महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-45, verse-14

संतोषो वै श्रियं हन्ति अभिमानश्च भारत ।
अनुक्रोशभये चोभे यैर्वृतो नाश्नुते महत् ॥१४॥

14. saṁtoṣo vai śriyaṁ hanti abhimānaśca bhārata ,
anukrośabhaye cobhe yairvṛto nāśnute mahat.

14. santoṣaḥ vai śriyaṃ hanti abhimānaḥ ca bhārata |
anukrośabhaye ca ubhe yaiḥ vṛtaḥ na aśnute mahat

14. Indeed, excessive contentment and arrogance destroy prosperity (śrī), O Bhārata. And both pity and fear—a person encompassed by these does not attain greatness.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्तोषः (santoṣaḥ) - excessive contentment, complacency (in a negative sense) (contentment, satisfaction)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• श्रियं (śriyaṁ) - prosperity (śrī) (prosperity, fortune, glory, beauty)

• हन्ति (hanti) - destroys, kills, strikes down

• अभिमानः (abhimānaḥ) - arrogance, pride, self-conceit

• च (ca) - and, also

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (a traditional address for Arjuna or Yudhishthira, here implying Duryodhana is addressing Yudhishthira or a general audience) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

• अनुक्रोशभये (anukrośabhaye) - pity and fear

• च (ca) - and, also

• उभे (ubhe) - both

• यैः (yaiḥ) - by which, by whom

• वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, encompassed, chosen

• न (na) - not, no

• अश्नुते (aśnute) - attains, reaches, obtains

• महत् (mahat) - greatness, something great, large

Words meanings and morphology

सन्तोषः (santoṣaḥ) - excessive contentment, complacency (in a negative sense) (contentment, satisfaction)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of santoṣa

santoṣa - contentment, satisfaction, pleasure

Prefix: sam

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

श्रियं (śriyaṁ) - prosperity (śrī) (prosperity, fortune, glory, beauty)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, fortune, wealth, glory, beauty (śrī)

हन्ति (hanti) - destroys, kills, strikes down

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present tense, 3rd person singular, from √han (2nd class)

Root: han (class 2)

अभिमानः (abhimānaḥ) - arrogance, pride, self-conceit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhimāna

abhimāna - arrogance, pride, self-conceit, egoism

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (a traditional address for Arjuna or Yudhishthira, here implying Duryodhana is addressing Yudhishthira or a general audience) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, Indian

अनुक्रोशभये (anukrośabhaye) - pity and fear

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of anukrośabhaya

anukrośabhaya - pity and fear

Compound type : dvandva (anukrośa+bhaya)

• anukrośa – pity, compassion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: kruś (class 1)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उभे (ubhe) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of ubha

ubha - both

यैः (yaiḥ) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, encompassed, chosen

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, encompassed, chosen, covered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √vṛ (to cover, to encompass, to choose)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अश्नुते (aśnute) - attains, reaches, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of aś

Present Middle

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice, from √aś (5th class)

Root: aś (class 5)

महत् (mahat) - greatness, something great, large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast; greatness, supreme principle