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6,51

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-51, verse-38

न ह्येष समरे शक्यो जेतुमद्य कथंचन ।
यथास्य दृश्यते रूपं कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥३८॥
38. na hyeṣa samare śakyo jetumadya kathaṁcana ,
yathāsya dṛśyate rūpaṁ kālāntakayamopamam.
38. na hi eṣaḥ samare śakyaḥ jetum adya kathaṃcana
yathā asya dṛśyate rūpam kālāntakayamopamam
38. hi eṣaḥ adya samare kathaṃcana jetum na śakyaḥ
yathā asya kālāntakayamopamam rūpam dṛśyate
38. Indeed, he cannot be defeated in battle today by any means, for his form appears like that of Time (Kāla), the Destroyer (Antaka), and Yama.

Words meanings summery:

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  • (na) - not (not, no)
  • हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)
  • एषः (eṣaḥ) - he (Arjuna) (this, he)
  • समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)
  • शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - able (to be defeated) (capable of, possible, able)
  • जेतुम् (jetum) - to defeat (to conquer, to defeat)
  • अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)
  • कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means (by any means, somehow, in any way)
  • यथा (yathā) - for, since (as, just as, since, because)
  • अस्य (asya) - his (Arjuna's) (his, of him, of this)
  • दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - appears (is seen, appears)
  • रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance (form, appearance, nature)
  • कालान्तकयमोपमम् (kālāntakayamopamam) - like Time (Kāla), the Destroyer (Antaka), and Yama (Death) (like Kāla, Antaka, and Yama)

Words meanings and morphology

(na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)
(indeclinable)
एषः (eṣaḥ) - he (Arjuna) (this, he)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of etad
etad - this
Note: Refers to Arjuna.
समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of samara
samara - battle, war
शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - able (to be defeated) (capable of, possible, able)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śakya
śakya - capable, possible, practicable
Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)
Derived from root √śak (to be able) with suffix -ya
Root: śak (class 5)
Note: Often used with infinitive 'jetum'.
जेतुम् (jetum) - to defeat (to conquer, to defeat)
(indeclinable)
Infinitive
Infinitive form of root √ji (to conquer)
Root: ji (class 1)
अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)
(indeclinable)
कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means (by any means, somehow, in any way)
(indeclinable)
यथा (yathā) - for, since (as, just as, since, because)
(indeclinable)
अस्य (asya) - his (Arjuna's) (his, of him, of this)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, he
Note: Refers to Arjuna.
दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - appears (is seen, appears)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √dṛś
Present passive
Lat (Present) form of root √dṛś in passive voice
Root: dṛś (class 1)
रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance (form, appearance, nature)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa
rūpa - form, appearance, shape, nature
कालान्तकयमोपमम् (kālāntakayamopamam) - like Time (Kāla), the Destroyer (Antaka), and Yama (Death) (like Kāla, Antaka, and Yama)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kālāntakayamopama
kālāntakayamopama - resembling Kāla, Antaka, and Yama
Compound type : bahuvrihi (kāla+antaka+yama+upama)
  • kāla – time, death
    noun (masculine)
  • antaka – ender, destroyer, death (an epithet of Yama)
    noun (masculine)
    Root: ant (class 1)
  • yama – Yama (the god of death)
    proper noun (masculine)
  • upama – resembling, comparable to
    adjective (neuter)
Note: Agrees with 'rūpam'.