महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-217, verse-20

दग्धमेवानुदहति हतमेवानुहन्ति च ।
नश्यते नष्टमेवाग्रे लब्धव्यं लभते नरः ॥२०॥

20. dagdhamevānudahati hatamevānuhanti ca ,
naśyate naṣṭamevāgre labdhavyaṁ labhate naraḥ.

20. dagdham eva anudahati hatam eva anuhanti ca
naśyate naṣṭam eva agre labdhavyam labhate naraḥ

20. dagdham eva anudahati ca hatam eva anuhanti
naṣṭam eva agre naśyate naraḥ labdhavyam labhate

20. It (fate/time) burns what is already burnt, and it strikes what is already struck. What is already destined to be destroyed is destroyed first. A person (or humanity) only obtains that which is meant to be obtained.

Words meanings summery:

• दग्धम् (dagdham) - what is already burnt (by fate/time) (burnt, consumed)

• एव (eva) - already, indeed (only, just, indeed, even)

• अनुदहति (anudahati) - burns (what is already burnt) (burns after, burns again, burns continuously)

• हतम् (hatam) - what is already struck (by fate/time) (struck, killed, destroyed)

• एव (eva) - already, indeed (only, just, indeed, even)

• अनुहन्ति (anuhanti) - strikes (what is already struck) (strikes after, strikes again)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नश्यते (naśyate) - is destroyed, perishes

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - what is already destined to be destroyed (destroyed, lost)

• एव (eva) - already, indeed (only, just, indeed, even)

• अग्रे (agre) - first (in sequence of events, i.e., already) (first, in front, before)

• लब्धव्यम् (labdhavyam) - that which is destined to be obtained (that which is to be obtained, obtainable)

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being

Words meanings and morphology

दग्धम् (dagdham) - what is already burnt (by fate/time) (burnt, consumed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dagdha

dagdha - burnt, consumed

Past Passive Participle

from root dah (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

एव (eva) - already, indeed (only, just, indeed, even)

(indeclinable)

particle for emphasis

अनुदहति (anudahati) - burns (what is already burnt) (burns after, burns again, burns continuously)

(verb)

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

Present Active

from anu + root dah (to burn)

Prefix: anu

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: The subject is implied, often fate or a natural principle.

हतम् (hatam) - what is already struck (by fate/time) (struck, killed, destroyed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

एव (eva) - already, indeed (only, just, indeed, even)

(indeclinable)

अनुहन्ति (anuhanti) - strikes (what is already struck) (strikes after, strikes again)

(verb)

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

Present Active

from anu + root han (to strike)

Prefix: anu

Root: han (class 2)

Note: The subject is implied, often fate or a natural principle.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नश्यते (naśyate) - is destroyed, perishes

(verb)

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

Present Middle

root naś with passive/intransitive sense

Root: naś (class 4)

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - what is already destined to be destroyed (destroyed, lost)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - destroyed, lost

Past Passive Participle

from root naś (to perish, destroy)

Root: naś (class 4)

एव (eva) - already, indeed (only, just, indeed, even)

(indeclinable)

अग्रे (agre) - first (in sequence of events, i.e., already) (first, in front, before)

(indeclinable)

locative of agra

Note: Locative form used adverbially.

लब्धव्यम् (labdhavyam) - that which is destined to be obtained (that which is to be obtained, obtainable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of labdhavya

labdhavya - to be obtained, obtainable

Gerundive

from root labh (to obtain) with suffix -tavya

Root: labh (class 1)

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets

(verb)

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

Present Middle

root labh

Root: labh (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ