महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-21, verse-4

न बिभेति यदा चायं यदा चास्मान्न बिभ्यति ।
कामद्वेषौ च जयति तदात्मानं प्रपश्यति ॥४॥

4. na bibheti yadā cāyaṁ yadā cāsmānna bibhyati ,
kāmadveṣau ca jayati tadātmānaṁ prapaśyati.

4. na bibheti yadā ca ayam yadā ca asmāt na bibhyati
kāmadveṣau ca jayati tadā ātmānaṃ prapaśyati

4. yadā ayam na bibheti yadā ca asmāt na bibhyati
ca kāmadveṣau jayati tadā ātmānaṃ prapaśyati

4. When this person does not fear, and when others do not fear him, and when he conquers both desire (kāma) and hatred (dveṣa), then he truly perceives the self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• बिभेति (bibheti) - does not fear (fears, is afraid of)

• यदा (yadā) - when (when, whenever)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अयम् (ayam) - this person (this, this one)

• यदा (yadā) - when (when, whenever)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from him (i.e. 'by him', in the context of being feared) (from this, from him)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• बिभ्यति (bibhyati) - do not fear (fear, are afraid of)

• कामद्वेषौ (kāmadveṣau) - desire and hatred

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• जयति (jayati) - conquers (conquers, wins, overcomes)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - the self (the self, the soul)

• प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - truly perceives (sees, perceives, beholds)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

बिभेति (bibheti) - does not fear (fears, is afraid of)

(verb)

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

present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of √bhī (reduplicated class)

Root: bhī (class 3)

यदा (yadā) - when (when, whenever)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this person (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

masculine singular nominative form of the demonstrative pronoun 'idam'

यदा (yadā) - when (when, whenever)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from him (i.e. 'by him', in the context of being feared) (from this, from him)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

masculine singular ablative form of the demonstrative pronoun 'idam'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

बिभ्यति (bibhyati) - do not fear (fear, are afraid of)

(verb)

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

present active indicative

3rd person plural present active indicative of √bhī (reduplicated class)

Root: bhī (class 3)

कामद्वेषौ (kāmadveṣau) - desire and hatred

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of kāmadveṣa

kāmadveṣa - desire and hatred

Compound type : dvandva (kāma+dveṣa)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  from root kam (to desire)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• dveṣa – hatred, aversion, dislike
  noun (masculine)
  from root dviṣ (to hate)
  Root: dviṣ (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

जयति (jayati) - conquers (conquers, wins, overcomes)

(verb)

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

present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of √ji

Root: ji (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - the self (the self, the soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath

प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - truly perceives (sees, perceives, beholds)

(verb)

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

present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of pra-√dṛś ('paśya' stem)

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)