महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-170, verse-5

तयोरेकतरे मार्गे यद्येनमभिसंनयेत् ।
न सुखं प्राप्य संहृष्येन्न दुःखं प्राप्य संज्वरेत् ॥५॥

5. tayorekatare mārge yadyenamabhisaṁnayet ,
na sukhaṁ prāpya saṁhṛṣyenna duḥkhaṁ prāpya saṁjvaret.

5. tayoḥ ekatare mārge yadi enam abhisaṃnayet na
sukham prāpya saṃhṛṣyet na duḥkham prāpya saṃjvaret

5. yadi tayoḥ ekatare mārge enam abhisaṃnayet,
(tadā) sukham prāpya na saṃhṛṣyet,
na duḥkham prāpya saṃjvaret

5. If one of those two paths (joy or sorrow) should lead a person, one should neither rejoice upon attaining happiness nor grieve upon experiencing sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (sorrows and joys mentioned in the previous verse) (of those two, among those two)

• एकतरे (ekatare) - in one of the two, in either of the two

• मार्गे (mārge) - in the path, on the way

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एनम् (enam) - this human being (mānavam from previous verse) (him, this one)

• अभिसंनयेत् (abhisaṁnayet) - should lead to, should guide towards

• न (na) - not, no

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, pleasure

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained, having reached, having obtained

• संहृष्येत् (saṁhṛṣyet) - should rejoice, should be glad

• न (na) - not, no

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, misery, pain

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained, having reached, having obtained

• संज्वरेत् (saṁjvaret) - should grieve, should be afflicted

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (sorrows and joys mentioned in the previous verse) (of those two, among those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'duḥkhāni' and 'sukhāni'.

एकतरे (ekatare) - in one of the two, in either of the two

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ekatara

ekatara - one of two, either

Derived from 'eka' (one) with comparative suffix '-tara'

मार्गे (mārge) - in the path, on the way

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course

derived from root 'mṛg' (to hunt, to seek) or 'mārg' (to seek)

Root: mṛg (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - this human being (mānavam from previous verse) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it (anaphoric pronoun)

अभिसंनयेत् (abhisaṁnayet) - should lead to, should guide towards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of nī

optative

root 'nī' with prefixes 'abhi-sam-', optative third person singular active

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: nī (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, pleasure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, ease

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained, having reached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root 'āp' with prefix 'pra-'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

संहृष्येत् (saṁhṛṣyet) - should rejoice, should be glad

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of hṛṣ

optative

root 'hṛṣ' with prefix 'sam-', optative third person singular active

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, misery, pain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, misery, suffering

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained, having reached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root 'āp' with prefix 'pra-'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

संज्वरेत् (saṁjvaret) - should grieve, should be afflicted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of jvṛ

optative

root 'jvṛ' with prefix 'sam-', optative third person singular active

Prefix: sam

Root: jvṛ (class 1)