महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-282, verse-6

तस्माद्गुणेषु रज्येथा मा दोषेषु कदाचन ।
अनित्यमिह मर्त्यानां जीवितं हि चलाचलम् ॥६॥

6. tasmādguṇeṣu rajyethā mā doṣeṣu kadācana ,
anityamiha martyānāṁ jīvitaṁ hi calācalam.

6. tasmāt guṇeṣu rajyethāḥ mā doṣeṣu kadācana
anityam iha martyānām jīvitam hi calācalam

6. tasmāt guṇeṣu rajyethāḥ mā kadācana doṣeṣu
hi iha martyānām jīvitam anityam calācalam

6. Therefore, one should develop attachment to virtues and never to faults, for indeed, the life of mortals in this world is impermanent and highly unpredictable.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, hence

• गुणेषु (guṇeṣu) - in virtues, in qualities, in merits

• रज्येथाः (rajyethāḥ) - you should be attached, you should be delighted, you should find pleasure

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• दोषेषु (doṣeṣu) - in faults, in vices, in defects

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never (ever, at any time, never (when used with 'mā' or 'na'))

• अनित्यम् (anityam) - impermanent, transient, not eternal

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, at this time)

• मर्त्यानाम् (martyānām) - of mortals, of human beings

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living, existence

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• चलाचलम् (calācalam) - very unstable, flickering, unsteady, oscillating

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, hence

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially from the ablative case

गुणेषु (guṇeṣu) - in virtues, in qualities, in merits

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, merit, attribute, strand, secondary quality

रज्येथाः (rajyethāḥ) - you should be attached, you should be delighted, you should find pleasure

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of rañj

Root: rañj (class 1)

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

दोषेषु (doṣeṣu) - in faults, in vices, in defects

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin, harm

Derived from root 'duṣ' (to be corrupt, faulty)

Root: duṣ (class 4)

कदाचन (kadācana) - never (ever, at any time, never (when used with 'mā' or 'na'))

(indeclinable)

Compound 'kadā' (when) + 'cana' (emphatic particle)

अनित्यम् (anityam) - impermanent, transient, not eternal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anitya

anitya - impermanent, not eternal, transient, perishable

Compound 'a' (not) + 'nitya' (eternal, constant)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+nitya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• nitya – constant, perpetual, eternal, always present
  adjective (masculine)

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, at this time)

(indeclinable)

मर्त्यानाम् (martyānām) - of mortals, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of martya

martya - mortal, human being

Gerundive/potential passive participle

Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, existence, livelihood

Past Passive Participle

Nominalized past passive participle of root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

चलाचलम् (calācalam) - very unstable, flickering, unsteady, oscillating

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of calācala

calācala - moving and unmoving, wavering, unsteady, fickle, highly unpredictable

Compound 'cala' (moving) and 'acala' (unmoving), often used to express high instability or fickleness.

Compound type : dvandva / iterative (cala+acala)

• cala – moving, trembling, unsteady, fickle
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'cal' (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)
• acala – immovable, steady, mountain (as a noun)
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound 'a' (not) + 'cala' (moving)
  Root: cal (class 1)