महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-258, verse-25

न च शोचति नाप्येनं स्थाविर्यमपकर्षति ।
श्रिया हीनोऽपि यो गेहे अम्बेति प्रतिपद्यते ॥२५॥

25. na ca śocati nāpyenaṁ sthāviryamapakarṣati ,
śriyā hīno'pi yo gehe ambeti pratipadyate.

25. na ca śocati na api enam sthāviryam apakarṣati
śriyā hīnaḥ api yaḥ gehe amba iti pratipadyate

25. yaḥ śriyā hīnaḥ api gehe amba iti pratipadyate,
(saḥ) na ca śocati na api enam sthāviryam apakarṣati

25. That person who, even if devoid of prosperity (śrī) in his home, addresses (his mother) as "Amba" (mother), neither does he grieve, nor does old age pull him down.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, nor

• च (ca) - and, also

• शोचति (śocati) - grieves, laments

• न (na) - not, nor

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• एनम् (enam) - him, this (masc. acc. sg.)

• स्थाविर्यम् (sthāviryam) - old age, decrepitude

• अपकर्षति (apakarṣati) - pulls down, degrades, weakens, draws away

• श्रिया (śriyā) - by prosperity, by wealth

• हीनः (hīnaḥ) - devoid of, deprived of, inferior

• अपि (api) - even, also

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• गेहे (gehe) - in the house, at home

• अम्ब (amba) - mother

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - addresses, obtains, understands, resorts to

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Used correlatively with 'na' (na ca... na api...)

शोचति (śocati) - grieves, laments

(verb)

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

Root: śuc (class 1)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him, this (masc. acc. sg.)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, that

Note: Refers to the person who addresses his mother as Amba

स्थाविर्यम् (sthāviryam) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāvirya

sthāvirya - old age, decrepitude

Derived from sthavira (old)

Note: Subject of apakarṣati

अपकर्षति (apakarṣati) - pulls down, degrades, weakens, draws away

(verb)

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

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

श्रिया (śriyā) - by prosperity, by wealth

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, well-being

हीनः (hīnaḥ) - devoid of, deprived of, inferior

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hīna

hīna - devoid of, deprived of, inferior, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

From root hā (to abandon, leave)

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'yaḥ'

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ya

ya - who, which, what

Note: Subject of the relative clause

गेहे (gehe) - in the house, at home

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of geha

geha - house, home, dwelling

अम्ब (amba) - mother

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of ambā

ambā - mother, good woman

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the quoted word 'amba'

प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - addresses, obtains, understands, resorts to

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)