महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-36

किं चाप्यनेन तत्कर्म कृतं पूर्वं सुदुष्करम् ।
तैर्यथा पाण्डवैः सर्वैरेकैकेन कृतं पुरा ॥३६॥

36. kiṁ cāpyanena tatkarma kṛtaṁ pūrvaṁ suduṣkaram ,
tairyathā pāṇḍavaiḥ sarvairekaikena kṛtaṁ purā.

36. kim ca api anena tat karma kṛtam pūrvam suduṣkaram
taiḥ yathā pāṇḍavaiḥ sarvaiḥ ekaikena kṛtam purā

36. What exceedingly difficult deed (karma) has this one (Karṇa) ever accomplished previously, in the way that such deeds were performed by each and every one of the Pāṇḍavas in the past?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• अनेन (anena) - by this one (Karṇa) (by this one, by him)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• कर्म (karma) - deed (karma) (action, deed, work, fate)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, previous

• सुदुşकरम् (suduşkaram) - very difficult to do, arduous, impossible

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them (the Pāṇḍavas) (by them)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, by everyone

• एकैकेन (ekaikena) - by each one, one by one

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, how?

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

अनेन (anena) - by this one (Karṇa) (by this one, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

कर्म (karma) - deed (karma) (action, deed, work, fate)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, fate, ritual (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `kṛ`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, previous

(indeclinable)

Note: Accusative singular neuter of the adjective `pūrva` used adverbially.

सुदुşकरम् (suduşkaram) - very difficult to do, arduous, impossible

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of suduşkara

suduşkara - very difficult to do, arduous, impossible

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+duṣkara)

• su – good, very, well (prefix)
  indeclinable
• duṣkara – difficult to do, hard
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: dus
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तैः (taiḥ) - by them (the Pāṇḍavas) (by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, Pāṇḍava

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, by everyone

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

एकैकेन (ekaikena) - by each one, one by one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, one by one, singly

Reduplication of `eka`.

Compound type : iterative (eka+eka)

• eka – one, single, alone
  adjective (masculine)
• eka – one, single, alone
  adjective (masculine)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `kṛ`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

(indeclinable)