महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-38, verse-24

न हि धर्मोऽस्ति ते भीष्म ब्रह्मचर्यमिदं वृथा ।
यद्धारयसि मोहाद्वा क्लीबत्वाद्वा न संशयः ॥२४॥

24. na hi dharmo'sti te bhīṣma brahmacaryamidaṁ vṛthā ,
yaddhārayasi mohādvā klībatvādvā na saṁśayaḥ.

24. na hi dharmaḥ asti te bhīṣma brahmacaryam idam vṛthā
yat dhārayasi mohāt vā klībatvāt vā na saṃśayaḥ

24. O Bhishma, there is indeed no (true) righteousness (dharma) in this celibacy (brahmacarya) of yours; it is futile. You uphold it either out of delusion or out of impotence; there is no doubt about this.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness, proper conduct (dharma) (righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• ते (te) - your

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma

• ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - celibacy (brahmacarya) (celibacy, student life, pursuit of Brahman)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• यत् (yat) - because (because, that which)

• धारयसि (dhārayasi) - you hold, you maintain, you uphold

• मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of confusion

• वा (vā) - or

• क्लीबत्वात् (klībatvāt) - from impotence, from unmanliness, from weakness

• वा (vā) - or

• न (na) - not

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates asti.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness, proper conduct (dharma) (righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, virtue, natural law, religion, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of asti.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive for Bhishma.

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character)

ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - celibacy (brahmacarya) (celibacy, student life, pursuit of Brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmacarya

brahmacarya - celibacy, chaste life, religious student life, conduct leading to Brahman

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+carya)

• brahman – Brahman, sacred knowledge, Veda
  noun (neuter)
• carya – to be practiced, course of action
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from verb √car 'to move, behave'
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Modifies brahmacaryam.

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying the state of celibacy.

यत् (yat) - because (because, that which)

(indeclinable)

Note: Causal conjunction.

धारयसि (dhārayasi) - you hold, you maintain, you uphold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dhṛ

Causative

Derived from verb √dhṛ (to hold) with causative suffix -āya

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Verb for Bhishma.

मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of confusion

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, confusion, infatuation

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Cause for upholding celibacy.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects mohāt and klībatvāt.

क्लीबत्वात् (klībatvāt) - from impotence, from unmanliness, from weakness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of klībatva

klībatva - impotence, unmanliness, weakness, neuterness

Derived from klība (impotent) with -tva suffix (abstract noun)

Note: Cause for upholding celibacy.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects mohāt and klībatvāt.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates saṃśayaḥ.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of implied 'asti'.