महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-99

शक्र उवाच ।
कः पुनस्तव हेतुर्वै ईशे कारणकारणे ।
येन देवादृतेऽन्यस्मात्प्रसादं नाभिकाङ्क्षसि ॥९९॥

99. śakra uvāca ,
kaḥ punastava heturvai īśe kāraṇakāraṇe ,
yena devādṛte'nyasmātprasādaṁ nābhikāṅkṣasi.

99. śakra uvāca kaḥ punaḥ tava hetuḥ vai īśe kāraṇakāraṇe
yena devāt ṛte anyasmāt prasādam na abhikāṅkṣasi

99. śakra uvāca vai punaḥ tava kaḥ hetuḥ īśe kāraṇakāraṇe
yena devāt ṛte anyasmāt prasādam na abhikāṅkṣasi

99. Indra (śakra) said: "What indeed is your reason, regarding Īśa (īśa), the cause of all causes, by which you do not desire favor from any other deity apart from that deity (Īśa)?"

Words meanings summery:

• शक्र (śakra) - Indra (Indra, the powerful one)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• कः (kaḥ) - what? (who? what? which?)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - indeed (as an emphatic particle) (again, moreover, but)

• तव (tava) - your

• हेतुः (hetuḥ) - reason (cause, reason, motive)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

• ईशे (īśe) - regarding Īśa (Shiva) (in Īśa, regarding Īśa)

• कारणकारणे (kāraṇakāraṇe) - regarding the cause of causes (in the cause of causes, regarding the ultimate cause)

• येन (yena) - by which (reason) (by which, by whom, because of which)

• देवात् (devāt) - from that deity (Īśa, by implication) (from a god, from a deity)

• ऋते (ṛte) - apart from (without, except for, apart from)

• अन्यस्मात् (anyasmāt) - from any other (deity) (from another, from any other)

• प्रसादम् (prasādam) - favor (favor, grace, clemency, tranquility)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अभिकाङ्क्षसि (abhikāṅkṣasi) - you desire (you desire, you wish for)

Words meanings and morphology

शक्र (śakra) - Indra (Indra, the powerful one)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra, the powerful one, a strong man

From root śak 'to be able'

Root: śak (class 5)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Tense, 3rd Person Singular

From root vac, Parasmaipada, Perfect, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - what? (who? what? which?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

पुनः (punaḥ) - indeed (as an emphatic particle) (again, moreover, but)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

हेतुः (hetuḥ) - reason (cause, reason, motive)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, instrument

From root hi 'to send, impel'

Root: hi (class 5)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

ईशे (īśe) - regarding Īśa (Shiva) (in Īśa, regarding Īśa)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of īśa

īśa - lord, master, ruler, Shiva

From root īś 'to rule'

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Refers to Shiva.

कारणकारणे (kāraṇakāraṇe) - regarding the cause of causes (in the cause of causes, regarding the ultimate cause)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāraṇakāraṇa

kāraṇakāraṇa - the cause of causes, the ultimate cause

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāraṇa+kāraṇa)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ 'to do' + ṇic + ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ 'to do' + ṇic + ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: This compound typically implies a superlative 'ultimate cause', like 'king of kings'.

येन (yena) - by which (reason) (by which, by whom, because of which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - which, who, what

Note: Refers to 'hetuḥ'.

देवात् (devāt) - from that deity (Īśa, by implication) (from a god, from a deity)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

From root div 'to shine'

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Used with ṛte meaning 'apart from' or 'without'.

ऋते (ṛte) - apart from (without, except for, apart from)

(indeclinable)

Note: Takes ablative case ('devāt').

अन्यस्मात् (anyasmāt) - from any other (deity) (from another, from any other)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Refers to another deity.

प्रसादम् (prasādam) - favor (favor, grace, clemency, tranquility)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prasāda

prasāda - favor, grace, clemency, tranquility, clearness

From root sad 'to sit' with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अभिकाङ्क्षसि (abhikāṅkṣasi) - you desire (you desire, you wish for)

(verb)

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

Present Tense, 2nd Person Singular

From root kāṅkṣ 'to desire' with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)