महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-125, verse-33

धर्म्यमर्थं च काले च देशे चाभिहितं वचः ।
न प्रतिष्ठति ते नूनं तेनासि हरिणः कृशः ॥३३॥

33. dharmyamarthaṁ ca kāle ca deśe cābhihitaṁ vacaḥ ,
na pratiṣṭhati te nūnaṁ tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ.

33. dharmyam artham ca kāle ca deśe ca abhihitam vacaḥ
| na pratiṣṭhati te nūnam tena asi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ

33. dharmyam artham ca kāle ca deśe ca abhihitam vacaḥ
te nūnam na pratiṣṭhati tena asi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ

33. A righteous objective (dharma) and words spoken at the appropriate time and place, certainly do not stand firm for you. Therefore, you are emaciated like a deer.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - pertaining to what is lawful or righteous (righteous, lawful, conforming to dharma, just)

• अर्थम् (artham) - object or purpose (purpose, object, meaning, wealth, matter)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• काले (kāle) - at the appropriate time (in time, at the proper time)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• देशे (deśe) - at the appropriate place (in place, at the right place, region)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभिहितम् (abhihitam) - spoken or expressed (spoken, declared, told)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - a statement or word (word, speech, statement)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• प्रतिष्ठति (pratiṣṭhati) - stands firm, endures (stands firm, settles, endures, remains)

• ते (te) - for you (to you, for you, your)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly (surely, certainly, indeed)

• तेन (tena) - therefore (by that, therefore, on that account)

• असि (asi) - you are

• हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - like a deer (implying thinness) (deer, fawn, pale, yellowish)

• कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - emaciated (thin, emaciated, lean, weak)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - pertaining to what is lawful or righteous (righteous, lawful, conforming to dharma, just)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, lawful, conforming to dharma, just, pious

derived from dharma with yat suffix (taddhita)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अर्थम् (artham) - object or purpose (purpose, object, meaning, wealth, matter)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, goal, wealth, thing, matter

Note: Functions as neuter accusative singular here, agreeing with 'dharmyam'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - at the appropriate time (in time, at the proper time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

देशे (deśe) - at the appropriate place (in place, at the right place, region)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country

Root: diś (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभिहितम् (abhihitam) - spoken or expressed (spoken, declared, told)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhihita

abhihita - spoken, declared, told, said

Past Passive Participle

from abhi-dhā (to speak, declare)

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies vacaḥ.

वचः (vacaḥ) - a statement or word (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of na pratiṣṭhati.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb pratiṣṭhati.

प्रतिष्ठति (pratiṣṭhati) - stands firm, endures (stands firm, settles, endures, remains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prati-sthā

present active

ṭhati (3rd person singular present active)

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

ते (te) - for you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'for you' or 'with you'.

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly (surely, certainly, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तेन (tena) - therefore (by that, therefore, on that account)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Connects the two clauses, showing cause and effect.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active

si (2nd person singular present active)

Root: as (class 2)

हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - like a deer (implying thinness) (deer, fawn, pale, yellowish)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariṇa

hariṇa - deer, fawn, antelope; yellowish, pale

Note: Predicate nominative with kṛśaḥ.

कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - emaciated (thin, emaciated, lean, weak)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, emaciated, lean, weak, poor

Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for the implicit 'you'.