महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-94, verse-29

गौतम उवाच ।
न तल्लोके द्रव्यमस्ति यल्लोकं प्रतिपूरयेत् ।
समुद्रकल्पः पुरुषो न कदाचन पूर्यते ॥२९॥

29. gautama uvāca ,
na talloke dravyamasti yallokaṁ pratipūrayet ,
samudrakalpaḥ puruṣo na kadācana pūryate.

29. gautama uvāca na tat loke dravyam asti yat lokaṃ
pratipūrayet samudrakalpaḥ puruṣaḥ na kadācana pūryate

29. gautama uvāca loke tat dravyam na asti yat lokaṃ
pratipūrayet puruṣaḥ samudrakalpaḥ na kadācana pūryate

29. Gautama said: There is no object in the world that can completely satisfy a person. A human being (puruṣa) is like the ocean; he is never truly filled.

Words meanings summery:

• गौतम (gautama) - Gautama (a sage's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to 'dravyam') (that, this)

• लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, among people)

• द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - object, thing (substance, thing, object, wealth)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, there is (is, exists, there is)

• यत् (yat) - which (which, what)

• लोकं (lokaṁ) - a person / people (referring to the human being to be filled) (the world, people)

• प्रतिपूरयेत् (pratipūrayet) - could fully satisfy (should fill, would satisfy)

• समुद्रकल्पः (samudrakalpaḥ) - like the ocean (like the ocean, comparable to the ocean)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a human being (puruṣa) (a man, a human being, a person (puruṣa))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever (ever, at any time, never (with na))

• पूर्यते (pūryate) - is filled, is satisfied

Words meanings and morphology

गौतम (gautama) - Gautama (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - Gautama (name of a Vedic sage, progenitor of a Brahmin lineage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular active of root vac (to speak). Irregular formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to 'dravyam') (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, among people)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, mankind

द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - object, thing (substance, thing, object, wealth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravya

dravya - substance, object, thing, wealth, matter

अस्ति (asti) - exists, there is (is, exists, there is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Indicative

3rd person singular present indicative Parasmaipada of root as.

Root: as (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which (which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to 'dravyam'

लोकं (lokaṁ) - a person / people (referring to the human being to be filled) (the world, people)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, mankind

प्रतिपूरयेत् (pratipūrayet) - could fully satisfy (should fill, would satisfy)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pṛ

Optative Active

3rd person singular optative active of root pṛ with prefix prati. The root is in the 10th class causative form pūrayati.

Prefix: prati

Root: pṛ (class 10)

समुद्रकल्पः (samudrakalpaḥ) - like the ocean (like the ocean, comparable to the ocean)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samudrakalpa

samudrakalpa - like an ocean, comparable to an ocean

Compound of samudra (ocean) and kalpa (like, resembling).

Compound type : tatpurusha (samudra+kalpa)

• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• kalpa – like, resembling, similar to, period of time
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'puruṣaḥ'

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a human being (puruṣa) (a man, a human being, a person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person, cosmic person (puruṣa)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever (ever, at any time, never (with na))

(indeclinable)

From kadā (when) + cana (an indefinite particle).

Note: Used with 'na' to form 'never'.

पूर्यते (pūryate) - is filled, is satisfied

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of pṛ

Present Passive

3rd person singular present passive Ātmanepada of root pṛ.

Root: pṛ (class 9)