महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-26, verse-23

सुखस्यानन्तरं दुःखं दुःखस्यानन्तरं सुखम् ।
न नित्यं लभते दुःखं न नित्यं लभते सुखम् ॥२३॥

23. sukhasyānantaraṁ duḥkhaṁ duḥkhasyānantaraṁ sukham ,
na nityaṁ labhate duḥkhaṁ na nityaṁ labhate sukham.

23. sukhasya anantaram duḥkham duḥkhasya anantaram sukham
na nityam labhate duḥkham na nityam labhate sukham

23. sukhasya anantaram duḥkham duḥkhasya anantaram sukham
duḥkham nityam na labhate sukham nityam na labhate

23. After happiness (sukha) comes sorrow (duḥkha), and after sorrow comes happiness. One does not always experience sorrow, nor does one always experience happiness.

Words meanings summery:

• सुखस्य (sukhasya) - of happiness, of joy

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - after, immediately after, next

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

• दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of sorrow, of suffering

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - after, immediately after, next

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, pleasure

• न (na) - not, no

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• लभते (labhate) - one obtains, one experiences, one gets

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

• न (na) - not, no

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• लभते (labhate) - one obtains, one experiences, one gets

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, pleasure

Words meanings and morphology

सुखस्य (sukhasya) - of happiness, of joy

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - joy, happiness, pleasure, comfort

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - after, immediately after, next

(indeclinable)

Can also be an adjective (without interval). Here used adverbially.

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, unhappiness

Note: Also accusative singular neuter.

दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of sorrow, of suffering

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, unhappiness

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - after, immediately after, next

(indeclinable)

Can also be an adjective (without interval). Here used adverbially.

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, pleasure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - joy, happiness, pleasure, comfort

Note: Also accusative singular neuter.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Here used adverbially (accusative singular neuter acting as an adverb).

Note: Though morphologically an accusative singular neuter, it functions here as an adverb meaning 'always'.

लभते (labhate) - one obtains, one experiences, one gets

(verb)

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

Present Middle, 3rd Person Singular. Root labh (class 1, ātmanepada).

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is 'one' (janaḥ).

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, unhappiness

Note: Also nominative singular neuter.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Here used adverbially (accusative singular neuter acting as an adverb).

Note: Though morphologically an accusative singular neuter, it functions here as an adverb meaning 'always'.

लभते (labhate) - one obtains, one experiences, one gets

(verb)

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

Present Middle, 3rd Person Singular. Root labh (class 1, ātmanepada).

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is 'one' (janaḥ).

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, pleasure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - joy, happiness, pleasure, comfort

Note: Also nominative singular neuter.