महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-6, verse-24

न दैवतानि लोकेऽस्मिन्व्यापारं यान्ति कस्यचित् ।
व्यासङ्गं जनयन्त्युग्रमात्माभिभवशङ्कया ॥२४॥

24. na daivatāni loke'sminvyāpāraṁ yānti kasyacit ,
vyāsaṅgaṁ janayantyugramātmābhibhavaśaṅkayā.

24. na daivatāni loke asmin vyāpāram yānti kasyacit
vyāsaṅgam janayanti ugram ātma abhibhava śaṅkayā

24. asmin loke daivatāni kasyacit vyāpāram na yānti
ātmābhibhavaśaṅkayā ugram vyāsaṅgam janayanti

24. In this world, deities do not undertake activities for just anyone. Rather, they create intense difficulties, fearing their own subjugation.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• दैवतानि (daivatāni) - deities, divine beings

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• व्यापारम् (vyāpāram) - activity, engagement, function

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they perform, they undertake

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - for anyone (of anyone, of someone)

• व्यासङ्गम् (vyāsaṅgam) - intense attachment, distraction, entanglement, difficulty

• जनयन्ति (janayanti) - they cause, they generate, they produce

• उग्रम् (ugram) - fierce, terrible, intense, formidable

• आत्म (ātma) - self, soul

• अभिभव (abhibhava) - defeat, subjugation, overpowering, conquest

• शङ्कया (śaṅkayā) - out of fear of self-subjugation (due to fear, out of apprehension)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दैवतानि (daivatāni) - deities, divine beings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of daivata

daivata - divine being, deity, pertaining to gods

Derived from 'deva' (god)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agrees with 'loke'

व्यापारम् (vyāpāram) - activity, engagement, function

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāpāra

vyāpāra - activity, occupation, function, effort

Derived from root 'pṛ' (to fill) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ā'

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of 'yānti'

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they perform, they undertake

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of yā

present active

3rd person plural, active voice, present tense

Root: yā (class 2)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - for anyone (of anyone, of someone)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - anyone, someone, something

Indefinite pronoun formed from 'kim' (what) and 'cid' (a particle meaning 'some')

Note: Meaning 'for anyone' or 'on behalf of anyone'

व्यासङ्गम् (vyāsaṅgam) - intense attachment, distraction, entanglement, difficulty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāsaṅga

vyāsaṅga - absorption, intense attachment, distraction, impediment, difficulty

Derived from root 'sañj' (to cling, to attach) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ā'

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Object of 'janayanti'

जनयन्ति (janayanti) - they cause, they generate, they produce

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of jan

present causative active

3rd person plural, active voice, present tense, causative stem

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Causative form

उग्रम् (ugram) - fierce, terrible, intense, formidable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ugra

ugra - fierce, terrible, formidable, powerful, intense

Note: Agrees with 'vyāsaṅgam'

आत्म (ātma) - self, soul

(noun)

masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual soul (ātman), supreme spirit

Note: First part of a compound

अभिभव (abhibhava) - defeat, subjugation, overpowering, conquest

(noun)

masculine, singular of abhibhava

abhibhava - defeat, subjugation, overpowering, conquest, humiliation

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be) with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Second part of a compound

शङ्कया (śaṅkayā) - out of fear of self-subjugation (due to fear, out of apprehension)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ātmaabhibhavaśaṅkā

ātmaabhibhavaśaṅkā - fear of one's own defeat or subjugation

Compound of ātman (self) + abhibhava (defeat) + śaṅkā (fear)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+abhibhava+śaṅkā)

• ātman – self, soul
  noun (masculine)
• abhibhava – defeat, subjugation, overpowering
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be) with prefix 'abhi'
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• śaṅkā – fear, apprehension, doubt
  noun (feminine)

Note: Means 'by means of fear' or 'out of fear of'