महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-8

न हि पारं प्रपश्यामि दुःखस्यास्य कथंचन ।
समुद्रस्येव महतो भुजाभ्यां प्रतरन्नरः ॥८॥

8. na hi pāraṁ prapaśyāmi duḥkhasyāsya kathaṁcana ,
samudrasyeva mahato bhujābhyāṁ pratarannaraḥ.

8. na hi pāram prapaśyāmi duḥkhasya asya kathaṃcana
samudrasya iva mahataḥ bhujābhyām prataran naraḥ

8. naraḥ bhujābhyām mahataḥ samudrasya iva prataran,
asya duḥkhasya pāram na hi kathaṃcana prapaśyāmi

8. I truly see no end to this suffering (duḥkha) in any way, just as a man cannot cross a great ocean with his two arms.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

• पारम् (pāram) - end, shore, limit

• प्रपश्यामि (prapaśyāmi) - I see, I foresee

• दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of suffering, of sorrow

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, at all

• समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महतः (mahataḥ) - of a great one, of a large one

• भुजाभ्याम् (bhujābhyām) - by two arms

• प्रतरन् (prataran) - crossing, swimming across

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

(indeclinable)

पारम् (pāram) - end, shore, limit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāra

pāra - the opposite bank, further shore, end, limit, conclusion

प्रपश्यामि (prapaśyāmi) - I see, I foresee

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-√paś

present stem paśya

From √dṛś, with prefix pra-, 1st person singular, present indicative active.

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of suffering, of sorrow

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, at all

(indeclinable)

समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

महतः (mahataḥ) - of a great one, of a large one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Agrees with 'samudrasya'.

भुजाभ्याम् (bhujābhyām) - by two arms

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of bhujā

bhujā - arm

प्रतरन् (prataran) - crossing, swimming across

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pra-√tṛ

√tṛ - to cross, pass over, overcome

present active participle

From root √tṛ, with prefix pra-, present active participle, masculine nominative singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'naraḥ'.

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being