महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-135, verse-21

पृथिवी देश इत्युक्तः कालः स च न दृश्यते ।
अभिप्रेतार्थसिद्ध्यर्थं न्यायतो यच्च तत्तथा ॥२१॥

21. pṛthivī deśa ityuktaḥ kālaḥ sa ca na dṛśyate ,
abhipretārthasiddhyarthaṁ nyāyato yacca tattathā.

21. pṛthivī deśaḥ iti uktaḥ kālaḥ saḥ ca na dṛśyate
abhipreta-artha-siddhy-artham nyāyataḥ yat ca tat tathā

21. pṛthivī deśaḥ iti uktaḥ saḥ kālaḥ ca na dṛśyate yat
ca abhipreta-artha-siddhy-artham nyāyataḥ tat tathā

21. The earth is referred to as 'place' (deśa), and time (kāla) is not seen. Whatever is done properly for the sake of achieving a desired purpose (artha), that (result) indeed comes to be in that way.

Words meanings summery:

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, ground

• देशः (deśaḥ) - place, region, country

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or definition

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - called, referred to as (said, spoken, called)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to kāla) (he, that)

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

• अभिप्रेत-अर्थ-सिद्ध्य्-अर्थम् (abhipreta-artha-siddhy-artham) - for the sake of achieving the desired object/purpose (artha)

• न्यायतः (nyāyataḥ) - properly, justly, logically, according to rule

• यत् (yat) - whatever (action/thing) (which, whatever)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - that (result/outcome) (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - the earth, soil, land

देशः (deśaḥ) - place, region, country

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country, locality

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or definition

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - called, referred to as (said, spoken, called)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak), irregular past passive participle

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Participle used adjectivally. Agrees with 'deśaḥ'.

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, black, season

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to kāla) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Passive

Root dṛś, 4th class, passive form

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अभिप्रेत-अर्थ-सिद्ध्य्-अर्थम् (abhipreta-artha-siddhy-artham) - for the sake of achieving the desired object/purpose (artha)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhipreta-artha-siddhy-artha

abhipreta-artha-siddhy-artha - for the purpose of achieving desired objectives

Compound type : tatpurusha (abhipreta+artha+siddhi+artha)

• abhipreta – desired, intended
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root i (to go) with prefixes abhi and pra
  Prefixes: abhi+pra
  Root: i (class 2)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• siddhi – accomplishment, success, perfection
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sidh (class 4)
• artha – purpose, for the sake of
  noun (masculine)

Note: This is an adverbial accusative, functioning as 'for the sake of'.

न्यायतः (nyāyataḥ) - properly, justly, logically, according to rule

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -tas to indicate 'from/according to'

Note: Derived from 'nyāya' with the ablative/adverbial suffix -tas.

यत् (yat) - whatever (action/thing) (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, who

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (result/outcome) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)