महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-115

नायं धारयते किंचिज्जिज्ञासा त्वत्कृते कृता ।
कालो धर्मस्तथा मृत्युः कामक्रोधौ तथा युवाम् ॥११५॥

115. nāyaṁ dhārayate kiṁcijjijñāsā tvatkṛte kṛtā ,
kālo dharmastathā mṛtyuḥ kāmakrodhau tathā yuvām.

115. na ayam dhārayate kiñcit jijñāsā tvatkṛte kṛtā
kālaḥ dharmaḥ tathā mṛtyuḥ kāmakrodhau tathā yuvām

115. This (action/offering) holds no true significance. The investigation was undertaken for your sake. Time, (natural law) dharma, and Death – likewise, you two are (desire) kāma and (anger) krodha.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अयम् (ayam) - this one

• धारयते (dhārayate) - holds, carries, maintains

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

• जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) - inquiry, desire to know, investigation

• त्वत्कृते (tvatkṛte) - for your sake, on your account

• कृता (kṛtā) - done, made, performed

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma), righteousness, duty

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• कामक्रोधौ (kāmakrodhau) - desire and anger

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

• युवाम् (yuvām) - you two

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

अयम् (ayam) - this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Nominative singular masculine

धारयते (dhārayate) - holds, carries, maintains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhṛ

Present Middle

3rd person singular, derived from causative stem 'dhāraya'

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

(indeclinable)

Indefinite pronoun/adverb, often combined with 'kim'

जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) - inquiry, desire to know, investigation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jijñāsā

jijñāsā - desire to know, inquiry, investigation

Desiderative Noun

From desiderative stem of √jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Subject of 'kṛtā'.

त्वत्कृते (tvatkṛte) - for your sake, on your account

(indeclinable)

Tatpurusha compound, often used adverbially

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvad+kṛta)

• tvad – you
  pronoun
  Stem of 'yuṣmad'
• kṛta – done, made
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृता (kṛtā) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

From √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'jijñāsā'.

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma), righteousness, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, religion (dharma)

From √dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/Adverb

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

From √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

कामक्रोधौ (kāmakrodhau) - desire and anger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kāmakrodha

kāmakrodha - desire and anger

Dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (kāma+krodha)

• kāma – desire, lust, love (kāma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• krodha – anger, wrath
  noun (masculine)
  From √krudh (to be angry)
  Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of implied 'are'.

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/Adverb

युवाम् (yuvām) - you two

(pronoun)

Nominative, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Nominative/Accusative dual of 'yuṣmad'