महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-5, verse-12

अर्जुन उवाच ।
इयं कूटे मनुष्येन्द्र गहना महती शमी ।
भीमशाखा दुरारोहा श्मशानस्य समीपतः ॥१२॥

12. arjuna uvāca ,
iyaṁ kūṭe manuṣyendra gahanā mahatī śamī ,
bhīmaśākhā durārohā śmaśānasya samīpataḥ.

12. arjuna uvāca iyam kūṭe manuṣyendra gahanā mahatī
śamī bhīmaśākhā durārohā śmaśānasya samīpataḥ

12. Arjuna said: 'O king of men, this very large and dense śamī tree is in a hidden place. It has massive branches and is difficult to climb. It stands near the cremation ground.'

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• कूटे (kūṭe) - in a hidden place (suitable for concealment) (in a hidden place, on a summit/peak, in a mass/heap)

• मनुष्येन्द्र (manuṣyendra) - O king of men, O lord of men

• गहना (gahanā) - dense, impenetrable, deep

• महती (mahatī) - great, large, vast

• शमी (śamī) - śamī tree (Acacia Suma or Mimosa Suma)

• भीमशाखा (bhīmaśākhā) - having massive branches, having terrible branches

• दुरारोहा (durārohā) - difficult to climb

• श्मशानस्य (śmaśānasya) - of the cremation ground

• समीपतः (samīpataḥ) - near, in the vicinity of

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pandava prince); white; peacock

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect

formed from root √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

कूटे (kūṭe) - in a hidden place (suitable for concealment) (in a hidden place, on a summit/peak, in a mass/heap)

(noun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of kūṭa

kūṭa - peak, summit, horn, heap, mass, hidden place, stronghold, deception

मनुष्येन्द्र (manuṣyendra) - O king of men, O lord of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of manuṣyendra

manuṣyendra - king of men, lord of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (manuṣya+indra)

• manuṣya – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (name of a deity); chief, best, lord
  noun (masculine)

गहना (gahanā) - dense, impenetrable, deep

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gahana

gahana - dense, deep, impenetrable, thicket

महती (mahatī) - great, large, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

शमी (śamī) - śamī tree (Acacia Suma or Mimosa Suma)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śamī

śamī - the śamī tree (Acacia Suma, Mimosa Suma, or Prosopis Cineraria)

भीमशाखा (bhīmaśākhā) - having massive branches, having terrible branches

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhīmaśākhā

bhīmaśākhā - having terrible/massive branches

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhīma+śākhā)

• bhīma – terrible, formidable, huge
  adjective (masculine)
• śākhā – branch, bough
  noun (feminine)

दुरारोहा (durārohā) - difficult to climb

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durāroha

durāroha - difficult to climb, arduous

Compound type : pradi-tatpurusha (dus+āroha)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill-
  indeclinable
• āroha – climbing, ascending
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  from ā-√ruh
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ruh (class 1)

श्मशानस्य (śmaśānasya) - of the cremation ground

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śmaśāna

śmaśāna - cremation ground, cemetery

समीपतः (samīpataḥ) - near, in the vicinity of

(indeclinable)

derived from samīpa (near) with suffix -taḥ