महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-265, verse-28

किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं यत्त्वमद्यापि मानुषम् ।
आहारभूतमस्माकं राममेवानुरुध्यसे ॥२८॥

28. kiṁ nu śakyaṁ mayā kartuṁ yattvamadyāpi mānuṣam ,
āhārabhūtamasmākaṁ rāmamevānurudhyase.

28. kim nu śakyam mayā kartum yat tvam adya api
mānuṣam āhāra-bhūtam asmākam rāmam eva anurudhyase

28. What indeed can I do, since you still, even today, cling only to Rāma, a human who is mere food for us?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, how?

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, surely

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

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, for doing

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

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• अपि (api) - even, also, still

• मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human, pertaining to humans

• आहार-भूतम् (āhāra-bhūtam) - having become food, serving as food, mere food

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अनुरुध्यसे (anurudhyase) - you follow, you adhere to, you depend on, you cling to

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, how?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, surely

(indeclinable)

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, able to be done

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From root √śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, for doing

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -tum.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (second person pronoun)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, still

(indeclinable)

मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human, pertaining to humans

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, man, pertaining to humans

Note: Modifies Rāma (implied to be neuter in this adjectival use, agreeing with āhārabhūtam).

आहार-भूतम् (āhāra-bhūtam) - having become food, serving as food, mere food

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āhārabhūta

āhārabhūta - having become food, serving as food, mere food

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āhāra+bhūta)

• āhāra – food, eating, taking
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, past, existing, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us (first person pronoun)

रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अनुरुध्यसे (anurudhyase) - you follow, you adhere to, you depend on, you cling to

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, Present (Laṭ) (Laṭ) of anu-√rudh

Prefix: anu

Root: rudh (class 7)