महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-149, verse-2

नालाभकाले लभते प्रयत्नेऽपि कृते सति ।
लाभकालेऽप्रयत्नेन लभते विपुलं धनम् ।
कृतयत्नाफलाश्चैव दृश्यन्ते शतशो नराः ॥२॥

2. nālābhakāle labhate prayatne'pi kṛte sati ,
lābhakāle'prayatnena labhate vipulaṁ dhanam ,
kṛtayatnāphalāścaiva dṛśyante śataśo narāḥ.

2. na alābha-kāle labhate prayatne api
kṛte sati | lābha-kāle a-prayatnena
labhate vipulam dhanam | kṛta-yatna-aphalāḥ
ca eva dṛśyante śataśaḥ narāḥ

2. alābha-kāle prayatne kṛte api (janaḥ)
na labhate lābha-kāle a-prayatnena
(janaḥ) vipulam dhanam labhate ca eva
kṛta-yatna-aphalāḥ narāḥ śataśaḥ dṛśyante

2. Even if effort is made, one does not obtain wealth during a period of no gain. However, during a period of gain, one obtains abundant wealth even without effort. Indeed, hundreds of people whose efforts yield no fruit are observed.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अलाभ-काले (alābha-kāle) - at a time of no gain or loss

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets, receives

• प्रयत्ने (prayatne) - in effort, in endeavor

• अपि (api) - even if (even, also)

• कृते (kṛte) - made, done, performed

• सति (sati) - being, existing

• लाभ-काले (lābha-kāle) - at a time of gain or profit

• अ-प्रयत्नेन (a-prayatnena) - without effort

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets, receives

• विपुलम् (vipulam) - abundant, extensive, vast, great

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches, property

• कृत-यत्न-अफलाः (kṛta-yatna-aphalāḥ) - whose efforts have been fruitless, having fruitlessly exerted effort

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, are observed

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अलाभ-काले (alābha-kāle) - at a time of no gain or loss

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of alābha-kāla

alābha-kāla - time of non-gain, time of loss

tatpuruṣa compound of alābha + kāla

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (alābha+kāla)

• alābha – non-gain, loss, disadvantage
  noun (masculine)
  nañ-tatpuruṣa of a + lābha
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets, receives

(verb)

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

present middle indicative

from √labh (class 1), ātmanepada

Root: labh (class 1)

प्रयत्ने (prayatne) - in effort, in endeavor

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prayatna

prayatna - effort, exertion, endeavor

from pra-√yat (to strive, to exert)

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

अपि (api) - even if (even, also)

(indeclinable)

कृते (kṛte) - made, done, performed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

from √kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सति (sati) - being, existing

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real

Present Active Participle

from √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

लाभ-काले (lābha-kāle) - at a time of gain or profit

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of lābha-kāla

lābha-kāla - time of gain, opportune time

tatpuruṣa compound of lābha + kāla

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lābha+kāla)

• lābha – gain, profit, acquisition
  noun (masculine)
  from √labh
  Root: labh (class 1)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)

अ-प्रयत्नेन (a-prayatnena) - without effort

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of a-prayatna

a-prayatna - lack of effort, no effort

nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of a + prayatna

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prayatna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• prayatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
  from pra-√yat
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Expresses 'by lack of effort', i.e. 'without effort'.

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets, receives

(verb)

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

present middle indicative

from √labh (class 1), ātmanepada

Root: labh (class 1)

विपुलम् (vipulam) - abundant, extensive, vast, great

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vipula

vipula - abundant, extensive, vast, great, large

vi + √pul (to be large, to expand)

Root: pul (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'dhanam'.

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches, property

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, money, property

from root dhā (to place, to bear) + ana (suffix)

Root: dhā (class 3)

कृत-यत्न-अफलाः (kṛta-yatna-aphalāḥ) - whose efforts have been fruitless, having fruitlessly exerted effort

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛta-yatna-aphala

kṛta-yatna-aphala - having made vain efforts, whose efforts are fruitless

bahuvrīhi compound: kṛta-yatnāḥ aphalam yeṣām te

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta-yatna+aphala)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• yatna – effort, exertion
  noun (masculine)
  from √yat
  Root: yat (class 1)
• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying 'narāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, are observed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

present passive indicative

from √dṛś (class 1), ātmanepada, passive voice

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

(indeclinable)

suffix -śaḥ (denoting distribution or repetition)

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ