महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-2, verse-16

सोऽयमिन्द्रादनवरो वासुदेवाच्च भारत ।
गाण्डीवधन्वा श्वेताश्वो बीभत्सुः किं करिष्यति ॥१६॥

16. so'yamindrādanavaro vāsudevācca bhārata ,
gāṇḍīvadhanvā śvetāśvo bībhatsuḥ kiṁ kariṣyati.

16. saḥ ayam indrāt anavaraḥ vāsudevāt ca bhārata
gāṇḍīvadhanvā śvetāśvaḥ bībhatsuḥ kim kariṣyati

16. This very one (Arjuna) is not inferior to Indra, nor to Vasudeva (Kṛṣṇa), O Bharata. What will this wielder of the Gaṇḍīva bow, mounted on white horses, Bibhatsu (Arjuna), accomplish?

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, this one (emphatic) (he, that one)

• अयम् (ayam) - this one (emphatic) (this (masculine))

• इन्द्रात् (indrāt) - than Indra (from Indra, than Indra)

• अनवरः (anavaraḥ) - not inferior (not inferior, not less)

• वासुदेवात् (vāsudevāt) - than Vasudeva (Kṛṣṇa) (from Vasudeva, than Vasudeva (Kṛṣṇa))

• च (ca) - nor (and, also)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bharata)

• गाण्डीवधन्वा (gāṇḍīvadhanvā) - wielder of the Gaṇḍīva bow (Arjuna) (one whose bow is Gaṇḍīva, wielder of Gaṇḍīva (Arjuna))

• श्वेताश्वः (śvetāśvaḥ) - one mounted on white horses (Arjuna) (white-horsed, one whose horses are white (Arjuna))

• बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Bibhatsu (Arjuna) (Bibhatsu (Arjuna, one who abhors foul acts))

• किम् (kim) - what (rhetorical question, implying 'what great deeds?') (what?, why?)

• करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will accomplish (will do, will make)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, this one (emphatic) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Forms a compound with 'ayam' to mean 'this very one'.

अयम् (ayam) - this one (emphatic) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Forms a compound with 'saḥ' to mean 'this very one'.

इन्द्रात् (indrāt) - than Indra (from Indra, than Indra)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (name of a deity, king of gods)

Note: Used for comparison ('than Indra').

अनवरः (anavaraḥ) - not inferior (not inferior, not less)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anavara

anavara - not inferior, not less, equal to, unrivalled

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ ayam'.

वासुदेवात् (vāsudevāt) - than Vasudeva (Kṛṣṇa) (from Vasudeva, than Vasudeva (Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Kṛṣṇa (son of Vasudeva), Vasudeva (father of Kṛṣṇa)

Note: Used for comparison ('than Vasudeva'). Refers to Kṛṣṇa.

च (ca) - nor (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here in a negative sense, 'nor'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, related to Bharata

गाण्डीवधन्वा (gāṇḍīvadhanvā) - wielder of the Gaṇḍīva bow (Arjuna) (one whose bow is Gaṇḍīva, wielder of Gaṇḍīva (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gāṇḍīvadhanvan

gāṇḍīvadhanvan - one whose bow is Gaṇḍīva, wielder of the Gaṇḍīva bow

श्वेताश्वः (śvetāśvaḥ) - one mounted on white horses (Arjuna) (white-horsed, one whose horses are white (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvetāśva

śvetāśva - white-horsed, having white horses

बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Bibhatsu (Arjuna) (Bibhatsu (Arjuna, one who abhors foul acts))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bībhatsu

bībhatsu - disgusted, abhorring, abhorring foul deeds (an epithet of Arjuna)

किम् (kim) - what (rhetorical question, implying 'what great deeds?') (what?, why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why

करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will accomplish (will do, will make)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)