महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-220, verse-9

किमर्थमावृता लोका ममैते तपसार्जिताः ।
किं मया न कृतं तत्र यस्येदं कर्मणः फलम् ॥९॥

9. kimarthamāvṛtā lokā mamaite tapasārjitāḥ ,
kiṁ mayā na kṛtaṁ tatra yasyedaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam.

9. kimartham āvṛtāḥ lokāḥ mama ete tapasā arjitāḥ
kim mayā na kṛtam tatra yasya idam karmaṇaḥ phalam

9. Why are these worlds of mine, which I attained through my austerity (tapas), deprived of their benefits? What act (karma) did I not perform, for which this is the consequence (phalam)?

Words meanings summery:

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why? for what purpose?

• आवृताः (āvṛtāḥ) - deprived of their benefits or obscured from access (covered, obscured, obstructed, deprived)

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• एते (ete) - these

• तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity (tapas), through penance

• अर्जिताः (arjitāḥ) - acquired, earned, gained

• किम् (kim) - what?

• मया (mayā) - by me

• न (na) - not, no

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of the action (karma), of the deed

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

Words meanings and morphology

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why? for what purpose?

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+artham)

• kim – what?, why?
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, object
  noun (masculine)

आवृताः (āvṛtāḥ) - deprived of their benefits or obscured from access (covered, obscured, obstructed, deprived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, enveloped, surrounded, hindered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √vṛ (to cover, enclose) with the prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity (tapas), through penance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat

अर्जिताः (arjitāḥ) - acquired, earned, gained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of arjita

arjita - acquired, earned, gained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √ṛj (to acquire, gain).

Root: ṛj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yad

yad - which, who

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of the action (karma), of the deed

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, ritual, fate (karma)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward