महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-75

नारण्यैर्नेष्टविषयैर्न सुतैर्न धनागमैः ।
तथा प्रसादो भवति गङ्गां वीक्ष्य यथा नृणाम् ॥७५॥

75. nāraṇyairneṣṭaviṣayairna sutairna dhanāgamaiḥ ,
tathā prasādo bhavati gaṅgāṁ vīkṣya yathā nṛṇām.

75. na araṇyaiḥ na iṣṭaviṣayaiḥ na sutaiḥ na dhanāgamaiḥ
tathā prasādaḥ bhavati gaṅgām vīkṣya yathā nṝṇām

75. araṇyaiḥ na iṣṭaviṣayaiḥ na sutaiḥ na dhanāgamaiḥ
nṝṇām tathā prasādaḥ na bhavati yathā gaṅgām vīkṣya

75. People do not attain such contentment from forests, or from desired sensory objects, or from children, or from the acquisition of wealth, as they do by simply seeing the Gaṅgā.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• अरण्यैः (araṇyaiḥ) - by forests, by wilderness

• न (na) - not

• इष्टविषयैः (iṣṭaviṣayaiḥ) - by desired objects, by agreeable sense-objects

• न (na) - not

• सुतैः (sutaiḥ) - by the sons, by the children

• न (na) - not

• धनागमैः (dhanāgamaiḥ) - by acquisitions of wealth, by gains of money

• तथा (tathā) - so, such

• प्रसादः (prasādaḥ) - contentment (satisfaction, contentment, clarity, grace)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā

• वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya) - having seen, after seeing

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• नॄणाम् (nṝṇām) - of men, of people

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अरण्यैः (araṇyaiḥ) - by forests, by wilderness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, desert

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इष्टविषयैः (iṣṭaviṣayaiḥ) - by desired objects, by agreeable sense-objects

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of iṣṭaviṣaya

iṣṭaviṣaya - desired object, agreeable sensory object

Compound type : tatpurusha (iṣṭa+viṣaya)

• iṣṭa – desired, wished, beloved
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root iṣ (to wish).
  Root: iṣ (class 6)
• viṣaya – object, sphere, domain, sensory object
  noun (masculine)
  Root: viṣ (class 7)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सुतैः (sutaiḥ) - by the sons, by the children

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle

From root su (to beget) or sū (to bear).

Root: sū (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

धनागमैः (dhanāgamaiḥ) - by acquisitions of wealth, by gains of money

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dhanāgama

dhanāgama - acquisition of wealth, gain of money

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhana+āgama)

• dhana – wealth, riches, money
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• āgama – arrival, coming, acquisition
  noun (masculine)
  From root gam with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, such

(indeclinable)

प्रसादः (prasādaḥ) - contentment (satisfaction, contentment, clarity, grace)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasāda

prasāda - clearness, serenity, favor, grace, contentment, satisfaction

From root sad with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Present Indicative Mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular, present indicative, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganges

वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root īkṣ with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

नॄणाम् (nṝṇām) - of men, of people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person, hero

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