महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-308, verse-69

इच्छतोर्हि द्वयोर्लाभः स्त्रीपुंसोरमृतोपमः ।
अलाभश्चाप्यरक्तस्य सोऽत्र दोषो विषोपमः ॥६९॥

69. icchatorhi dvayorlābhaḥ strīpuṁsoramṛtopamaḥ ,
alābhaścāpyaraktasya so'tra doṣo viṣopamaḥ.

69. icchatoḥ hi dvayoḥ lābhaḥ strīpuṃsoḥ amṛtopamaḥ
alābhaḥ ca api araktasya saḥ atra doṣaḥ viṣopamaḥ

69. hi dvayoḥ icchatoḥ strīpuṃsoḥ lābhaḥ amṛtopamaḥ
ca api araktasya alābhaḥ saḥ atra doṣaḥ viṣopamaḥ

69. Indeed, for a man and a woman, when both desire, the fulfillment is like nectar. Conversely, for the one who is unattached (arakta), the lack of fulfillment in that situation is a fault (doṣa) here, like poison.

Words meanings summery:

• इच्छतोः (icchatoḥ) - for two (who) desire (of two desiring)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - for two (of two, for two)

• लाभः (lābhaḥ) - fulfillment (gain, acquisition, profit, attainment)

• स्त्रीपुंसोः (strīpuṁsoḥ) - of a man and a woman

• अमृतोपमः (amṛtopamaḥ) - like nectar (like nectar, nectar-like)

• अलाभः (alābhaḥ) - lack of fulfillment (non-gain, loss, non-attainment, lack)

• च (ca) - conversely (and, also, conversely)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• अरक्तस्य (araktasya) - for the one who is unattached (arakta) (of the unattached, of the indifferent, of the dispassionate)

• सः (saḥ) - that (situation) (that, he)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this situation (here, in this matter)

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - a fault (doṣa) (fault, defect, flaw, vice, sin)

• विषोपमः (viṣopamaḥ) - like poison (like poison, poisonous)

Words meanings and morphology

इच्छतोः (icchatoḥ) - for two (who) desire (of two desiring)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of icchat

icchat - desiring, wishing, wanting

Present Active Participle

From root iṣ (to desire)

Root: iṣ (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - for two (of two, for two)

(numeral)

लाभः (lābhaḥ) - fulfillment (gain, acquisition, profit, attainment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lābha

lābha - gain, acquisition, profit, attainment, success

From root labh (to obtain)

Root: labh (class 1)

स्त्रीपुंसोः (strīpuṁsoḥ) - of a man and a woman

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of strīpuṃsa

strīpuṁsa - man and woman

Compound: strī (woman) + puṃsa (man)

Compound type : dvandva (strī+puṃsa)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• puṃsa – man, male, person
  noun (masculine)

अमृतोपमः (amṛtopamaḥ) - like nectar (like nectar, nectar-like)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amṛtopama

amṛtopama - like nectar, comparable to ambrosia

Compound: amṛta (nectar) + upama (likeness)

Compound type : tatpurusha (amṛta+upama)

• amṛta – nectar, ambrosia, immortality
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a
• upama – comparison, resemblance, likeness
  noun (masculine)

अलाभः (alābhaḥ) - lack of fulfillment (non-gain, loss, non-attainment, lack)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alābha

alābha - non-gain, loss, non-attainment, failure

Negative compound with 'a' + 'lābha' (gain)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+lābha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• lābha – gain, acquisition, profit, attainment
  noun (masculine)
  From root labh (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Refers to the lack of attainment or lack of shared desire.

च (ca) - conversely (and, also, conversely)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अरक्तस्य (araktasya) - for the one who is unattached (arakta) (of the unattached, of the indifferent, of the dispassionate)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arakta

arakta - unattached, indifferent, dispassionate, colorless

Negative compound 'a' + 'rakta' (attached, red, loving)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+rakta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• rakta – attached, devoted, loving, red
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rañj (to color, dye, be attached)
  Root: rañj (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that (situation) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'alābha' or the state of affairs described.

अत्र (atra) - here, in this situation (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - a fault (doṣa) (fault, defect, flaw, vice, sin)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, flaw, vice, sin, error

From root duṣ (to be corrupt)

Root: duṣ (class 4)

विषोपमः (viṣopamaḥ) - like poison (like poison, poisonous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣopama

viṣopama - like poison, comparable to venom

Compound: viṣa (poison) + upama (likeness)

Compound type : tatpurusha (viṣa+upama)

• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• upama – comparison, resemblance, likeness
  noun (masculine)