महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-2, verse-20

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दैवतेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य यस्त्वर्थान्सम्यगीहते ।
दक्षो दाक्षिण्यसंपन्नो न स मोघं विहन्यते ॥२०॥

20. daivatebhyo namaskṛtya yastvarthānsamyagīhate ,
dakṣo dākṣiṇyasaṁpanno na sa moghaṁ vihanyate.

20. daivatebhyaḥ namaskṛtya yaḥ tu arthān samyak īhate
dakṣaḥ dākṣiṇyasaṃpannaḥ na saḥ mogham vihanyate

20. yaḥ tu daivatebhyaḥ namaskṛtya arthān samyak īhate
saḥ dakṣaḥ dākṣiṇyasaṃpannaḥ mogham na vihanyate

20. A person who, after offering respects to the deities, strives effectively for his objectives, and is both skillful and courteous, will not have his efforts thwarted in vain.

Words meanings summery:

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दैवतेभ्यः (daivatebhyaḥ) - to the deities, to the gods

नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having bowed, having saluted, having offered obeisance

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, and

अर्थान् (arthān) - goals, objectives, purposes, things, wealth

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, thoroughly, correctly, well

ईहते (īhate) - he strives, he endeavors, he wishes

दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - skillful, capable, clever, expert

दाक्षिण्यसंपन्नः (dākṣiṇyasaṁpannaḥ) - endowed with courtesy/graciousness/politeness

न (na) - not, no

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

मोघम् (mogham) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

विहन्यते (vihanyate) - he is thwarted, he is hindered, he is struck down

Words meanings and morphology

दैवतेभ्यः (daivatebhyaḥ) - to the deities, to the gods

(noun)

Dative, neuter, plural of daivata

daivata - a deity, a god

Derived from deva (god) + -ta (suffix forming abstract noun or collective).

Note: Dative plural.

नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having bowed, having saluted, having offered obeisance

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

Formed from namas (bowing) + kṛ (to do) + lyap (gerund suffix when preceded by a prefix).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Absolutive/gerund.

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Nominative singular masculine of yad.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.

अर्थान् (arthān) - goals, objectives, purposes, things, wealth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, wealth, thing, object

Note: Accusative plural of artha.

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, thoroughly, correctly, well

(indeclinable)

From sam (with) + añc (to bend, go).

Prefix: sam

Root: añc (class 1)

Note: Adverb.

ईहते (īhate) - he strives, he endeavors, he wishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of īh

present tense

Root: īh (class 1)

Note: 3rd person singular present middle.

दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - skillful, capable, clever, expert

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dakṣa

dakṣa - skillful, clever, capable, expert, quick

Root: dakṣ (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular masculine.

दाक्षिण्यसंपन्नः (dākṣiṇyasaṁpannaḥ) - endowed with courtesy/graciousness/politeness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dākṣiṇyasaṃpanna

dākṣiṇyasaṁpanna - endowed with courtesy, possessed of graciousness

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dākṣiṇya+saṃpanna)

dākṣiṇya – courtesy, graciousness, politeness, civility
noun (neuter)
Derived from dakṣiṇa (right, southern, skillful, polite).
saṃpanna – endowed with, furnished with, accomplished, complete
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From sam + pad (to go, fall, happen).
Prefix: sam
Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Nominative singular masculine.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Nominative singular masculine.

मोघम् (mogham) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Accusative singular neuter, used adverbially.