महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-171, verse-20

संचितं संचितं द्रव्यं नष्टं तव पुनः पुनः ।
कदा विमोक्ष्यसे मूढ धनेहां धनकामुक ॥२०॥

20. saṁcitaṁ saṁcitaṁ dravyaṁ naṣṭaṁ tava punaḥ punaḥ ,
kadā vimokṣyase mūḍha dhanehāṁ dhanakāmuka.

20. saṃcitam saṃcitam dravyam naṣṭam tava punaḥ
punaḥ kadā vimokṣyase mūḍha dhanehām dhanakāmuka

20. mūḍha dhanakāmuka tava saṃcitam saṃcitam dravyam
punaḥ punaḥ naṣṭam kadā dhanehām vimokṣyase

20. Your accumulated wealth is repeatedly lost. When will you, O foolish one, free yourself (mokṣa) from this craving for riches, you who are greedy for wealth?

Words meanings summery:

• संचितम् (saṁcitam) - collected, accumulated

• संचितम् (saṁcitam) - collected, accumulated

• द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - wealth, substance, property

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• कदा (kadā) - when?

• विमोक्ष्यसे (vimokṣyase) - you will free yourself (mokṣa) (you will be liberated, you will free yourself)

• मूढ (mūḍha) - foolish, deluded, stupid one

• धनेहाम् (dhanehām) - desire for wealth, craving for riches

• धनकामुक (dhanakāmuka) - desirous of wealth, greedy for riches

Words meanings and morphology

संचितम् (saṁcitam) - collected, accumulated

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃcita

saṁcita - collected, accumulated, gathered

Past Passive Participle

Root ci + prefix sam- + suffix -ta

Prefix: sam

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'dravyam'.

संचितम् (saṁcitam) - collected, accumulated

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃcita

saṁcita - collected, accumulated, gathered

Past Passive Participle

Root ci + prefix sam- + suffix -ta

Prefix: sam

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'dravyam', repeated for emphasis.

द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - wealth, substance, property

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravya

dravya - wealth, substance, property, money

From dravas (fluidity, quickness) or dru (to run), related to 'druma' (tree) as something substantial. Also a gerundive from dru.

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Root naś (to perish, be lost) + suffix -ta

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'dravyam'.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

Note: Possessive adjective for 'dravyam'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for emphasis: 'again and again'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for emphasis: 'again and again'.

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

Derived from interrogative stem ka-

विमोक्ष्यसे (vimokṣyase) - you will free yourself (mokṣa) (you will be liberated, you will free yourself)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of muc

Root muc (6th class, Ātmanepada) with prefix vi-, future tense, 2nd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to attaining liberation (mokṣa).

मूढ (mūḍha) - foolish, deluded, stupid one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, deluded, stupid, bewildered

Past Passive Participle

Root muh (to be bewildered, confused) + suffix -ta

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Addresses the person being spoken to.

धनेहाम् (dhanehām) - desire for wealth, craving for riches

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhanehā

dhanehā - desire for wealth, craving for riches

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+īhā)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
• īhā – desire, wish, effort
  noun (feminine)
  From root īh (to strive, desire)
  Root: īh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vimokṣyase' (from which one is freed).

धनकामुक (dhanakāmuka) - desirous of wealth, greedy for riches

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dhanakāmuka

dhanakāmuka - desirous of wealth, greedy for riches

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+kāmuka)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
• kāmuka – desirous of, lustful
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root kam (to desire) with suffix -uka
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Addresses the person being spoken to, parallel to 'mūḍha'.