महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-171, verse-26

ईहा धनस्य न सुखा लब्ध्वा चिन्ता च भूयसी ।
लब्धनाशो यथा मृत्युर्लब्धं भवति वा न वा ॥२६॥

26. īhā dhanasya na sukhā labdhvā cintā ca bhūyasī ,
labdhanāśo yathā mṛtyurlabdhaṁ bhavati vā na vā.

26. īhā dhanasya na sukhā labdhvā cintā ca bhūyasī
labdhanāśaḥ yathā mṛtyuḥ labdham bhavati vā na vā

26. dhanasya īhā na sukhā labdhvā ca bhūyasī cintā
labdhanāśaḥ yathā mṛtyuḥ labdham vā na vā bhavati

26. The pursuit of wealth is not pleasant. Once acquired, it brings much anxiety. The loss of what has been gained is like death. And sometimes, what is sought may not even be obtained.

Words meanings summery:

• ईहा (īhā) - the pursuit (of wealth) (striving, pursuit, desire, effort)

• धनस्य (dhanasya) - of wealth, of riches

• न (na) - not, no

• सुखा (sukhā) - pleasant, happy, comfortable

• लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having acquired

• चिन्ता (cintā) - worry, anxiety, thought

• च (ca) - and, also

• भूयसी (bhūyasī) - much anxiety (more, abundant, much)

• लब्धनाशः (labdhanāśaḥ) - loss of what is gained/acquired

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• लब्धम् (labdham) - what is sought/obtained (that which is obtained, obtained, acquired)

• भवति (bhavati) - it is, it becomes, it exists

• वा (vā) - or

• न (na) - not, no

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

ईहा (īhā) - the pursuit (of wealth) (striving, pursuit, desire, effort)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of īhā

īhā - striving, desire, effort, pursuit, wish

From root 'īh' (to strive, desire).

Root: īh (class 1)

धनस्य (dhanasya) - of wealth, of riches

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, money, property

Root: dhā (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सुखा (sukhā) - pleasant, happy, comfortable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfortable, pleasant

Note: Agrees with 'īhā'.

लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having acquired

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Indeclinable past participle used to express an action completed before the main verb.

Root: labh (class 1)

चिन्ता (cintā) - worry, anxiety, thought

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, worry, anxiety, care

From root 'cit' (to perceive, think) + suffix '-tā'.

Root: cit (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भूयसी (bhūyasī) - much anxiety (more, abundant, much)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūyas

bhūyas - more, greater, abundant, numerous

Comparative form of 'bahu' (much, many).

Note: Agrees with 'cintā'.

लब्धनाशः (labdhanāśaḥ) - loss of what is gained/acquired

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of labdhanāśa

labdhanāśa - loss of what is gained

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (labdha+nāśa)

• labdha – obtained, acquired, gained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'labh' (to obtain).
  Root: labh (class 1)
• nāśa – loss, destruction, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'naś' (to perish, be lost).
  Root: naś (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise, end

From root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

लब्धम् (labdham) - what is sought/obtained (that which is obtained, obtained, acquired)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of labdha

labdha - obtained, acquired, gained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'labh' (to obtain).

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Used here substantively as 'that which is obtained'.

भवति (bhavati) - it is, it becomes, it exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)