महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-90, verse-20

तेष्वेवमुपपन्नेषु कामक्रोधानुवर्तिषु ।
समर्थमपि ते वाक्यमसमर्थं भविष्यति ॥२०॥

20. teṣvevamupapanneṣu kāmakrodhānuvartiṣu ,
samarthamapi te vākyamasamarthaṁ bhaviṣyati.

20. teṣu evam upapanneṣu kāmakrodhānuvartiṣu
samartham api te vākyam asamartham bhaviṣyati

20. When they are thus inclined, following desire and anger, your words, even if potent, will be ineffective.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषु (teṣu) - referring to the sons of Dhritarashtra (in them, among them, concerning them)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• उपपन्नेषु (upapanneṣu) - being in such a state, inclined (being situated, being present, having come to be)

• कामक्रोधानुवर्तिस्̣उ (kāmakrodhānuvartiṣu) - among those who are subservient to desire and anger (among those following desire and anger)

• समर्थम् (samartham) - effective, potent, capable

• अपि (api) - even, although

• ते (te) - your, of you

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• असमर्थम् (asamartham) - ineffective, incapable, powerless

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be, it will become

Words meanings and morphology

तेषु (teṣu) - referring to the sons of Dhritarashtra (in them, among them, concerning them)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

उपपन्नेषु (upapanneṣu) - being in such a state, inclined (being situated, being present, having come to be)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of upapanna

upapanna - endowed with, suitable, fit, fallen into, having arrived, being present

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'pad' with prefix 'upa'.

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'teṣu'.

कामक्रोधानुवर्तिस्̣उ (kāmakrodhānuvartiṣu) - among those who are subservient to desire and anger (among those following desire and anger)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of kāmakrodhānuvartin

kāmakrodhānuvartin - following desire and anger, subservient to desire and anger

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (kāma+krodha+anuvartin)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
• krodha – anger, wrath, rage
  noun (masculine)
• anuvartin – following, complying, devoted to, subservient
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun (suffix -in)
  Derived from root 'vṛt' with prefix 'anu'.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'teṣu'.

समर्थम् (samartham) - effective, potent, capable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samartha

samartha - capable, able, fit, effective, suitable

Derived from root 'arth' with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: arth (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'vākyam'.

अपि (api) - even, although

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of genitive singular for 'you'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement, declaration

Derived from 'vāc' (speech).

असमर्थम् (asamartham) - ineffective, incapable, powerless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asamartha

asamartha - incapable, unable, incompetent, ineffective

Compound of negative particle 'a' and 'samartha'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+samartha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• samartha – capable, able, effective
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'arth' with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: arth (class 10)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be, it will become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)