महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-172, verse-5

नैव प्रार्थयसे लाभं नालाभेष्वनुशोचसि ।
नित्यतृप्त इव ब्रह्मन्न किंचिदवमन्यसे ॥५॥

5. naiva prārthayase lābhaṁ nālābheṣvanuśocasi ,
nityatṛpta iva brahmanna kiṁcidavamanyase.

5. na eva prārthayase lābham na alābheṣu anuśocasi
nityatṛptaḥ iva brahman na kiñcit avamanyase

5. brahman tvam lābham na eva prārthayase alābheṣu na anuśocasi nityatṛptaḥ iva (asi),
kiñcit na avamanyase ca

5. You neither desire any gain, nor do you lament over losses. O Brahmin, you appear to be ever-content, and you disrespect nothing at all.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• एव (eva) - certainly, indeed, only

• प्रार्थयसे (prārthayase) - you desire, you seek, you pray for

• लाभम् (lābham) - gain, profit, acquisition

• न (na) - not

• अलाभेषु (alābheṣu) - regarding losses, in cases of non-gain

• अनुशोचसि (anuśocasi) - you grieve, you lament

• नित्यतृप्तः (nityatṛptaḥ) - ever-content, always satisfied

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin!

• न (na) - not

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (used with 'na' to mean 'nothing') (anything, something, a little)

• अवमन्यसे (avamanyase) - you despise, you disregard, you disrespect

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly, indeed, only

(indeclinable)

प्रार्थयसे (prārthayase) - you desire, you seek, you pray for

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of prārth

Present

2nd person singular middle voice

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

लाभम् (lābham) - gain, profit, acquisition

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lābha

lābha - gain, acquisition, profit, advantage

Root: labh (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अलाभेषु (alābheṣu) - regarding losses, in cases of non-gain

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of alābha

alābha - non-gain, loss, disadvantage

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+lābha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• lābha – gain, acquisition, profit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: labh (class 1)

अनुशोचसि (anuśocasi) - you grieve, you lament

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of anuśoc

Present

2nd person singular active

Prefix: anu

Root: śuc (class 1)

नित्यतृप्तः (nityatṛptaḥ) - ever-content, always satisfied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nityatṛpta

nityatṛpta - always content, ever satisfied

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nitya+tṛpta)

• nitya – eternal, constant, always
  adjective (masculine)
• tṛpta – satisfied, content, gratified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √tṛp 'to be satisfied'
  Root: tṛp (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, a member of the priestly class

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (used with 'na' to mean 'nothing') (anything, something, a little)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcit

kiñcit - something, anything, a little, whatsoever

अवमन्यसे (avamanyase) - you despise, you disregard, you disrespect

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of avamany

Present

2nd person singular middle voice

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)