महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-158, verse-30

आरम्भाच्चैव युद्धानां यदेष कृतवान्प्रभो ।
मदर्थं दुष्करं कर्म कृतं तेन महात्मना ॥३०॥

30. ārambhāccaiva yuddhānāṁ yadeṣa kṛtavānprabho ,
madarthaṁ duṣkaraṁ karma kṛtaṁ tena mahātmanā.

30. ārambhāt ca eva yuddhānām yat eṣa kṛtavān prabho
madartham duṣkaram karma kṛtam tena mahātmanā

30. prabho yuddhānām ārambhāt ca eva yat eṣa madartham duṣkaram karma kṛtavān,
tat karma tena mahātmanā kṛtam

30. O Lord, from the very beginning of battles, whatever arduous deed this great-souled (mahātman) one performed for my sake, was indeed accomplished by him.

Words meanings summery:

• आरम्भात् (ārambhāt) - from the beginning, from the commencement

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, very

• युद्धानाम् (yuddhānām) - of battles, of wars

• यत् (yat) - whatever deed (which, whatever)

• एष (eṣa) - this great-souled one (Bhīma) (this one, he)

• कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - this one (Bhīma) has performed (has done, performed)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Kṛṣṇa (O Lord, O Master)

• मदर्थम् (madartham) - for the sake of the speaker (Yudhiṣṭhira) (for my sake, for me)

• दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - an arduous deed (difficult to do, arduous)

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - the deed was performed (done, performed)

• तेन (tena) - by him (the great-souled one, Bhīma) (by him, by that)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled (ātman) Bhīma (by the great-souled one, by the noble one)

Words meanings and morphology

आरम्भात् (ārambhāt) - from the beginning, from the commencement

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ārambha

ārambha - beginning, commencement, undertaking

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, very

(indeclinable)

युद्धानाम् (yuddhānām) - of battles, of wars

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

Root: yudh (class 4)

यत् (yat) - whatever deed (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever (relative pronoun)

एष (eṣa) - this great-souled one (Bhīma) (this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun), he/she/it

कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - this one (Bhīma) has performed (has done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtavat

kṛtavat - having done, performed

Past Active Participle

Past active participle of the root kṛ- (suffix -vat)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Kṛṣṇa (O Lord, O Master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful, sovereign

मदर्थम् (madartham) - for the sake of the speaker (Yudhiṣṭhira) (for my sake, for me)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial accusative of the compound 'madartha'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+artha)

• mad – my (stem of asmad)
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, sake, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - an arduous deed (difficult to do, arduous)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult to do, arduous, impossible

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+kara)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult (prefix)
  indeclinable
• kara – doing, making, causing
  adjective (masculine)
  From root kṛ- 'to do'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - the deed was performed (done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root kṛ-

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तेन (tena) - by him (the great-souled one, Bhīma) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled (ātman) Bhīma (by the great-souled one, by the noble one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, great self (ātman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)