महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-260, verse-4

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
न स देवासुरैः शक्यो युद्धे जेतुं विभावसो ।
विहितं तत्र यत्कार्यमभितस्तस्य निग्रहे ॥४॥

4. brahmovāca ,
na sa devāsuraiḥ śakyo yuddhe jetuṁ vibhāvaso ,
vihitaṁ tatra yatkāryamabhitastasya nigrahe.

4. brahmā uvāca na saḥ devāsuraiḥ śakyaḥ yuddhe jetum
vibhāvaso vihitam tatra yatkāryam abhitaḥ tasya nigrahe

4. Brahmā said: "O Vibhāvasu, he cannot be conquered in battle by either gods or asuras. Therefore, whatever action is necessary for his complete subjugation has already been ordained."

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā, the creator deity

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• देवासुरैः (devāsuraiḥ) - by gods and asuras, by divinities and demons

• शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - capable, able, possible (to be done)

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in combat

• जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer, to win

• विभावसो (vibhāvaso) - O Vibhāvasu (a proper name or epithet, e.g., for Agni or the Sun)

• विहितम् (vihitam) - ordained, prescribed, accomplished, placed

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter, in that case

• यत्कार्यम् (yatkāryam) - whatever action, that which is to be done, duty

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on all sides, completely

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that (person/thing)

• निग्रहे (nigrahe) - in the subjugation, in the suppression, in the destruction

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā, the creator deity

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), a priest, the divine principle

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवासुरैः (devāsuraiḥ) - by gods and asuras, by divinities and demons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of devāsura

devāsura - gods and asuras, deities and demons

Compound type : dvandva (deva+asura)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: as (class 2)

शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - capable, able, possible (to be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, practicable

Gerundive

Formed from root 'śak' with suffix '-ya'

Root: śak (class 5)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle (derived form)

From root 'yudh' (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer, to win

(indeclinable)

Root: ji (class 1)

विभावसो (vibhāvaso) - O Vibhāvasu (a proper name or epithet, e.g., for Agni or the Sun)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhāvasu

vibhāvasu - the sun, fire (Agni), a god, a specific proper name

विहितम् (vihitam) - ordained, prescribed, accomplished, placed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vihita

vihita - ordained, prescribed, appointed, arranged, performed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from prefix 'vi' + root 'dhā' (to place, put)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter, in that case

(indeclinable)

यत्कार्यम् (yatkāryam) - whatever action, that which is to be done, duty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yatkārya

yatkārya - that which is to be done, duty, task, whatever action

Compound type : karmadhāraya (yad+kārya)

• yad – which, whatever, that which
  pronoun (neuter)
• kārya – action, duty, that which is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do), expressing obligation or suitability
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on all sides, completely

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that (person/thing)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निग्रहे (nigrahe) - in the subjugation, in the suppression, in the destruction

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nigraha

nigraha - subjugation, suppression, restraint, destruction

From prefix 'ni' + root 'grah' (to seize, grasp)

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)