महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-62, verse-2

गतोदके सेतुबन्धो यादृक्तादृगयं तव ।
विलापो निष्फलो राजन्मा शुचो भरतर्षभ ॥२॥

2. gatodake setubandho yādṛktādṛgayaṁ tava ,
vilāpo niṣphalo rājanmā śuco bharatarṣabha.

2. gatodake setubandhaḥ yādṛk tādṛk ayam tava
vilāpaḥ niṣphalaḥ rājan mā śucaḥ bharatarṣabha

2. rājan bharatarṣabha tava vilāpaḥ gatodake
setubandhaḥ yādṛk tādṛk ayam niṣphalaḥ mā śucaḥ

2. O King, O best of the Bharatas (bharatarṣabha), your lamentation now is as futile as building a dam after the water has already flowed away. Do not grieve.

Words meanings summery:

• गतोदके (gatodake) - when the water is gone, after the water has flowed away

• सेतुबन्धः (setubandhaḥ) - building a dam/bridge

• यादृक् (yādṛk) - such as, of what kind, as

• तादृक् (tādṛk) - such a one, of that kind, so

• अयम् (ayam) - (referring to lamentation) (this, this one)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• विलापः (vilāpaḥ) - lamentation, weeping, wailing

• निष्फलः (niṣphalaḥ) - fruitless, useless, unavailing

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• शुचः (śucaḥ) - do you grieve, lament

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among Bharatas, O best of the Bharatas

Words meanings and morphology

गतोदके (gatodake) - when the water is gone, after the water has flowed away

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gatodaka

gatodaka - one from whom the water has gone, waterless

compound of gata (past passive participle of gam 'to go') and udaka ('water')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+udaka)

• gata – gone, past
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative absolute construction, meaning 'when the water has gone'.

सेतुबन्धः (setubandhaḥ) - building a dam/bridge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of setubandha

setubandha - building a dam, construction of a bridge

Compound of setu (dam/bridge) and bandha (binding/construction)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (setu+bandha)

• setu – dam, bridge, embankment
  noun (masculine)
• bandha – binding, tying, constructing
  noun (masculine)
  From root bandh (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

यादृक् (yādṛk) - such as, of what kind, as

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of yādṛś

yādṛś - such as, of what kind, as

Note: The form yādṛk is the nom.sg. for all genders.

तादृक् (tādṛk) - such a one, of that kind, so

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of tādṛś

tādṛś - such a one, of that kind, so

Note: The form tādṛk is the nom.sg. for all genders.

अयम् (ayam) - (referring to lamentation) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

विलापः (vilāpaḥ) - lamentation, weeping, wailing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vilāpa

vilāpa - lamentation, weeping, wailing

From root lap (to speak) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

निष्फलः (niṣphalaḥ) - fruitless, useless, unavailing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣphala

niṣphala - fruitless, useless, unavailing

Compound of nis (without) and phala (fruit)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+phala)

• nis – without, out
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with vilāpaḥ.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

Root: rāj

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

Used with the aorist or imperative for prohibition.

शुचः (śucaḥ) - do you grieve, lament

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of śuc

Root verb

Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: Injunctive aorist used with mā for prohibition.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among Bharatas, O best of the Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull of Bharatas, best of Bharatas

Compound of bharata and ṛṣabha (bull, best).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, name of a race/dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for a king or hero.