महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-32, verse-5

कथं नाम भवेत्कार्यमस्माभिर्भरतर्षभ ।
साहसं कृतवांस्त्वं तु ह्यनुक्रोशान्नृपोत्तम ॥५॥

5. kathaṁ nāma bhavetkāryamasmābhirbharatarṣabha ,
sāhasaṁ kṛtavāṁstvaṁ tu hyanukrośānnṛpottama.

5. katham nāma bhavet kāryam asmābhiḥ bharatarṣabha
sāhasam kṛtavān tvam tu hi anukrośāt nṛpa uttama

5. bharatarṣabha asmābhiḥ kāryam katham nāma bhavet
tu hi nṛpottama tvam anukrośāt sāhasam kṛtavān

5. O best of Bhāratas (bharatarṣabha), how indeed could the task (be accomplished) by us? For you, O best of kings (nṛpottama), have performed this audacious act out of compassion.

Words meanings summery:

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

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, forsooth (particle expressing emphasis or doubt)

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

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, work, what is to be done

• अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

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

• साहसम् (sāhasam) - this audacious act (audacity, rashness, violence)

• कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - has done, has performed, one who has done

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अनुक्रोशात् (anukrośāt) - out of compassion, from pity

• नृप (nṛpa) - king, ruler

• उत्तम (uttama) - best, excellent, highest

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, forsooth (particle expressing emphasis or doubt)

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, work, what is to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, what is to be done, task, business, duty

Gerundive

Derived from root √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bhāratas, O bull among Bhāratas

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a Bhārata
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent among
  noun (masculine)

साहसम् (sāhasam) - this audacious act (audacity, rashness, violence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāhasa

sāhasa - rashness, audacity, violence, intrepidity

Derived from 'sahas' (force, power)

Note: Object of kṛtavān.

कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - has done, has performed, one who has done

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtavat

kṛtavat - having done, performed, accomplished

Past Active Participle

Derived from root √kṛ with suffix -vat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अनुक्रोशात् (anukrośāt) - out of compassion, from pity

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of anukrośa

anukrośa - compassion, pity, sympathy

Derived from root √kruś (to cry out) with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: kruś (class 1)

Note: Indicates the cause or reason.

नृप (nṛpa) - king, ruler

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, men
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, preserver
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

उत्तम (uttama) - best, excellent, highest

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest, supreme

Note: Second part of the compound nṛpottama.