महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-248, verse-15

तस्य चिन्ता समुत्पन्ना संहारं प्रति भूपते ।
चिन्तयन्नाध्यगच्छच्च संहारे हेतुकारणम् ॥१५॥

15. tasya cintā samutpannā saṁhāraṁ prati bhūpate ,
cintayannādhyagacchacca saṁhāre hetukāraṇam.

15. tasya cintā samutpannā saṃhāram prati bhūpate
cintayan na adhyagacchat ca saṃhāre hetukāraṇam

15. bhūpate tasya cintā saṃhāram prati samutpannā
ca cintayan saṃhāre hetukāraṇam na adhyagacchat

15. O King, a thought arose in him (Brahma) concerning the destruction. But even as he contemplated, he could not find a fundamental cause for this destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - to him (Brahma) (his, of him, to him)

• चिन्ता (cintā) - a concern or thought (thought, anxiety, concern)

• समुत्पन्ना (samutpannā) - arose (arisen, produced, originated)

• संहारम् (saṁhāram) - destruction (destruction, collection)

• प्रति (prati) - regarding (towards, regarding, against)

• भूपते (bhūpate) - O King (as an address) (O king, O protector of the earth)

• चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - while he was thinking (thinking, meditating)

• न (na) - not

• अध्यगच्छत् (adhyagacchat) - did not find (found, understood, reached)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• संहारे (saṁhāre) - in destruction (in destruction, regarding destruction)

• हेतुकारणम् (hetukāraṇam) - a fundamental cause (causal reason, cause)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - to him (Brahma) (his, of him, to him)

(pronoun)

masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चिन्ता (cintā) - a concern or thought (thought, anxiety, concern)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, concern, reflection, anxiety

Root: cit (class 10)

समुत्पन्ना (samutpannā) - arose (arisen, produced, originated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samutpanna

samutpanna - arisen, produced, generated, sprung up

Past Passive Participle

formed from sam-ud-pad + kta

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: feminine nominative singular, agreeing with cintā

संहारम् (saṁhāram) - destruction (destruction, collection)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃhāra

saṁhāra - destruction, collection, withdrawal

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

प्रति (prati) - regarding (towards, regarding, against)

(indeclinable)

भूपते (bhūpate) - O King (as an address) (O king, O protector of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhūpati

bhūpati - king, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+pati)

• bhū – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - while he was thinking (thinking, meditating)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, contemplating

Present Active Participle

formed from root cint + śatṛ

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: masculine nominative singular, implying 'he, while thinking'

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अध्यगच्छत् (adhyagacchat) - did not find (found, understood, reached)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of adhigam

imperfect, 3rd person singular, active voice

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

संहारे (saṁhāre) - in destruction (in destruction, regarding destruction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃhāra

saṁhāra - destruction, collection, withdrawal

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

हेतुकारणम् (hetukāraṇam) - a fundamental cause (causal reason, cause)

(noun)

neuter, singular of hetukāraṇa

hetukāraṇa - causal reason, main cause

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hetu+kāraṇa)

• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)