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14,11

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-11, verse-5

नैव ते निष्ठितं कर्म नैव ते शत्रवो जिताः ।
कथं शत्रुं शरीरस्थमात्मानं नावबुध्यसे ॥५॥
5. naiva te niṣṭhitaṁ karma naiva te śatravo jitāḥ ,
kathaṁ śatruṁ śarīrasthamātmānaṁ nāvabudhyase.
5. na eva te niṣṭhitam karma na eva te śatravaḥ jitāḥ
katham śatrum śarīrastham ātmānam na avabudhyase
5. te karma naiva niṣṭhitam,
te śatravaḥ naiva jitāḥ katham śarīrastham śatrum ātmānam na avabudhyase
5. Neither is your action (karma) completed, nor are your enemies vanquished. How is it that you do not recognize the enemy residing within your body as your own self (ātman)?

Words meanings summery:

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  • (na) - neither (not, no)
  • एव (eva) - indeed, emphasis (indeed, only, certainly)
  • ते (te) - your (to you, your (genitive/dative of yuşmad))
  • निष्ठितम् (niṣṭhitam) - completed (finished, completed, accomplished)
  • कर्म (karma) - action, duty (action, deed, ritual, fate, duty)
  • (na) - nor (not)
  • एव (eva) - indeed, emphasis (indeed, only, certainly)
  • शत्रवः (śatravaḥ) - enemies
  • जिताः (jitāḥ) - vanquished (conquered, vanquished)
  • कथम् (katham) - how (is it that)? (how?, in what manner?)
  • शत्रुम् (śatrum) - the enemy (here referring to inner obstacles/self) (enemy)
  • शरीरस्थम् (śarīrastham) - residing within your body (residing in the body)
  • आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your own self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)
  • (na) - not
  • अवबुध्यसे (avabudhyase) - you recognize, you understand (you understand, you comprehend)

Words meanings and morphology

(na) - neither (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Forms naiva in sandhi.
एव (eva) - indeed, emphasis (indeed, only, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Forms naiva in sandhi.
ते (te) - your (to you, your (genitive/dative of yuşmad))
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (pronoun)
Note: Possessive, modifies karma and śatravaḥ.
निष्ठितम् (niṣṭhitam) - completed (finished, completed, accomplished)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of niṣṭhita
niṣṭhita - fixed, settled, completed, accomplished, finished
Past Passive Participle
From root sthā (to stand) with prefix nis-.
Prefix: nis
Root: sthā (class 1)
कर्म (karma) - action, duty (action, deed, ritual, fate, duty)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of karma
karma - action, deed, work, duty, fate, ritual
Derived from root kṛ (to do).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Subject.
(na) - nor (not)
(indeclinable)
Note: Forms naiva in sandhi.
एव (eva) - indeed, emphasis (indeed, only, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Forms naiva in sandhi.
शत्रवः (śatravaḥ) - enemies
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śatru
śatru - enemy, foe, rival
Root: śat (class 1)
Note: Subject.
जिताः (jitāḥ) - vanquished (conquered, vanquished)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jita
jita - conquered, overcome, won, subdued
Past Passive Participle
From root ji (to conquer).
Root: ji (class 1)
Note: Predicate adjective for śatravaḥ.
कथम् (katham) - how (is it that)? (how?, in what manner?)
(indeclinable)
शत्रुम् (śatrum) - the enemy (here referring to inner obstacles/self) (enemy)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of śatru
śatru - enemy, foe, rival
Root: śat (class 1)
शरीरस्थम् (śarīrastham) - residing within your body (residing in the body)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of śarīrastha
śarīrastha - residing in the body, embodied
Compound (locative tatpurusha).
Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+stha)
  • śarīra – body, corporeal frame
    noun (neuter)
    Root: śṝ (class 9)
  • stha – standing, staying, residing, being in
    adjective
    Agent noun / suffix kta
    Derived from root sthā (to stand, stay)
    Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Modifies śatrum.
आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your own self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind
Root: an (class 2)
Note: Object of avabudhyase.
(na) - not
(indeclinable)
Note: Forms nāvabudhyase in sandhi.
अवबुध्यसे (avabudhyase) - you recognize, you understand (you understand, you comprehend)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active (atmanepada), present (laṭ) of avabudh
present tense (lakara laṭ), 2nd person singular
From root budh (to know) with prefix ava-.
Prefix: ava
Root: budh (class 1)
Note: The subject is "you" (implied, Yudhiṣṭhira).