महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-45

भो भो माया यदृच्छा वा न विद्मः किमिदं भवेत् ।
अस्त्रं त्विदं कथं मिथ्या मम कश्च व्यतिक्रमः ॥४५॥

45. bho bho māyā yadṛcchā vā na vidmaḥ kimidaṁ bhavet ,
astraṁ tvidaṁ kathaṁ mithyā mama kaśca vyatikramaḥ.

45. bho bho māyā yadṛcchā vā na vidmaḥ kim idam bhavet
astram tu idam katham mithyā mama kaḥ ca vyatikramaḥ

45. bho bho! idam kim māyā vā yadṛcchā bhavet? na vidmaḥ.
idam astram tu katham mithyā? mama kaḥ ca vyatikramaḥ?

45. Alas, alas! Is this illusion (māyā) or mere chance? We do not know what this might be. But how can this weapon prove ineffective? And what transgression have I committed?

Words meanings summery:

• भो (bho) - Oh! Alas!

• भो (bho) - Oh! Alas!

• माया (māyā) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, supernatural power, magic)

• यदृच्छा (yadṛcchā) - chance, accident, free will

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• इदम् (idam) - this

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be

• अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile, projectile

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

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - ineffective (falsely, in vain, ineffective, untrue)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what, which

• च (ca) - and, also

• व्यतिक्रमः (vyatikramaḥ) - transgression, violation, failure, error

Words meanings and morphology

भो (bho) - Oh! Alas!

(indeclinable)

भो (bho) - Oh! Alas!

(indeclinable)

माया (māyā) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, supernatural power, magic)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, supernatural power, magic, trick

यदृच्छा (yadṛcchā) - chance, accident, free will

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yadṛcchā

yadṛcchā - free will, spontaneity, chance, accident

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Active Indicative

Root `vid` (2nd class), 1st person plural

Root: vid (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

Root `bhū` (1st class), 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile, projectile

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of astra

astra - missile, weapon, projectile

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

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

(indeclinable)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - ineffective (falsely, in vain, ineffective, untrue)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

व्यतिक्रमः (vyatikramaḥ) - transgression, violation, failure, error

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyatikrama

vyatikrama - transgression, violation, error, failure, passing over

Derived from root `kram` (to step) with prefixes `vi-ati`

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: kram (class 1)