महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-121, verse-18

त्वं हि तात सुखादेव सुखमेष्यसि शोभनम् ।
सुखात्सुखतरप्राप्तिमाप्नुते मतिमान्नरः ॥१८॥

18. tvaṁ hi tāta sukhādeva sukhameṣyasi śobhanam ,
sukhātsukhataraprāptimāpnute matimānnaraḥ.

18. tvam hi tāta sukhāt eva sukham eṣyasi śobhanam
sukhāt sukhantara-prāptim āpnute matimān naraḥ

18. tāta tvam hi sukhāt eva śobhanam sukham eṣyasi
matimān naraḥ sukhāt sukhantara-prāptim āpnute

18. O dear son, you will surely attain excellent happiness solely through happiness. Indeed, a discerning person achieves the acquisition of even greater happiness through happiness.

Words meanings summery:

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular) (you)

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

• तात (tāta) - O dear son (a term of endearment) (dear father, my dear, son, sir)

• सुखात् (sukhāt) - from happiness

• एव (eva) - solely, indeed (only, just, indeed)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, pleasure)

• एष्यसि (eṣyasi) - you will attain (you will go, you will attain)

• शोभनम् (śobhanam) - excellent (beautiful, excellent, splendid)

• सुखात् (sukhāt) - from happiness

• सुखन्तर-प्राप्तिम् (sukhantara-prāptim) - the acquisition of even greater happiness (acquisition of greater happiness, attainment of greater joy)

• आप्नुते (āpnute) - obtains, achieves (obtains, reaches, attains)

• मतिमान् (matimān) - a discerning person, wise (intelligent, wise, discerning)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

Words meanings and morphology

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun

Note: Refers to the listener.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तात (tāta) - O dear son (a term of endearment) (dear father, my dear, son, sir)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear father, son (term of endearment)

Note: Vocative address.

सुखात् (sukhāt) - from happiness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, ease, comfort

Note: Expresses source or cause.

एव (eva) - solely, indeed (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, pleasure)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, ease, comfort

Note: Object of 'eṣyasi'.

एष्यसि (eṣyasi) - you will attain (you will go, you will attain)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (ḷṛṭ) of i

Future Tense

Root verb 'i' (to go) in future tense, 2nd person singular, active voice.

Root: i (class 2)

शोभनम् (śobhanam) - excellent (beautiful, excellent, splendid)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śobhana

śobhana - shining, beautiful, excellent, splendid

From √śubh (to shine, be beautiful)

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'sukham'.

सुखात् (sukhāt) - from happiness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, ease, comfort

Note: Expresses source or cause.

सुखन्तर-प्राप्तिम् (sukhantara-prāptim) - the acquisition of even greater happiness (acquisition of greater happiness, attainment of greater joy)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sukhantaraprāpti

sukhantaraprāpti - attainment of greater happiness

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sukhatara+prāpti)

• sukhatara – happier, more happy
  adjective (feminine)
  Comparative of sukha
• prāpti – attainment, acquisition, obtaining
  noun (feminine)
  From pra- + √āp (to obtain)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Object of 'āpnute'.

आप्नुते (āpnute) - obtains, achieves (obtains, reaches, attains)

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Root verb 'āp' (to obtain) in present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice.

Root: āp (class 5)

मतिमान् (matimān) - a discerning person, wise (intelligent, wise, discerning)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matimat

matimat - intelligent, wise, endowed with understanding

Possessive suffix -mat

From mati (intellect) + -mat (possessing)

Note: Modifies 'naraḥ'.

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Subject of 'āpnute'.