why?, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, then, surely, of course, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (possible, capable, to be able to)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, practicable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from √śak (to be able, to be powerful) with suffix -ya.

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Gerundive/Future Passive Participle.

मया (mayā) - by me (by me, with me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do (to do, to make, to perform)

(verb)

infinitive of kṛ

infinitive

Infinitive form of √kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - since (that, which, because, since, so that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

राजा (rājā) - the king (Duryodhana) (king, ruler, sovereign)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign, ruler

सततम् (satatam) - perpetually (constantly, always, continually)

(indeclinable)

Note: Accusative neuter singular of the adjective `satata`, used adverbially.

घृणी (ghṛṇī) - resentful (hateful, resentful, spiteful, compassionate, pitying)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghṛṇin

ghṛṇin - hateful, resentful, scornful; compassionate, pitying

Possessive suffix -in added to `ghṛṇā` (hatred/pity) or `ghṛṇi` (ray of light, heat).

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

च (ca) - and (and, also, but)

(indeclinable)

बालिशया (bāliśayā) - foolish (childish, foolish, ignorant)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bāliśa

bāliśa - childish, foolish, ignorant, silly

Derived from `bāliśa` (child, fool).

Note: Agrees with `buddhyā`.

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - intellect (intellect, reason, understanding, mind)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, reason, understanding, perception

Derived from √budh (to know, to understand).

Root: budh (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - constantly (always, ever, constantly)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - always (reinforcing `sadā`) (just, only, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle.

अस्मान् (asmān) - us (the Pandavas) (us)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

प्रबाधसे (prabādhase) - you constantly torment (you torment, you oppress, you harass)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of prabādh

Prefix: pra

Root: bādh (class 1)