महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-169, verse-57

किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं कार्यं यदिदमुद्यतम् ।
सुमहत्पाण्डुपुत्राणामायान्त्येते हि कौरवाः ॥५७॥

57. kiṁ nu śakyaṁ mayā kartuṁ kāryaṁ yadidamudyatam ,
sumahatpāṇḍuputrāṇāmāyāntyete hi kauravāḥ.

57. kim nu śakyam mayā kartum kāryam yat idam udyatam
sumahat Pāṇḍuputrāṇām āyānti ete hi Kauravāḥ

57. nu kim mayā śakyam kartum yat idam sumahat kāryam
udyatam hi ete Kauravāḥ Pāṇḍuputrāṇām āyānti

57. What, indeed, can be done by me for this immense undertaking that has arisen, when these Kauravas are indeed approaching against the sons of Pāṇḍu?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, why, what kind of

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, certainly, moreover

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able to be done, capable

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, work, undertaking

• यत् (yat) - which, that, what

• इदम् (idam) - this

• उद्यतम् (udyatam) - undertaken, begun, arisen

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, immense, enormous

• पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् (pāṇḍuputrāṇām) - of the sons of Pāṇḍu

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they are coming, they approach

• एते (ete) - these

• हि (hi) - indeed, because, for, surely

• कौरवाः (kauravāḥ) - the Kauravas

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, why, what kind of

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, certainly, moreover

(indeclinable)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able to be done, capable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, feasible, able to be done

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from the root śak- (to be able) with the suffix -ya.

Root: śak (class 5)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(verb)

Infinitive

Derived from the root kṛ- (to do) with the suffix -tum.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Infinitive form of the verb.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, work, undertaking

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, work, affair

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from the root kṛ- (to do) with the suffix -ya, here substantivized.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - which, that, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

उद्यतम् (udyatam) - undertaken, begun, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udyata

udyata - undertaken, prepared, ready, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root yam- (to restrain, reach) with the prefix ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, immense, enormous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, very mighty, immense

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)

पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् (pāṇḍuputrāṇām) - of the sons of Pāṇḍu

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of Pāṇḍuputra

Pāṇḍuputra - son of Pāṇḍu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (Pāṇḍu+putra)

• Pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king, father of the Pāṇḍavas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they are coming, they approach

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ā-yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

हि (hi) - indeed, because, for, surely

(indeclinable)

कौरवाः (kauravāḥ) - the Kauravas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of Kaurava

Kaurava - descendant of Kuru, a Kaurava