महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-169, verse-16

मोहेन हि समाविष्टः पुत्रदारार्थमुद्यतः ।
कृत्वा कार्यमकार्यं वा पुष्टिमेषां प्रयच्छति ॥१६॥

16. mohena hi samāviṣṭaḥ putradārārthamudyataḥ ,
kṛtvā kāryamakāryaṁ vā puṣṭimeṣāṁ prayacchati.

16. mohena hi samāviṣṭaḥ putradārārtham udyataḥ
kṛtvā kāryam akāryam vā puṣṭim eṣām prayacchati

16. hi mohena samāviṣṭaḥ putradārārtham udyataḥ
kāryam akāryam vā kṛtvā eṣām puṣṭim prayacchati

16. Indeed, a person enveloped by delusion (moha), striving for the sake of his sons and wife, provides for their sustenance, having done either what is proper or improper.

Words meanings summery:

• मोहेन (mohena) - by delusion, by infatuation

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• समाविष्टः (samāviṣṭaḥ) - enveloped, possessed, entered into

• पुत्रदारार्थम् (putradārārtham) - for the sake of sons and wife

• उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - striving, engaged, ready

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, by doing

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - proper action, duty, what is to be done

• अकार्यम् (akāryam) - improper action, what is not to be done

• वा (vā) - or

• पुष्टिम् (puṣṭim) - nourishment, sustenance, growth

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of his sons and wife (of these)

• प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives, offers

Words meanings and morphology

मोहेन (mohena) - by delusion, by infatuation

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, confusion, ignorance

Root: muh (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

समाविष्टः (samāviṣṭaḥ) - enveloped, possessed, entered into

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāviṣṭa

samāviṣṭa - entered, occupied, possessed, enveloped, seized

Past Passive Participle

From root 'viś' (to enter) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: viś (class 6)

पुत्रदारार्थम् (putradārārtham) - for the sake of sons and wife

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of putradārārtha

putradārārtha - for the sake of sons and wife

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+dāra+artha)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• dāra – wife
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, aim, sake, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of'.

उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - striving, engaged, ready

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udyata

udyata - ready, prepared, striving, engaged, lifted up

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yam' (to restrain, to strive) with prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, by doing

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root 'kṛ' (to do, to make) with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - proper action, duty, what is to be done

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - what is to be done, duty, proper action, business, purpose

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

From root 'kṛ' (to do) with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अकार्यम् (akāryam) - improper action, what is not to be done

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akārya

akārya - improper action, what ought not to be done, unseemly act

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

Negation 'a' + 'kārya'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+kārya)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
• kārya – what is to be done, duty
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root 'kṛ' (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पुष्टिम् (puṣṭim) - nourishment, sustenance, growth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of puṣṭi

puṣṭi - nourishment, growth, prosperity, increase

Root: puṣ (class 4)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of his sons and wife (of these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to 'putradāra' (sons and wife).

प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives, offers

(verb)

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

present active, 3rd person singular

root 'dā' (class 1, often takes 'yach' stem)

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 1)