महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-40, verse-9

इदं तु चिन्तयन्नेव परिमुह्यामि केवलम् ।
निश्चयं चापि दुर्मेधा न गच्छामि कथंचन ॥९॥

9. idaṁ tu cintayanneva parimuhyāmi kevalam ,
niścayaṁ cāpi durmedhā na gacchāmi kathaṁcana.

9. idam tu cintayan eva parimuhyāmi kevalam
niścayam ca api durmedhāḥ na gacchāmi kathaṃcana

9. However, merely by reflecting on this, I become utterly bewildered. And being dull-witted (durmedhā), I am unable to reach any certain decision.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this matter, this situation (this, here)

• तु (tu) - however (but, however, indeed)

• चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - by reflecting (on this) (thinking, reflecting)

• एव (eva) - merely (only, just, indeed, merely)

• परिमुह्यामि (parimuhyāmi) - I am utterly bewildered, I am confused

• केवलम् (kevalam) - utterly, entirely (only, merely, entirely)

• निश्चयम् (niścayam) - a certain decision (certainty, decision, conviction)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - even (even, also)

• दुर्मेधाः (durmedhāḥ) - dull-witted, foolish

• न (na) - not, no

• गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I reach (a decision) (I go, I reach)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all, in any way

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this matter, this situation (this, here)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idám

idám - this, here, such

Note: Object of cintayan (thinking).

तु (tu) - however (but, however, indeed)

(indeclinable)

चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - by reflecting (on this) (thinking, reflecting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, reflecting, contemplating

Present Active Participle

Derived from causative of √cit (to perceive, to think).

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject "I".

एव (eva) - merely (only, just, indeed, merely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes cintayan.

परिमुह्यामि (parimuhyāmi) - I am utterly bewildered, I am confused

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of muh

Present active, 1st person singular, from root √muh with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: muh (class 4)

केवलम् (kevalam) - utterly, entirely (only, merely, entirely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies parimuhyāmi.

निश्चयम् (niścayam) - a certain decision (certainty, decision, conviction)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, decision, firm conclusion

From nis-√ci (to gather, ascertain).

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Object of gacchāmi.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects the two clauses.

अपि (api) - even (even, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes durmedhāḥ.

दुर्मेधाः (durmedhāḥ) - dull-witted, foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durmedhas

durmedhas - dull-witted, foolish, having bad intellect

Compound of dur- (bad) and medhas (intellect).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+medhas)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• medhas – intellect, wisdom
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the implicit subject "I".

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I reach (a decision) (I go, I reach)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present active, 1st person singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all, in any way

(indeclinable)

Emphatic adverb, often used with negation.

Note: Reinforces the negation.