महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-123, verse-2

धर्मार्थकामाः किंमूलास्त्रयाणां प्रभवश्च कः ।
अन्योन्यं चानुषज्जन्ते वर्तन्ते च पृथक्पृथक् ॥२॥

2. dharmārthakāmāḥ kiṁmūlāstrayāṇāṁ prabhavaśca kaḥ ,
anyonyaṁ cānuṣajjante vartante ca pṛthakpṛthak.

2. dharma-artha-kāmāḥ kim-mūlāḥ trayāṇām prabhavaḥ ca
kaḥ anyonyam ca anuṣajjante vartante ca pṛthak-pṛthak

2. dharma-artha-kāmāḥ kim-mūlāḥ trayāṇām prabhavaḥ ca
kaḥ anyonyam ca anuṣajjante ca pṛthak-pṛthak vartante

2. What is the root of natural law (dharma), prosperity (artha), and desire (kāma)? And what is the origin of these three? They are mutually connected, yet they also exist separately.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्म-अर्थ-कामाः (dharma-artha-kāmāḥ) - The three aims of human life: natural law (dharma), material prosperity (artha), and sensual pleasure (kāma). (righteousness, prosperity, and desire)

• किम्-मूलाः (kim-mūlāḥ) - having what as their root/origin

• त्रयाणाम् (trayāṇām) - Refers to the three aims of human life: dharma, artha, and kāma. (of the three)

• प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - origin, source, birth

• च (ca) - and, also

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, one another

• च (ca) - and, also

• अनुषज्जन्ते (anuṣajjante) - they are connected, they attach themselves

• वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they exist, they abide, they are

• च (ca) - and, also

• पृथक्-पृथक् (pṛthak-pṛthak) - separately, individually

Words meanings and morphology

धर्म-अर्थ-कामाः (dharma-artha-kāmāḥ) - The three aims of human life: natural law (dharma), material prosperity (artha), and sensual pleasure (kāma). (righteousness, prosperity, and desire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharma-artha-kāma

dharma-artha-kāma - the triad of natural law/duty, material prosperity, and pleasure/desire

Compound type : dvandva (dharma+artha+kāma)

• dharma – natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, prosperity, material gain
  noun (masculine)
• kāma – desire, wish, pleasure, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

किम्-मूलाः (kim-mūlāḥ) - having what as their root/origin

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim-mūla

kim-mūla - having what as root, originating from what

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kim+mūla)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• mūla – root, origin, basis, foundation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying 'dharma-artha-kāmāḥ'.

त्रयाणाम् (trayāṇām) - Refers to the three aims of human life: dharma, artha, and kāma. (of the three)

(numeral)

Note: Used here in a generic sense, referring to the masculine plural 'dharma-artha-kāmāḥ'.

प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - origin, source, birth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhava

prabhava - origin, source, cause, birth

Derived from pra- + bhū (to be, to arise).

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Interrogative pronoun in masculine nominative singular form.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, one another

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अनुषज्जन्ते (anuṣajjante) - they are connected, they attach themselves

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of anuṣaj

present tense

Derived from anu + sañj (to cling, attach).

Prefix: anu

Root: sañj (class 1)

वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they exist, they abide, they are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

present tense

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

पृथक्-पृथक् (pṛthak-pṛthak) - separately, individually

(indeclinable)

Reduplicated form of 'pṛthak'.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (pṛthak+pṛthak)

• pṛthak – separate, distinct, apart
  indeclinable

Note: Adverbial expression.