महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-105, verse-16

भूत्वा च न भवत्येतदभूत्वा च भवत्यपि ।
शोके न ह्यस्ति सामर्थ्यं शोकं कुर्यात्कथं नरः ॥१६॥

16. bhūtvā ca na bhavatyetadabhūtvā ca bhavatyapi ,
śoke na hyasti sāmarthyaṁ śokaṁ kuryātkathaṁ naraḥ.

16. bhūtvā ca na bhavati etat abhūtvā ca bhavati api
śoke na hi asti sāmarthyam śokam kuryāt katham naraḥ

16. etat bhūtvā ca na bhavati abhūtvā ca api bhavati hi
śoke sāmarthyam na asti naraḥ katham śokam kuryāt

16. Having existed, it ceases to be; and having not existed, it comes into being. Indeed, there is no power in sorrow. How then can a person experience sorrow?

Words meanings summery:

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having existed (having been, having become, having existed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• भवति (bhavati) - ceases to be (with na) (is, exists, becomes)

• एतत् (etat) - it (referring to any phenomenon) (this, it)

• अभूत्वा (abhūtvā) - having not existed (having not been, having not existed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• भवति (bhavati) - comes into being (is, exists, becomes)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• शोके (śoke) - in sorrow (in sorrow, in grief)

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• सामर्थ्यम् (sāmarthyam) - power (power, ability, capability)

• शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow (sorrow, grief)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - can experience, would make (should do, would do, would make)

• कथम् (katham) - how (then) (how, why)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

Words meanings and morphology

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having existed (having been, having become, having existed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive form from root bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Absolutive form.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - ceases to be (with na) (is, exists, becomes)

(verb)

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

Root verb, 1st class, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: 3rd person singular present active voice of root bhū.

एतत् (etat) - it (referring to any phenomenon) (this, it)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, it

Note: Neuter singular nominative.

अभूत्वा (abhūtvā) - having not existed (having not been, having not existed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive form from negation 'a' + root bhū

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhū)

• a – not, un-
  prefix/indeclinable
• bhū – to be, to become, to exist
  verb
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Absolutive form.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - comes into being (is, exists, becomes)

(verb)

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

Root verb, 1st class, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: 3rd person singular present active voice of root bhū.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

शोके (śoke) - in sorrow (in sorrow, in grief)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation

Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: Masculine singular locative.

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Root verb, 2nd class, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

Note: 3rd person singular present active voice of root as.

सामर्थ्यम् (sāmarthyam) - power (power, ability, capability)

(noun)

neuter, singular of sāmarthya

sāmarthya - power, ability, capability, fitness

Derived from samartha (capable)

Note: Neuter singular nominative.

शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow (sorrow, grief)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation

Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: Masculine singular accusative.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - can experience, would make (should do, would do, would make)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

Optative mood, root kṛ, 8th class, Parasmaipada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: 3rd person singular optative active voice.

कथम् (katham) - how (then) (how, why)

(indeclinable)

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Masculine singular nominative.