महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-173, verse-3

किं नु गर्हाम्यथात्मानमथ भीष्मं दुरासदम् ।
आहोस्वित्पितरं मूढं यो मेऽकार्षीत्स्वयंवरम् ॥३॥

3. kiṁ nu garhāmyathātmānamatha bhīṣmaṁ durāsadam ,
āhosvitpitaraṁ mūḍhaṁ yo me'kārṣītsvayaṁvaram.

3. kim nu garhāmi atha ātmānam atha bhīṣmam durāsadam
āhosvit pitaram mūḍham yaḥ me akārṣīt svayaṃvaram

3. kim nu aham garhāmi? atha ātmānam,
atha durāsadam bhīṣmam,
āhosvit yaḥ me svayaṃvaram akārṣīt tam mūḍham pitaram?

3. Whom should I blame then? Myself, or the unassailable Bhishma, or perhaps my foolish father who arranged my self-choice marriage (svayaṃvara)?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - whom (should I blame) (what, why, whether, whom)

• नु (nu) - then (interrogative particle) (indeed, surely, now, then, perhaps, a particle expressing inquiry or doubt)

• गर्हामि (garhāmi) - I blame (I blame, I censure)

• अथ (atha) - or, then (then, moreover, now, or, and)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself (self, soul, spirit, ego)

• अथ (atha) - or (then, moreover, now, or, and)

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name of a character))

• दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - unassailable (difficult to approach, unassailable, formidable)

• आहोस्वित् (āhosvit) - or perhaps (or perhaps, or else)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• मूढम् (mūḍham) - foolish (foolish, bewildered, ignorant, stupid)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

• मे (me) - my (for me) (to me, for me, my)

• अकार्षीत् (akārṣīt) - he arranged (did) (he did, he made)

• स्वयंवरम् (svayaṁvaram) - the ceremony of self-choice marriage (svayaṃvara) (self-choice marriage, the ceremony of choosing a husband by a princess)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - whom (should I blame) (what, why, whether, whom)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether, interrogative particle

Note: Can function as an interrogative pronoun or particle.

नु (nu) - then (interrogative particle) (indeed, surely, now, then, perhaps, a particle expressing inquiry or doubt)

(indeclinable)

गर्हामि (garhāmi) - I blame (I blame, I censure)

(verb)

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

Root: garh (class 1)

अथ (atha) - or, then (then, moreover, now, or, and)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to introduce an alternative.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself (self, soul, spirit, ego)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual essence, ego

अथ (atha) - or (then, moreover, now, or, and)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to introduce another alternative.

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name of a character))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper name, lit. 'terrible')

दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - unassailable (difficult to approach, unassailable, formidable)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, unassailable, formidable, invincible

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+āsada)

• dur – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
• āsada – approaching, reaching
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'ā-√sad' with suffix -a.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhīṣmam'.

आहोस्वित् (āhosvit) - or perhaps (or perhaps, or else)

(indeclinable)

Note: Combines 'āho' and 'svit' to intensify the interrogative/alternative.

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

मूढम् (mūḍham) - foolish (foolish, bewildered, ignorant, stupid)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, bewildered, ignorant, stupid, confused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √muh (to be perplexed, to faint).

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'pitaram'.

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to 'pitaram'.

मे (me) - my (for me) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Functions as a dative of interest or possessive genitive.

अकार्षीत् (akārṣīt) - he arranged (did) (he did, he made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वयंवरम् (svayaṁvaram) - the ceremony of self-choice marriage (svayaṃvara) (self-choice marriage, the ceremony of choosing a husband by a princess)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svayaṃvara

svayaṁvara - a public assembly where a princess chooses a husband from among the assembled suitors, self-choice marriage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svayam+vara)

• svayam – by oneself, voluntarily
  indeclinable
• vara – choice, choosing, suitor, boon
  noun (masculine)
  From √vṛ (to choose).
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Object of 'akārṣīt'.