महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-8

न तु भीष्मो महातेजाः शक्यो जेतुं महाबलः ।
सोऽहमेवं गते मग्नो भीष्मागाधजलेऽप्लवः ॥८॥

8. na tu bhīṣmo mahātejāḥ śakyo jetuṁ mahābalaḥ ,
so'hamevaṁ gate magno bhīṣmāgādhajale'plavaḥ.

8. na tu bhīṣmaḥ mahātejāḥ śakyaḥ jetum mahābalaḥ
saḥ aham evam gate magnaḥ bhīṣmāgādhajale aplavaḥ

8. tu na mahātejāḥ mahābalaḥ bhīṣmaḥ jetum śakyaḥ.
saḥ aham evam gate bhīṣmāgādhajale magnaḥ aplavaḥ

8. But the greatly glorious and immensely powerful Bhishma cannot be conquered. So, in this situation, I am submerged, without a raft, in the unfathomably deep waters of Bhishma.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name of a warrior))

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly glorious (greatly glorious, of great splendor)

• शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - able to be conquered (capable, possible, able to be conquered)

• जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer, to be conquered (to conquer, to win)

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - immensely powerful (greatly powerful, of great strength)

• सः (saḥ) - that (person), referring to the speaker (I) (he, that)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

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

• गते (gate) - this situation having occurred, in this situation (having gone, having occurred, in the case of, when it comes to)

• मग्नः (magnaḥ) - immersed, submerged (immersed, sunk, plunged)

• भीष्मागाधजले (bhīṣmāgādhajale) - in the unfathomably deep waters representing Bhishma's prowess (in the unfathomably deep waters of Bhishma)

• अप्लवः (aplavaḥ) - without a raft, helpless (without a raft, without a boat, helpless)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name of a warrior))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable, Bhishma (a character in the Mahābhārata)

Root: bhī (class 3)

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly glorious (greatly glorious, of great splendor)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - great splendor, great effulgence, greatly glorious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, glory, energy, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with Bhishma.

शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - able to be conquered (capable, possible, able to be conquered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakya

śakya - capable, possible, practicable, conquerable

Gerundive / Passive Future Participle

From root śak (to be able) + ya (kṛtya suffix), meaning 'that which can be done' or 'able to be'.

Root: śak (class 5)

जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer, to be conquered (to conquer, to win)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root jī (to conquer) + tumun suffix.

Root: jī (class 1)

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - immensely powerful (greatly powerful, of great strength)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - very strong, greatly powerful, of great strength

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with Bhishma.

सः (saḥ) - that (person), referring to the speaker (I) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Used as an intensifier for aham.

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

asmad - I, myself

First person singular pronoun.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies gate.

गते (gate) - this situation having occurred, in this situation (having gone, having occurred, in the case of, when it comes to)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, happened, become

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) + kta (past passive participle suffix).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Often implies 'when this has come to pass'.

मग्नः (magnaḥ) - immersed, submerged (immersed, sunk, plunged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of magna

magna - sunk, immersed, plunged, drowned

Past Passive Participle

From root majj (to sink, plunge) + kta (past passive participle suffix).

Root: majj (class 6)

भीष्मागाधजले (bhīṣmāgādhajale) - in the unfathomably deep waters representing Bhishma's prowess (in the unfathomably deep waters of Bhishma)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhīṣmāgādhajala

bhīṣmāgādhajala - the unfathomably deep waters of Bhishma (metaphorical)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhīṣma+agādhajala)

• bhīṣma – Bhishma
  proper noun (masculine)
• agādhajala – unfathomably deep water
  noun (neuter)

Note: 'bhīṣma' is in genitive relation to 'agādhajale', forming a tatpurusha compound.

अप्लवः (aplavaḥ) - without a raft, helpless (without a raft, without a boat, helpless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aplava

aplava - without a raft, helpless, raftless

From a (negation) + plava (raft).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (a+plava)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• plava – raft, boat, swimming
  noun (masculine)
  Root: plu (class 1)