महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-149, verse-10

भीष्म उवाच ।
ईहमानः समारम्भान्यदि नासादयेद्धनम् ।
उग्रं तपः समारोहेन्न ह्यनुप्तं प्ररोहति ॥१०॥

10. bhīṣma uvāca ,
īhamānaḥ samārambhānyadi nāsādayeddhanam ,
ugraṁ tapaḥ samārohenna hyanuptaṁ prarohati.

10. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca īhamānaḥ samārambhān yadi na āsādayet
dhanam ugram tapaḥ samārohet na hi anuptam prarohati

10. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca yadi īhamānaḥ samārambhān dhanam na āsādayet,
(tadā) ugram tapaḥ samārohet hi anuptam na prarohati

10. Bhishma said: If a person, striving through great undertakings, does not acquire wealth, they should then undertake severe austerity (tapas). For, indeed, that which is unsown does not sprout.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma, a revered character in the Mahabharata (Bhishma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ईहमानः (īhamānaḥ) - striving, endeavoring

• समारम्भान् (samārambhān) - great undertakings, enterprises

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case

• न (na) - not, no

• आसादयेत् (āsādayet) - should obtain, might obtain

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches

• उग्रम् (ugram) - severe, fierce, dreadful

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance

• समारोहेत् (samārohet) - should undertake, should ascend

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• अनुप्तम् (anuptam) - unsown, unplanted

• प्ररोहति (prarohati) - sprouts, grows, arises

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma, a revered character in the Mahabharata (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper noun, a revered character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense, third person singular

Root vac (class 2, Parasmaipada) - reduplicated perfect form

Root: vac (class 2)

ईहमानः (īhamānaḥ) - striving, endeavoring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īhamāna

īhamāna - striving, endeavoring, wishing

present middle participle

From root īh (to strive) + śānac suffix

Root: īh (class 1)

समारम्भान् (samārambhān) - great undertakings, enterprises

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of samārambha

samārambha - great undertaking, enterprise, beginning, commencement

From prefixes sam-ā- + root rabh (to begin)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh

यदि (yadi) - if, in case

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आसादयेत् (āsādayet) - should obtain, might obtain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of āsād

optative mood, third person singular

Root sad (class 1, Parasmaipada) with prefix ā- + caus. `daya` suffix, optative form

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, treasure

उग्रम् (ugram) - severe, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ugra

ugra - severe, fierce, formidable, terrible

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

समारोहेत् (samārohet) - should undertake, should ascend

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of samāruh

optative mood, third person singular

Root ruh (class 1, Parasmaipada) with prefixes sam-ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

अनुप्तम् (anuptam) - unsown, unplanted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anupta

anupta - unsown, unplanted

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of a + upta (from root vap 'to sow')

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+upta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• upta – sown, planted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vap (to sow)
  Root: vap

प्ररोहति (prarohati) - sprouts, grows, arises

(verb)

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

present tense, third person singular

Root ruh (class 1, Parasmaipada) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: ruh (class 1)