महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-36, verse-16

सोऽहमेको बहून्बालः कृतास्त्रानकृतश्रमः ।
प्रतियोद्धुं न शक्ष्यामि निवर्तस्व बृहन्नडे ॥१६॥

16. so'hameko bahūnbālaḥ kṛtāstrānakṛtaśramaḥ ,
pratiyoddhuṁ na śakṣyāmi nivartasva bṛhannaḍe.

16. saḥ aham ekaḥ bahūn bālaḥ kṛtāstrān akṛtaśramaḥ
pratiyoddhum na śakṣyāmi nivartasva bṛhannale

16. Therefore, I, a mere boy, alone and inexperienced, will not be able to fight against so many who are skilled in weapons. Turn back, O Bṛhannalā!

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - therefore (connects to previous statements) (that one, he)

• अहम् (aham) - Uttara (the speaker) (I)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - alone, one, solitary

• बहून् (bahūn) - many enemies (the Kaurava army) (many)

• बालः (bālaḥ) - Uttara, emphasizing his youth and inexperience (a boy, young)

• कृतास्त्रान् (kṛtāstrān) - referring to the Kaurava warriors, who are experienced archers (skilled in weapons, trained in archery)

• अकृतश्रमः (akṛtaśramaḥ) - referring to Uttara's lack of battle experience (without practice, inexperienced, untried)

• प्रतियोद्धुम् (pratiyoddhum) - to fight against, to oppose in battle

• न (na) - not

• शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I will be able

• निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back, retreat

• बृहन्नले (bṛhannale) - Arjuna in disguise as a eunuch charioteer (O Bṛhannalā)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - therefore (connects to previous statements) (that one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - Uttara (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

एकः (ekaḥ) - alone, one, solitary

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

बहून् (bahūn) - many enemies (the Kaurava army) (many)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

बालः (bālaḥ) - Uttara, emphasizing his youth and inexperience (a boy, young)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, inexperienced

कृतास्त्रान् (kṛtāstrān) - referring to the Kaurava warriors, who are experienced archers (skilled in weapons, trained in archery)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṛtāstra

kṛtāstra - one who has mastered weapons/missiles, skilled in archery

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+astra)

• kṛta – done, made, performed, mastered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• astra – weapon, missile, arrow
  noun (neuter)

अकृतश्रमः (akṛtaśramaḥ) - referring to Uttara's lack of battle experience (without practice, inexperienced, untried)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṛtaśrama

akṛtaśrama - one for whom effort/practice has not been done; inexperienced

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+kṛta+śrama)

• a – negation, not
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• śrama – effort, exertion, practice
  noun (masculine)

प्रतियोद्धुम् (pratiyoddhum) - to fight against, to oppose in battle

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root 'yudh' (to fight) with prefix 'prati-'

Prefix: prati

Root: yudh (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I will be able

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of śak

Future tense, 1st person singular, active voice

Root: śak (class 5)

निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back, retreat

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of nivṛt

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, middle voice

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

बृहन्नले (bṛhannale) - Arjuna in disguise as a eunuch charioteer (O Bṛhannalā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bṛhannalā

bṛhannalā - Bṛhannalā (name of Arjuna in disguise during his exile in Virāṭa's kingdom)