महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-145, verse-23

आहुः केचित्परं मोक्षं स च नास्ति कथंचन ।
अर्थप्राप्तौ च नरकः कृत्स्न एवोपपद्यते ॥२३॥

23. āhuḥ kecitparaṁ mokṣaṁ sa ca nāsti kathaṁcana ,
arthaprāptau ca narakaḥ kṛtsna evopapadyate.

23. āhuḥ kecit param mokṣam saḥ ca na asti kathaṃcana
| artha prāptau ca narakaḥ kṛtsnaḥ eva upapadyate

23. Some declare that supreme liberation (mokṣa) exists, but it is not attainable in any way. Furthermore, the attainment of material prosperity (artha) itself leads to the complete experience of hell.

Words meanings summery:

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

• मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa), emancipation

• सः (saḥ) - that (he)

• च (ca) - and, furthermore

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, somehow

• अर्थ (artha) - purpose, wealth, material prosperity

• प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - in the attainment, in the obtaining

• च (ca) - and, furthermore

• नरकः (narakaḥ) - hell, underworld

• कृत्स्नः (kṛtsnaḥ) - all, whole, complete

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - arises, comes to be, is obtained, results

Words meanings and morphology

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of brū/vac

Root: brū (class 2)

केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, some

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, excellent, primary

मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa), emancipation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation (mokṣa), emancipation, release

सः (saḥ) - that (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, furthermore

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, somehow

(indeclinable)

अर्थ (artha) - purpose, wealth, material prosperity

(noun)

of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, material prosperity

Note: First part of the Tatpuruṣa compound 'arthaprāpti'.

प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - in the attainment, in the obtaining

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāpti

prāpti - attainment, acquisition, obtaining, reaching

derived from verbal root 'āp' with prefix 'pra' and suffix '-ti'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+prāpti)

• artha – purpose, wealth, material prosperity
  noun (masculine)
• prāpti – attainment, acquisition, obtaining
  noun (feminine)
  formed with suffix -ti
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

च (ca) - and, furthermore

(indeclinable)

नरकः (narakaḥ) - hell, underworld

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, Hades, underworld

कृत्स्नः (kṛtsnaḥ) - all, whole, complete

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - all, whole, complete, entire

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - arises, comes to be, is obtained, results

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of upapad

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)