महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-5, verse-3

एवं गते विदुर यदद्य कार्यं पौराश्चेमे कथमस्मान्भजेरन् ।
ते चाप्यस्मान्नोद्धरेयुः समूलान्न कामये तांश्च विनश्यमानान् ॥३॥

3. evaṁ gate vidura yadadya kāryaṁ; paurāśceme kathamasmānbhajeran ,
te cāpyasmānnoddhareyuḥ samūlā;nna kāmaye tāṁśca vinaśyamānān.

3. evam gate vidura yat adya kāryam
paurāḥ ca ime katham asmān bhajeran
te ca api asmān na uddhareyuḥ
samūlān na kāmaye tān ca vinaśyamānān

3. O Vidura, with things having come to this, what needs to be done today? And how will these citizens remain loyal to us? I do not wish that they (the Pāṇḍavas) should uproot us completely, nor do I desire their destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - this being (the situation), thus (thus, so, in this manner)

• गते (gate) - having come to pass (having gone, come to pass, happened)

• विदुर (vidura) - O Vidura

• यत् (yat) - what (what, which, that)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - what needs to be done (to be done, duty, action)

• पौराः (paurāḥ) - these citizens (citizens, townspeople)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इमे (ime) - these

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what way)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us (Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his family) (us)

• भजेरन् (bhajeran) - they will support (they might serve, resort to, worship)

• ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas) (they)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us (Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his family) (us)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• उद्धरेयुः (uddhareyuḥ) - they should uproot (they might rescue, pull out, uproot)

• समूलान् (samūlān) - completely (with their roots, completely, utterly)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कामये (kāmaye) - I desire (I desire, wish)

• तान् (tān) - them (the Pāṇḍavas) (them)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विनश्यमानान् (vinaśyamānān) - being destroyed (perishing, being destroyed)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - this being (the situation), thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

गते (gate) - having come to pass (having gone, come to pass, happened)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, happened, come to pass

Past Passive Participle

derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

विदुर (vidura) - O Vidura

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vidura

vidura - name of a wise minister

Note: Addressed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra

यत् (yat) - what (what, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Serves as subject of an implied 'is' with kāryam.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

adverb derived from idam

कार्यम् (kāryam) - what needs to be done (to be done, duty, action)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, business

Gerundive

derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative to implied 'is'

पौराः (paurāḥ) - these citizens (citizens, townspeople)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paura

paura - a citizen, townsperson

derived from pura (city)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this (pronoun)

Note: Qualifies Paurāḥ

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what way)

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

Note: Modifies bhajeran

अस्मान् (asmān) - us (Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his family) (us)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Object of bhajeran

भजेरन् (bhajeran) - they will support (they might serve, resort to, worship)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhaj

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Subject is Paurāḥ.

ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (pronoun)

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of uddhareyuḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

Particle

Note: Intensifies the statement.

अस्मान् (asmān) - us (Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his family) (us)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Object of uddhareyuḥ.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

उद्धरेयुः (uddhareyuḥ) - they should uproot (they might rescue, pull out, uproot)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of uddhṛ

verb with prefix

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject is te (Pāṇḍavas).

समूलान् (samūlān) - completely (with their roots, completely, utterly)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of samūla

samūla - with roots, root and all, completely

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+mūla)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating 'with'
• mūla – root, basis, origin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies asmān.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

कामये (kāmaye) - I desire (I desire, wish)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kam

Denominative verb from kāma (desire), or derived from root kam

Root: kam (class 10)

Note: Subject is implied 'I' (Dhṛtarāṣṭra).

तान् (tān) - them (the Pāṇḍavas) (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (pronoun)

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Object of kāmaye.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

विनश्यमानान् (vinaśyamānān) - being destroyed (perishing, being destroyed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vinaśyamāna

vinaśyamāna - perishing, being destroyed

Present Middle Participle

derived from vi + naś (to perish, be destroyed) with śānac suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)