महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-72, verse-16

देवयान्युवाच ।
यदि मां धर्मकामार्थे प्रत्याख्यास्यसि चोदितः ।
ततः कच न ते विद्या सिद्धिमेषा गमिष्यति ॥१६॥

16. devayānyuvāca ,
yadi māṁ dharmakāmārthe pratyākhyāsyasi coditaḥ ,
tataḥ kaca na te vidyā siddhimeṣā gamiṣyati.

16. devayānī uvāca yadi mām dharma-kāma-arthe pratyākhyāsyasi
coditaḥ tataḥ kaca na te vidyā siddhim eṣā gamiṣyati

16. Devayani said: If, being prompted, you reject me for the sake of dharma and love, then, Kaca, your knowledge will not bear fruit.

16. דֵוַיָאנִי אמרה, אם תדחה אותי כשאני מבקשת ממך לשם דרך היושר, הנאה ותועלת, הו קַצ׳ַה, הידע שלך לא יצליח.

Words meanings summery:

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदि (yadi) - if

• माम् (mām) - me (accusative)

• धर्म-काम-अर्थे (dharma-kāma-arthe) - for the sake of dharma and kama (love/desire)

• प्रत्याख्यास्यसि (pratyākhyāsyasi) - you will reject, you will renounce

• चोदितः (coditaḥ) - urged, incited, prompted

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefore

• कच (kaca) - O Kaca

• न (na) - not

• ते (te) - your

• विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge, learning

• सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - success, accomplishment, perfection

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will go, will attain

Words meanings and morphology

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - Devayani (name of Shukra's daughter)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

धर्म-काम-अर्थे (dharma-kāma-arthe) - for the sake of dharma and kama (love/desire)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma-kāma-artha

dharma-kāma-artha - purpose/sake of dharma and kāma

Compound type : dvandva + tatpuruṣa (dharma+kāma+artha)

• dharma – dharma, righteous conduct, duty
  noun (masculine)
• kāma – desire, love, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, aim, sake, meaning
  noun (masculine)

Note: Locative case indicates 'for the sake of' or 'with regard to'.

प्रत्याख्यास्यसि (pratyākhyāsyasi) - you will reject, you will renounce

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of khyā

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

चोदितः (coditaḥ) - urged, incited, prompted

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cud

cud - to urge, to incite, to impel

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'cud' with past participle suffix 'kta'

Root: cud (class 6)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

कच (kaca) - O Kaca

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaca

kaca - Kaca (name of Bṛhaspati's son)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge, learning

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, lore

सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - success, accomplishment, perfection

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of siddhi

siddhi - success, accomplishment, perfection, attainment, supernatural power

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will go, will attain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

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