महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-24, verse-36

अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥३६॥

36. avācyavādāṁśca bahūnvadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ ,
nindantastava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim.

36. avācyavādān ca bahūn vadiṣyanti tava ahitāḥ
nindantaḥ tava sāmarthyam tataḥ duḥkhataram nu kim

36. tava ahitāḥ tava sāmarthyam nindantaḥ ca bahūn
avācyavādān vadiṣyanti tataḥ duḥkhataram kim nu

36. Your enemies will speak many unspeakable words, condemning your prowess. What could then be more painful than that?

Words meanings summery:

• अवाच्यवादान् (avācyavādān) - unspeakable words, reproaches

• च (ca) - and

• बहून् (bahūn) - many

• वदिष्यन्ति (vadiṣyanti) - they will speak

• तव (tava) - your

• अहिताः (ahitāḥ) - enemies, ill-wishers

• निन्दन्तः (nindantaḥ) - condemning, reproaching

• तव (tava) - your

• सामर्थ्यम् (sāmarthyam) - prowess, ability, strength

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

• दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more painful, more sorrowful

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly (interrogative particle)

• किम् (kim) - what

Words meanings and morphology

अवाच्यवादान् (avācyavādān) - unspeakable words, reproaches

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of avācyavāda

avācyavāda - unspeakable word, reproach, scandalous utterance

Compound type : karmadhāraya (avācya+vāda)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• vācya – to be spoken, speakable
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root 'vac' (to speak) with suffix '-ya'
  Root: vac (class 2)
• vāda – speech, discourse, statement
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vad' (to speak) with suffix '-a'
  Root: vad (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बहून् (bahūn) - many

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, abundant

Note: Qualifies 'avācyavādān'.

वदिष्यन्ति (vadiṣyanti) - they will speak

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

अहिताः (ahitāḥ) - enemies, ill-wishers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ahita

ahita - enemy, foe, ill-wisher; harmful, unfavorable

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'hita' (beneficial, friendly)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hita)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• hita – beneficial, friendly, good; friend
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dhā' (to place, to hold) with suffix '-ta'
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'vadiṣyanti'.

निन्दन्तः (nindantaḥ) - condemning, reproaching

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nindant

nindant - condemning, reproaching, blaming

Present Active Participle

From root 'nind' (to blame) with present participle suffix '-at'

Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'ahitāḥ'.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

सामर्थ्यम् (sāmarthyam) - prowess, ability, strength

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāmarthya

sāmarthya - prowess, capability, power, strength, ability

From 'samartha' with suffix '-ya' for abstract noun

Prefix: sam

Root: arth (class 1)

Note: Object of 'nindantaḥ'.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' with suffix '-tas'

दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more painful, more sorrowful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkhatara

duḥkhatara - more painful, more sorrowful

Comparative degree of 'duḥkha' (pain, sorrow)

Note: Used predicatively with implied 'asti' (is).

नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: An interrogative particle.

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Interrogative pronoun, subject of the clause.