महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-62, verse-17

नूनमन्तः कुलस्यास्य भविता नचिरादिव ।
तथा हि कुरवः सर्वे लोभमोहपरायणाः ॥१७॥

17. nūnamantaḥ kulasyāsya bhavitā nacirādiva ,
tathā hi kuravaḥ sarve lobhamohaparāyaṇāḥ.

17. nūnam antaḥ kulasya asya bhavitā na cirāt iva
| tathā hi kuravaḥ sarve lobhamohaparāyaṇāḥ

17. Surely, the end of this family will come soon, because all the Kurus are completely engrossed in greed and delusion (moha).

Words meanings summery:

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, destruction, boundary

• कुलस्य (kulasya) - of the family, of the lineage

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• भविता (bhavitā) - will be, will happen

• न (na) - not, no

• चिरात् (cirāt) - soon (when combined with 'na') (for a long time (ablative used adverbially))

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• हि (hi) - because (connecting the reason) (indeed, because, for)

• कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• लोभमोहपरायणाः (lobhamohaparāyaṇāḥ) - devoted to greed and delusion, absorbed in greed and delusion

Words meanings and morphology

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, destruction, boundary

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, boundary, limit, death

कुलस्य (kulasya) - of the family, of the lineage

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'kulasya'.

भविता (bhavitā) - will be, will happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, periphrastic future (luṭ) of √bhū

periphrastic future active

Root √bhū, periphrastic future (luṭ), 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चिरात् (cirāt) - soon (when combined with 'na') (for a long time (ablative used adverbially))

(adjective)

Ablative, singular of cira

cira - long, lasting a long time, old

Note: Ablative used adverbially. 'na cirāt' means 'not after a long time', i.e., 'soon'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Here it intensifies 'soon', meaning 'as if not long (at all)'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - because (connecting the reason) (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants), a member of the Kuru dynasty

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'kuravaḥ'.

लोभमोहपरायणाः (lobhamohaparāyaṇāḥ) - devoted to greed and delusion, absorbed in greed and delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lobhamohaparāyaṇa

lobhamohaparāyaṇa - intent on greed and delusion, devoted to greed and delusion

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lobha+moha+parāyaṇa)

• lobha – greed, avarice, covetousness
  noun (masculine)
  from root √lubh (to covet)
  Root: lubh (class 4)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, ignorance, bewilderment (moha)
  noun (masculine)
  from root √muh (to be bewildered, to faint)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• parāyaṇa – devoted to, intent on, having as a chief object, dependent on
  adjective (masculine)
  from para (supreme, ultimate) + ayana (going, course, path)
  Prefix: parā
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'kuravaḥ' and 'sarve'.