महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-196, verse-11

न हि खल्वनुपायेन कश्चिदर्थोऽभिसिध्यति ।
सूत्रजालैर्यथा मत्स्यान्बध्नन्ति जलजीविनः ॥११॥

11. na hi khalvanupāyena kaścidartho'bhisidhyati ,
sūtrajālairyathā matsyānbadhnanti jalajīvinaḥ.

11. na hi khalu anupāyena kaścit arthaḥ abhisidhyati
| sūtrajālaiḥ yathā matsyān badhnanti jalajīvinaḥ

11. na hi khalu anupāyena kaścit arthaḥ abhisidhyati
yathā jalajīvinaḥ sūtrajālaiḥ matsyān badhnanti

11. Indeed, no objective is ever accomplished without the appropriate means. This is just as those who live by water (fishermen) catch fish using nets.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• खलु (khalu) - indeed (indeed, surely, truly)

• अनुपायेन (anupāyena) - without the appropriate means (by lack of means, without a method)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (anyone, someone, any)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - objective, goal (object, purpose, meaning, wealth)

• अभिसिध्यति (abhisidhyati) - is accomplished (is accomplished, succeeds, is attained)

• सूत्रजालैः (sūtrajālaiḥ) - using nets (by nets of threads, by thread-nets)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• मत्स्यान् (matsyān) - fish (fish (accusative plural))

• बध्नन्ति (badhnanti) - they catch (they catch, they bind, they tie)

• जलजीविनः (jalajīvinaḥ) - those who live by water (fishermen) (those living by water, fishermen)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

खलु (khalu) - indeed (indeed, surely, truly)

(indeclinable)

अनुपायेन (anupāyena) - without the appropriate means (by lack of means, without a method)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anupāya

anupāya - absence of means, lack of method, without remedy

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+upāya)

• an – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• upāya – means, method, resource, expedient
  noun (masculine)
  from upa-i
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (anyone, someone, any)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - anyone, someone, any, some

`ka` (interrogative pronoun) + `cit` (particle for indefiniteness)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - objective, goal (object, purpose, meaning, wealth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - object, purpose, meaning, wealth, thing, affair

Root: arth (class 1)

अभिसिध्यति (abhisidhyati) - is accomplished (is accomplished, succeeds, is attained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sidh

present active

from `abhi-√sidh` (4th class, P. `sidhyati`)

Prefix: abhi

Root: sidh (class 4)

सूत्रजालैः (sūtrajālaiḥ) - using nets (by nets of threads, by thread-nets)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sūtrajāla

sūtrajāla - a net of threads, a spider's web

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūtra+jāla)

• sūtra – thread, string, aphorism, rule (sūtra)
  noun (neuter)
• jāla – net, web, snare
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

मत्स्यान् (matsyān) - fish (fish (accusative plural))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of matsya

matsya - fish

बध्नन्ति (badhnanti) - they catch (they catch, they bind, they tie)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bandh

present active

from `√bandh` (9th class, P. `badhnāti`)

Root: bandh (class 9)

जलजीविनः (jalajīvinaḥ) - those who live by water (fishermen) (those living by water, fishermen)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jalajīvin

jalajīvin - living by water, subsisting by water, a fisherman

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (jala+jīvin)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• jīvin – living, subsisting, one who lives
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from √jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)