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14,20

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-20, verse-7

मोहमेव नियच्छन्ति कर्मणा ज्ञानवर्जिताः ।
नैष्कर्म्यं न च लोकेऽस्मिन्मौर्तमित्युपलभ्यते ॥७॥
7. mohameva niyacchanti karmaṇā jñānavarjitāḥ ,
naiṣkarmyaṁ na ca loke'sminmaurtamityupalabhyate.
7. moham eva niyacchanti karmaṇā jñānavarjitāḥ
naiṣkarmyam na ca loke asmin maurtam iti upalabhyate
7. Those devoid of knowledge only succumb to delusion through their action (karma). And in this world, freedom from action (naiṣkarmya) is not perceived as something embodied or material.

Words meanings summery:

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  • मोहम् (moham) - delusion (delusion, infatuation, bewilderment)
  • एव (eva) - only (only, indeed, just)
  • नियच्छन्ति (niyacchanti) - they succumb to (they restrain, they control, they yield to, they attain)
  • कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - through action (karma) (by action, by deed, by ritual (karma))
  • ज्ञानवर्जिताः (jñānavarjitāḥ) - those devoid of knowledge (devoid of knowledge, lacking wisdom)
  • नैष्कर्म्यम् (naiṣkarmyam) - freedom from action (naiṣkarmya) (state of inaction, freedom from action, non-performance of ritual)
  • (na) - not (not, no)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)
  • अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (in this (masculine))
  • मौर्तम् (maurtam) - something embodied or material (corporeal, embodied, material, limited)
  • इति (iti) - thus (marking a quote, here signifying 'as') (thus, so, (quotation marker))
  • उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived (is obtained, is perceived, is found)

Words meanings and morphology

मोहम् (moham) - delusion (delusion, infatuation, bewilderment)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of moha
moha - delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
From √muh (to be bewildered)
Root: √muh (class 4)
एव (eva) - only (only, indeed, just)
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle
नियच्छन्ति (niyacchanti) - they succumb to (they restrain, they control, they yield to, they attain)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (Laṭ) of √yam
Present 3rd Plural of ni-√yam (class 1, parasmaipada)
Prefix: ni
Root: √yam (class 1)
कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - through action (karma) (by action, by deed, by ritual (karma))
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of karma
karma - action, deed, work, ritual (karma)
From √kṛ (to do)
Root: √kṛ (class 8)
ज्ञानवर्जिताः (jñānavarjitāḥ) - those devoid of knowledge (devoid of knowledge, lacking wisdom)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jñānavarjita
jñānavarjita - devoid of knowledge, lacking wisdom
Compound type : Tatpurusha (jñāna+varjita)
  • jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, spiritual knowledge
    noun (neuter)
    From √jñā (to know)
    Root: √jñā (class 9)
  • varjita – deprived of, devoid of, free from
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    From √vṛj (to avoid, abandon) + kta suffix
    Root: √vṛj (class 1)
नैष्कर्म्यम् (naiṣkarmyam) - freedom from action (naiṣkarmya) (state of inaction, freedom from action, non-performance of ritual)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of naiṣkarmya
naiṣkarmya - state of inaction, freedom from action, non-performance of ritual
Derived from niṣkarma (free from action) + ṣyaN suffix
(na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of loka
loka - world, realm, people
From √lok (to see)
Root: √lok (class 1)
अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (in this (masculine))
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this
मौर्तम् (maurtam) - something embodied or material (corporeal, embodied, material, limited)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mūrta
mūrta - formed, embodied, material, solid, limited
Past Passive Participle
From √mūrch (to become firm) or derived from mūrti (form)
Root: √mūrch (class 1)
इति (iti) - thus (marking a quote, here signifying 'as') (thus, so, (quotation marker))
(indeclinable)
उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived (is obtained, is perceived, is found)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (Laṭ) of √labh
Present Middle 3rd Singular of upa-√labh (class 1), passive sense
Prefix: upa
Root: √labh (class 1)