महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-8

न कातरं स्यान्मम जातु वाहनं न मेऽस्ति दुष्टा वडवा कुतो हयाः ।
जनस्तु मामाह स चापि पाण्डवो युधिष्ठिरो ग्रन्थिकमेव नामतः ॥८॥

8. na kātaraṁ syānmama jātu vāhanaṁ; na me'sti duṣṭā vaḍavā kuto hayāḥ ,
janastu māmāha sa cāpi pāṇḍavo; yudhiṣṭhiro granthikameva nāmataḥ.

8. na kātaram syāt mama jātu vāhanam na
me asti duṣṭā vaḍavā kutaḥ hayāḥ
janaḥ tu mām āha saḥ ca api pāṇḍavaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ granthikam eva nāmatas

8. My conveyance will never be timid, nor do I possess any vicious mare. How then could I have (bad) horses? People, however, call me, that scion of Pāṇḍu, Yudhiṣṭhira, by the name Granthaika.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• कातरम् (kātaram) - timid, fearful, weak

• स्यात् (syāt) - will be (should be, may be)

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• जातु (jātu) - never (with 'na') (ever, at any time, certainly)

• वाहनम् (vāhanam) - vehicle, conveyance, carrier

• न (na) - not, no

• मे (me) - I have (with 'asti') (to me, for me, my)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• दुष्टा (duṣṭā) - wicked, bad, vicious

• वडवा (vaḍavā) - mare, female horse

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (could there be)? (from where? whence? how? why?)

• हयाः (hayāḥ) - (bad) horses (implied from context with 'duṣṭā') (horses)

• जनः (janaḥ) - person, people

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• माम् (mām) - me

• आह (āha) - call (me) (said, spoke, called)

• सः (saḥ) - that (Pāṇḍava) (he, that)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name)

• ग्रन्थिकम् (granthikam) - Granthaika (Yudhiṣṭhira's disguise name) (Granthaika (name); knot-maker; a teller of tales)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• नामतस् (nāmatas) - by name, nominally

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कातरम् (kātaram) - timid, fearful, weak

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kātara

kātara - timid, fearful, weak, distressed, anxious

Note: Modifies 'vāhanam'.

स्यात् (syāt) - will be (should be, may be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

जातु (jātu) - never (with 'na') (ever, at any time, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean "never".

वाहनम् (vāhanam) - vehicle, conveyance, carrier

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāhana

vāhana - vehicle, conveyance, carrier, beast of burden

From root 'vah' (to carry).

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - I have (with 'asti') (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Dative of possession with 'asti' implies "I have".

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

दुष्टा (duṣṭā) - wicked, bad, vicious

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duṣṭa

duṣṭa - wicked, bad, corrupt, vicious, spoiled

Past Passive Participle

From root 'duṣ' (to be bad/corrupt), suffix -ta.

Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'vaḍavā'.

वडवा (vaḍavā) - mare, female horse

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaḍavā

vaḍavā - mare, female horse

Note: Subject of 'asti'.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (could there be)? (from where? whence? how? why?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Rhetorical question.

हयाः (hayāḥ) - (bad) horses (implied from context with 'duṣṭā') (horses)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

From root 'hi' (to go, to move).

Root: hi (class 3)

Note: Subject of an implied verb 'exist' or 'are there'.

जनः (janaḥ) - person, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, creature, people

Note: Subject of 'āha'.

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of 'āha'.

आह (āha) - call (me) (said, spoke, called)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Root 'brū' (or 'ah') in perfect tense.

Root: brū (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that (Pāṇḍava) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the speaker, Yudhiṣṭhira.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu, name of Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva

Derived from Pāṇḍu, with suffix -a (aptya-pratyaya) meaning 'descendant of'.

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira.

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest of the Pāṇḍavas, known for steadfastness in battle and justice)

Compound: 'yudhi' (in battle) + 'sthira' (steadfast).

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable (feminine)
  Locative singular of 'yudh' (battle).
• sthira – steadfast, firm, steady
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'sthā' (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

ग्रन्थिकम् (granthikam) - Granthaika (Yudhiṣṭhira's disguise name) (Granthaika (name); knot-maker; a teller of tales)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of granthika

granthika - knot-maker, reciter of stories, name of Yudhiṣṭhira in disguise

From 'grantha' (knot, treatise, story).

Note: Appears as object of implied "call".

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes "Granthaika by name".

नामतस् (nāmatas) - by name, nominally

(indeclinable)

From 'nāman' (name) with suffix -tas (indicating manner or source).