महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-287, verse-40

व्यवसायं समाश्रित्य सहायान्योऽधिगच्छति ।
न तस्य कश्चिदारम्भः कदाचिदवसीदति ॥४०॥

40. vyavasāyaṁ samāśritya sahāyānyo'dhigacchati ,
na tasya kaścidārambhaḥ kadācidavasīdati.

40. vyavasāyam samāśritya sahāyān yaḥ adhigacchati
na tasya kaścit ārambhaḥ kadācit avasīdati

40. yaḥ vyavasāyam samāśritya sahāyān adhigacchati,
tasya kaścit ārambhaḥ kadācit na avasīdati

40. Whoever undertakes a venture (vyavasāya) and obtains allies, no enterprise of theirs ever fails.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यवसायम् (vyavasāyam) - resolve, endeavor, business, undertaking

• समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having resorted to, having undertaken, having relied upon

• सहायान् (sahāyān) - assistants, helpers, allies

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati) - obtains, attains, reaches

• न (na) - not, nor

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, his

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - any, someone, something

• आरम्भः (ārambhaḥ) - undertaking, beginning, enterprise

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time, sometimes

• अवसीदति (avasīdati) - fails, sinks, languishes, despairs

Words meanings and morphology

व्यवसायम् (vyavasāyam) - resolve, endeavor, business, undertaking

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyavasāya

vyavasāya - determination, resolve, endeavor, business

From vi + ava + sā (to finish, bind). Or vyavasyā (to exert).

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sā (class 4)

Note: Object of samāśritya.

समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having resorted to, having undertaken, having relied upon

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From sam + ā + śri (to resort to, rely on). samāśrī is the verb stem.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Gerund/absolutive.

सहायान् (sahāyān) - assistants, helpers, allies

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sahāya

sahāya - assistant, helper, ally

From saha (with) + ā + i (to go).

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of adhigacchati.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Subject of adhigacchati.

अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati) - obtains, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

From adhi + gam (to go).

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'whoever' (yaḥ).

कश्चित् (kaścit) - any, someone, something

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kimcit

kimcit - anyone, someone, anything

From kim + cit.

Note: Modifies ārambhaḥ. When combined with na, it means 'no' or 'not any'.

आरम्भः (ārambhaḥ) - undertaking, beginning, enterprise

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārambha

ārambha - beginning, undertaking, enterprise

From ā + rabh (to begin).

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Subject of avasīdati.

कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time, sometimes

(indeclinable)

From kadā (when) + cit (indefinite particle).

Note: Adverb of time.

अवसीदति (avasīdati) - fails, sinks, languishes, despairs

(verb)

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

From ava + sad (to sit, sink).

Prefix: ava

Root: sad (class 1)