महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-187

विधातृविहितं मार्गं न कश्चिदतिवर्तते ।
कालमूलमिदं सर्वं भावाभावौ सुखासुखे ॥१८७॥

187. vidhātṛvihitaṁ mārgaṁ na kaścidativartate ,
kālamūlamidaṁ sarvaṁ bhāvābhāvau sukhāsukhe.

187. vidhātṛvihitam mārgam na kaścit ativartate
kālamūlam idam sarvam bhāva abhāvau sukha asukhe

187. No one can transgress the path ordained by the Creator. Everything, including existence and non-existence, happiness and sorrow, has time as its root.

Words meanings summery:

• विधातृविहितम् (vidhātṛvihitam) - ordained by the Creator (ordained by the Creator, arranged by the Dispenser)

• मार्गम् (mārgam) - path (path, road, way, course)

• न (na) - no (one) (not, no)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (someone, anyone)

• अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - can transgress (transgresses, oversteps, exceeds)

• कालमूलम् (kālamūlam) - has time as its root (having time as its root/origin)

• इदम् (idam) - this (everything) (this)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, everything)

• भाव (bhāva) - existence (existence, being, state, disposition)

• अभावौ (abhāvau) - non-existence (non-existence, absence)

• सुख (sukha) - happiness (happiness, pleasure, ease)

• असुखे (asukhe) - sorrow (sorrow, unhappiness)

Words meanings and morphology

विधातृविहितम् (vidhātṛvihitam) - ordained by the Creator (ordained by the Creator, arranged by the Dispenser)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vidhātṛvihita

vidhātṛvihita - ordained by the Creator/Dispenser, arranged by destiny

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidhātṛ+vihita)

• vidhātṛ – creator, disposer, ordainer, Brahma
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root dhā with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• vihita – ordained, arranged, done, prescribed
  adjective
  past participle
  PPP of root dhā with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

मार्गम् (mārgam) - path (path, road, way, course)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way, course, track

Root: mṛj (class 2)

न (na) - no (one) (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (someone, anyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain (person/thing)

Formed from kim + cit

अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - can transgress (transgresses, oversteps, exceeds)

(verb)

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

Prefix: ati

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada verb

कालमूलम् (kālamūlam) - has time as its root (having time as its root/origin)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kālamūla

kālamūla - having time as its root, originating from time

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāla+mūla)

• kāla – time, period, season, destiny
  noun (masculine)
• mūla – root, origin, foundation, cause
  noun (neuter)

इदम् (idam) - this (everything) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, everything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

भाव (bhāva) - existence (existence, being, state, disposition)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - existence, being, state, nature, disposition, sentiment

action noun

Derived from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Part of dvandva compound, this is the first member

अभावौ (abhāvau) - non-existence (non-existence, absence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, annihilation

action noun

Negation of bhāva (existence) with prefix a

Prefix: a

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Form is bhāvābhāvau (existence and non-existence), so 'abhāvau' is used for analysis of the second part, but grammatically they are singular forms combined in a dvandva dual.

सुख (sukha) - happiness (happiness, pleasure, ease)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, ease, joy

Note: Part of dvandva compound, this is the first member

असुखे (asukhe) - sorrow (sorrow, unhappiness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of asukha

asukha - unhappiness, sorrow, pain, misery

Negation of sukha (happiness) with prefix a

Note: Form is sukhāsukhe (happiness and sorrow), so 'asukhe' is used for analysis of the second part, but grammatically they are singular forms combined in a dvandva dual.