महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-105, verse-28

अवाप्यान्कामयस्वार्थान्नानवाप्यान्कदाचन ।
प्रत्युत्पन्नाननुभवन्मा शुचस्त्वमनागतान् ॥२८॥

28. avāpyānkāmayasvārthānnānavāpyānkadācana ,
pratyutpannānanubhavanmā śucastvamanāgatān.

28. avāpyān kāmayasva arthān na anavāpyān kadācana
pratyutpannān anubhavan mā śucaḥ tvam anāgatān

28. avāpyān arthān kāmayasva na anavāpyān kadācana
pratyutpannān anubhavan tvam anāgatān mā śucaḥ

28. Desire objectives that are attainable, but never those that are unattainable. Experiencing what is present, you should not grieve for what has not yet arrived.

Words meanings summery:

• अवाप्यान् (avāpyān) - those that are attainable (attainable, obtainable)

• कामयस्व (kāmayasva) - (you) desire, wish for (desire, wish for)

• अर्थान् (arthān) - objectives, ends (objects, purposes, ends)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अनवाप्यान् (anavāpyān) - those that are unattainable (unobtainable, unattainable)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never (never, at no time, at any time)

• प्रत्युत्पन्नान् (pratyutpannān) - those that are present (present, arisen, available)

• अनुभवन् (anubhavan) - experiencing (experiencing, undergoing)

• मा (mā) - do not

• शुचः (śucaḥ) - you should grieve (you grieve, you should grieve)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (O prince) (you)

• अनागतान् (anāgatān) - those (things) that have not yet arrived (future) (the unarrived, the future ones)

Words meanings and morphology

अवाप्यान् (avāpyān) - those that are attainable (attainable, obtainable)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of avāpya

avāpya - attainable, obtainable, to be obtained

gerundive (future passive participle)

Masculine accusative plural. Gerundive of ava-āp (to obtain).

Prefixes: ava+ā

Root: āp (class 5)

कामयस्व (kāmayasva) - (you) desire, wish for (desire, wish for)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kam

imperative middle

2nd person singular imperative middle (ātmanepada) of the denominative verb from kāma (desire).

Root: kam (class 10)

Note: Command form.

अर्थान् (arthān) - objectives, ends (objects, purposes, ends)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - object, purpose, meaning, thing, matter

Masculine accusative plural.

Root: ṛ (class 3)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the implicit 'kāmayasva' for 'anavāpyān'.

अनवाप्यान् (anavāpyān) - those that are unattainable (unobtainable, unattainable)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anavāpya

anavāpya - unattainable, not to be obtained

gerundive (future passive participle)

Masculine accusative plural. Compound: an-avāpya.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+avāpya)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
  Negative particle 'an' before vowels.
• avāpya – attainable, to be obtained
  adjective (masculine)
  gerundive
  Gerundive of ava-āp.
  Prefixes: ava+ā
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Qualifies an implicit 'arthān'.

कदाचन (kadācana) - never (never, at no time, at any time)

(indeclinable)

Compound of kadā (when) and cana (even, indeed). In negative sentences, it means 'never'.

Note: Intensifies the negation.

प्रत्युत्पन्नान् (pratyutpannān) - those that are present (present, arisen, available)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pratyutpanna

pratyutpanna - arisen, present, produced

past passive participle

Masculine accusative plural. Past passive participle of prati-ud-pad (to arise, be present).

Prefixes: prati+ud

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Object of 'anubhavan'.

अनुभवन् (anubhavan) - experiencing (experiencing, undergoing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhū

anubhū - to experience, to perceive, to enjoy

present active participle

Masculine nominative singular present active participle of anu-bhū.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Implies 'while experiencing'.

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

Prohibitive particle, used with injunctive mood or aorist to express prohibition.

शुचः (śucaḥ) - you should grieve (you grieve, you should grieve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, injunctive (aorist) (luṅ) of śuc

injunctive

2nd person singular aorist injunctive (used with mā for prohibition).

Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: Prohibition.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (O prince) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

2nd person pronoun, nominative singular.

Note: Explicit subject.

अनागतान् (anāgatān) - those (things) that have not yet arrived (future) (the unarrived, the future ones)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anāgata

anāgata - not come, not arrived, future

Masculine accusative plural. Compound: an-āgata.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+āgata)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
  Negative particle 'an' before vowels.
• āgata – come, arrived
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of ā + gam.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'mā śucaḥ'.