महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-21

अपि तस्या अनर्हायाः परिक्लेशस्य माधव ।
कृष्णायाः शक्नुयां गन्तुं पदं केशप्रधर्षणे ॥२१॥

21. api tasyā anarhāyāḥ parikleśasya mādhava ,
kṛṣṇāyāḥ śaknuyāṁ gantuṁ padaṁ keśapradharṣaṇe.

21. api tasyāḥ anarhāyāḥ parikleśasya mādhava
kṛṣṇāyāḥ śaknuyām gantum padam keśapradharṣaṇe

21. mādhava api kṛṣṇāyāḥ anarhāyāḥ tasyāḥ
keśapradharṣaṇe parikleśasya padam gantum śaknuyām

21. O Mādhava, how could I possibly attain the state of immense suffering (parikleśa) that was inflicted upon that undeserving Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā) during the dishonor of her hair?

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover, indeed; (as interrogative particle) how, whether

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that Draupadī (of her, by her, from her)

• अनर्हायाः (anarhāyāḥ) - of the undeserving Draupadī (of the undeserving, by the undeserving, from the undeserving)

• परिक्लेशस्य (parikleśasya) - of the immense suffering (parikleśa) (of the great suffering, of the distress)

• माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (a name of Krishna)

• कृष्णायाः (kṛṣṇāyāḥ) - of Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

• शक्नुयाम् (śaknuyām) - how could I possibly be able (may I be able, might I be able, can I)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to attain (the state of) (to go, to attain, to reach)

• पदम् (padam) - the state (of suffering) (a state, a condition, a place, a footstep, a word)

• केशप्रधर्षणे (keśapradharṣaṇe) - in the dishonor of her hair, in the assault on her hair

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover, indeed; (as interrogative particle) how, whether

(indeclinable)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that Draupadī (of her, by her, from her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Also used as ablative singular feminine.

अनर्हायाः (anarhāyāḥ) - of the undeserving Draupadī (of the undeserving, by the undeserving, from the undeserving)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of anarha

anarha - undeserving, unworthy

Compound type : tatpurusha (an+arha)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• arha – deserving, worthy
  adjective
  Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Also used as ablative singular feminine.

परिक्लेशस्य (parikleśasya) - of the immense suffering (parikleśa) (of the great suffering, of the distress)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of parikleśa

parikleśa - great suffering, distress, severe trouble

Prefix: pari

Root: kliś (class 4)

माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (a name of Krishna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - descendant of Madhu; epithet of Krishna

कृष्णायाः (kṛṣṇāyāḥ) - of Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇā

kṛṣṇā - Kṛṣṇā, a name of Draupadī; also refers to a dark-skinned woman or the Durgā goddess

Note: Also used as ablative singular feminine.

शक्नुयाम् (śaknuyām) - how could I possibly be able (may I be able, might I be able, can I)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of śak

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada

1st person singular

Root: śak (class 5)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to attain (the state of) (to go, to attain, to reach)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed with suffix -tum

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Infinitive form.

पदम् (padam) - the state (of suffering) (a state, a condition, a place, a footstep, a word)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - a step, a foot, a place, a state, a word

Note: Could also be nominative singular neuter, but accusative fits 'to attain a state'.

केशप्रधर्षणे (keśapradharṣaṇe) - in the dishonor of her hair, in the assault on her hair

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of keśapradharṣaṇa

keśapradharṣaṇa - violent assault on the hair, dishonoring of the hair

Compound type : tatpurusha (keśa+pradharṣaṇa)

• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
• pradharṣaṇa – assault, violation, outrage, humiliation
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from verb `pradhṛṣ`
  Noun formed from root `dhṛṣ` with prefix `pra` and suffix `-ana`
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

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