महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-18, chapter-5, verse-49

ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्विरौम्येष न च कश्चिच्छृणोति मे ।
धर्मादर्थश्च कामश्च स किमर्थं न सेव्यते ॥४९॥

49. ūrdhvabāhurviraumyeṣa na ca kaścicchṛṇoti me ,
dharmādarthaśca kāmaśca sa kimarthaṁ na sevyate.

49. ūrdhvabāhuḥ viroumi eṣa na ca kaścit śṛṇoti me
dharmāt arthaḥ ca kāmaḥ ca saḥ kim artham na sevyate

49. eṣa ūrdhvabāhuḥ viroumi na ca kaścit me śṛṇoti
dharmāt arthaḥ ca kāmaḥ ca saḥ kim artham na sevyate

49. With uplifted arms, I cry out, yet no one hears me. From natural law (dharma) come both prosperity and the fulfillment of desires (kāma); for what reason then is it not followed?

Words meanings summery:

• ऊर्ध्वबाहुः (ūrdhvabāhuḥ) - having uplifted arms

• विरोउमि (viroumi) - I cry out, I lament

• एष (eṣa) - this (speaker) (this (person, he))

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (due to preceding 'na') (someone, anyone, no one)

• शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - hears, listens

• मे (me) - me (me, to me, for me)

• धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from (natural law) (dharma), by virtue of (dharma)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - prosperity, material well-being (prosperity, wealth, purpose, meaning)

• च (ca) - and

• कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire (kāma), fulfillment of desires

• च (ca) - and

• सः (saḥ) - that (dharma) (that, he)

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of, for the purpose of

• न (na) - not, no

• सेव्यते (sevyate) - is served, is practiced, is followed

Words meanings and morphology

ऊर्ध्वबाहुः (ūrdhvabāhuḥ) - having uplifted arms

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrdhvabāhu

ūrdhvabāhu - having uplifted arms, with raised hands

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrdhva+bāhu)

• ūrdhva – uplifted, raised, upwards
  adjective (masculine)
• bāhu – arm, fore-arm
  noun (masculine)

विरोउमि (viroumi) - I cry out, I lament

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of viroumi

present active indicative

2nd conjugation, parasmaipada, first person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: ru (class 2)

एष (eṣa) - this (speaker) (this (person, he))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (due to preceding 'na') (someone, anyone, no one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain

formed from kim + cid

शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - hears, listens

(verb)

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

present active indicative

5th conjugation, parasmaipada, third person singular

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - me (me, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

enclitic form of asmad

धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from (natural law) (dharma), by virtue of (dharma)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, religious merit

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - prosperity, material well-being (prosperity, wealth, purpose, meaning)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, aim, object, wealth, prosperity, meaning

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire (kāma), fulfillment of desires

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, pleasure, fulfillment of desires

Root: kam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (dharma) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

किम् (kim) - what, why

(indeclinable)

अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of, for the purpose of

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, aim, object, wealth, prosperity, meaning

accusative singular used adverbially

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सेव्यते (sevyate) - is served, is practiced, is followed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of sev

present passive indicative

1st conjugation, ātmanepada (here passive), third person singular

Root: sev (class 1)