महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-17

यत्त्वत्र विहितं कार्यं नैष तद्वेत्ति माधव ।
स्त्रीवदेष बिभर्त्येतां युक्तां कवचधारणाम् ॥१७॥

17. yattvatra vihitaṁ kāryaṁ naiṣa tadvetti mādhava ,
strīvadeṣa bibhartyetāṁ yuktāṁ kavacadhāraṇām.

17. yat tu atra vihitam kāryam na eṣaḥ tat vetti mādhava
strīvat eṣaḥ bibharti etām yuktām kavacadhāraṇām

17. mādhava tu yat kāryam atra vihitam eṣaḥ tat na vetti
eṣaḥ strīvat etām yuktām kavacadhāraṇām bibharti

17. But whatever is the prescribed duty here, O Mādhava, this one does not know that. He wears this suitable armor like a woman.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

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

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• विहितम् (vihitam) - prescribed, arranged, made

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty, action to be done

• न (na) - not, no

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this Duryodhana (this one)

• तत् (tat) - that duty/action (that)

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, he knows

• माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (an epithet of Krishna)

• स्त्रीवत् (strīvat) - like a woman, effeminately

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this Duryodhana (this one)

• बिभर्ति (bibharti) - bears, carries, wears

• एताम् (etām) - this (feminine)

• युक्ताम् (yuktām) - suitable, fitting, properly equipped

• कवचधारणाम् (kavacadhāraṇām) - the wearing of armor, armor

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - who, what, which, whatever

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

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

विहितम् (vihitam) - prescribed, arranged, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vihita

vihita - prescribed, arranged, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā (to place, arrange) with upasarga vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty, action to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - duty, action to be done, task

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this Duryodhana (this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this (demonstrative pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that duty/action (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tat

tat - that, he, she, it

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, he knows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (an epithet of Krishna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - descendant of Madhu; husband of Lakshmi; an epithet of Krishna

स्त्रीवत् (strīvat) - like a woman, effeminately

(indeclinable)

Formed from strī (woman) with the adverbial suffix -vat (like, as)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this Duryodhana (this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this (demonstrative pronoun)

बिभर्ति (bibharti) - bears, carries, wears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

एताम् (etām) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this (demonstrative pronoun)

युक्ताम् (yuktām) - suitable, fitting, properly equipped

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, yoked, united; suitable, proper, appropriate; absorbed (in yoga)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (to join, yoke)

Root: yuj (class 7)

कवचधारणाम् (kavacadhāraṇām) - the wearing of armor, armor

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kavacadhāraṇā

kavacadhāraṇā - the wearing of armor, holding of armor

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kavaca+dhāraṇā)

• kavaca – armor, mail
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• dhāraṇā – holding, wearing, maintaining
  noun (feminine)
  action noun
  Derived from root dhṛ (to hold, wear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 10)