महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-166, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
समुद्यतोऽयं भारो मे सुमहान्सागरोपमः ।
धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संग्रामे वर्षपूगाभिचिन्तितः ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
samudyato'yaṁ bhāro me sumahānsāgaropamaḥ ,
dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṁgrāme varṣapūgābhicintitaḥ.

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca | samudyataḥ ayam bhāraḥ me sumahān
sāgaropamaḥ | dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃgrāme varṣapūgābhi-cintitaḥ

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃgrāme varṣapūgābhi-cintitaḥ
ayam me sumahān sāgaropamaḥ bhāraḥ samudyataḥ

1. Bhīṣma said: 'This immense, ocean-like burden of mine, undertaken for Dhṛtarāṣṭra in this war, has been contemplated for many years.'

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The character Bhīṣma (Bhīṣma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• समुद्यतः (samudyataḥ) - undertaken (by me) (undertaken, prepared, lifted up)

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• भारः (bhāraḥ) - the burden of leading the Kaurava army and fighting (burden, weight, responsibility)

• मे (me) - this burden of mine (my, of me, for me)

• सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great, immense

• सागरोपमः (sāgaropamaḥ) - ocean-like, comparable to an ocean

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य (dhārtarāṣṭrasya) - for the sake of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, for Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in war

• वर्षपूगाभि-चिन्तितः (varṣapūgābhi-cintitaḥ) - considered for a multitude of years, thought of for many years

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The character Bhīṣma (Bhīṣma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (proper name), terrible, formidable

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect indicative

reduplicated perfect from vac (class 2 verb)

Root: vac (class 2)

समुद्यतः (samudyataḥ) - undertaken (by me) (undertaken, prepared, lifted up)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samudyata

samudyata - undertaken, ready, prepared, lifted up

past passive participle

from root yam- (to hold, restrain) with prefix sam- and ud-

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Modifies `bhāraḥ`.

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

भारः (bhāraḥ) - the burden of leading the Kaurava army and fighting (burden, weight, responsibility)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāra

bhāra - burden, load, weight, responsibility

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

मे (me) - this burden of mine (my, of me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, our

Note: Possessive pronoun.

सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, immense

intensified from mahat (great) with su-

Compound type : pravriddhādya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies `bhāraḥ`.

सागरोपमः (sāgaropamaḥ) - ocean-like, comparable to an ocean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāgaropama

sāgaropama - ocean-like, comparable to an ocean

Compound type : upama-tatpuruṣa (sāgara+upama)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparison, resemblance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies `bhāraḥ`.

धार्तराष्ट्रस्य (dhārtarāṣṭrasya) - for the sake of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, for Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, belonging to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

patronymic from Dhṛtarāṣṭra

संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, war, combat

from sam- + grām- (village, crowd) or perhaps related to grah- (to seize)

Note: Refers to the context of the war.

वर्षपूगाभि-चिन्तितः (varṣapūgābhi-cintitaḥ) - considered for a multitude of years, thought of for many years

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṣapūgābhi-cintita

varṣapūgābhi-cintita - contemplated for a multitude of years

past passive participle (as a whole compound)

Compound formed from varṣapūga (a multitude of years, instrumental plural - varṣapūgaiḥ) and abhi-cintita (thought about). The internal sandhi results in -ābhi-.

Compound type : sup-supā-samāsa (varṣapūga+abhi-cintita)

• varṣapūga – multitude of years, many years
  noun (masculine)
• abhi-cintita – contemplated, thought about, considered
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root cit- (to perceive, think) with prefix abhi-
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: cit (class 10)

Note: This entire compound acts as a predicate adjective modifying `bhāraḥ`.