महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-13

अप्सरस ऊचुः ।
तथा यत्नं करिष्यामः शक्र तस्य प्रलोभने ।
यथा नावाप्स्यसि भयं तस्माद्बलनिषूदन ॥१३॥

13. apsarasa ūcuḥ ,
tathā yatnaṁ kariṣyāmaḥ śakra tasya pralobhane ,
yathā nāvāpsyasi bhayaṁ tasmādbalaniṣūdana.

13. apsarasaḥ ūcuḥ tathā yatnaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ śakra tasya
pralobhane yathā na avāpsyasi bhayaṃ tasmāt balaniṣūdana

13. The Apsaras said: "O Śakra, we will make such an effort in tempting him, O destroyer of Bala, that you will no longer feel fear from him."

Words meanings summery:

• अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - the Apsaras (celestial nymphs)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said, spoke

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• यत्नं (yatnaṁ) - effort, exertion

• करिष्यामः (kariṣyāmaḥ) - we shall do, we shall make

• शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra (Indra)

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• प्रलोभने (pralobhane) - in the enticement, in the temptation

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

• न (na) - not, no

• अवाप्स्यसि (avāpsyasi) - you will obtain, you will get

• भयं (bhayaṁ) - fear

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, from him

• बलनिषूदन (balaniṣūdana) - O destroyer of Bala

Words meanings and morphology

अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - the Apsaras (celestial nymphs)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of apsaras

apsaras - Apsara, celestial nymph

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

Perfect tense (liṭ) 3rd person plural of root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

यत्नं (yatnaṁ) - effort, exertion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, striving

From root 'yat' (to endeavor)

Root: yat (class 1)

करिष्यामः (kariṣyāmaḥ) - we shall do, we shall make

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of kṛ

future active

Future tense (lṛṭ) 1st person plural of root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra (Indra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Śakra, a name of Indra, powerful

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the ascetic.

प्रलोभने (pralobhane) - in the enticement, in the temptation

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pralobhana

pralobhana - enticement, temptation, seduction

From 'pra' (forth) + root 'lubh' (to covet, to tempt) + nominal suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: lubh (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अवाप्स्यसि (avāpsyasi) - you will obtain, you will get

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of avāp

future active

Future tense (lṛṭ) 2nd person singular of root 'āp' with upasarga 'ava'

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

भयं (bhayaṁ) - fear

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread

From root 'bhī' (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, from him

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the ascetic.

बलनिषूदन (balaniṣūdana) - O destroyer of Bala

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of balaniṣūdana

balaniṣūdana - destroyer of Bala (an asura), epithet of Indra

Compound of 'bala' (the asura Bala) and 'niṣūdana' (destroyer)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bala+niṣūdana)

• bala – Bala (a demon), strength, power
  proper noun (masculine)
• niṣūdana – destroyer, slayer
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ni' (down) + root 'sūd' (to destroy)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sūd (class 10)