महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-176, verse-26

यस्मादभावी भावी वा मनुष्यः सुखदुःखयोः ।
आगमे यदि वापाये न तत्र ग्लपयेन्मनः ॥२६॥

26. yasmādabhāvī bhāvī vā manuṣyaḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ ,
āgame yadi vāpāye na tatra glapayenmanaḥ.

26. yasmāt abhāvī bhāvī vā manuṣyaḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
āgame yadi vā apāye na tatra glapayeta manaḥ

26. Because a person is bound to experience happiness or sorrow, whether it comes or goes, one should not distress one's mind (manas) over it.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, from which, for which reason

• अभावी (abhāvī) - not destined for a future state (not destined, not existing, not to be)

• भावी (bhāvī) - destined for a future state (destined, existing, to be)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• मनुष्यः (manuṣyaḥ) - human being, man, person

• सुखदुःखयोः (sukhaduḥkhayoḥ) - in/of happiness and sorrow, regarding happiness and sorrow

• आगमे (āgame) - at the arrival, in the coming

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपाये (apāye) - at the departure, in the going away, at the cessation

• न (na) - not, no

• तत्र (tatra) - in the matter of happiness and sorrow's arrival or departure (there, in that place, in that matter)

• ग्लपयेत (glapayeta) - one should distress, one should exhaust, one should cause to languish

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, from which, for which reason

(indeclinable)

ablative singular of yad

अभावी (abhāvī) - not destined for a future state (not destined, not existing, not to be)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāvin

abhāvin - not destined, not existing, not to be

formed from a + bhāvin

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+bhāvin)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• bhāvin – being, about to be, destined
  adjective (masculine)
  Future Active Participle
  formed from bhū + ṇinI
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with manuṣyaḥ.

भावी (bhāvī) - destined for a future state (destined, existing, to be)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvin

bhāvin - being, about to be, destined

Future Active Participle

formed from bhū + ṇinI

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with manuṣyaḥ.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects abhāvī and bhāvī.

मनुष्यः (manuṣyaḥ) - human being, man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manuṣya

manuṣya - human being, man, person

Root: man

Note: Subject of the sentence.

सुखदुःखयोः (sukhaduḥkhayoḥ) - in/of happiness and sorrow, regarding happiness and sorrow

(noun)

Locative, neuter, dual of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - happiness and sorrow

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative of relation.

आगमे (āgame) - at the arrival, in the coming

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āgama

āgama - arrival, coming

Formed from ā + gam

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects āgame and apāye.

अपाये (apāye) - at the departure, in the going away, at the cessation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of apāya

apāya - departure, going away, cessation

Formed from apa + i

Prefix: apa

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'glapayeta'.

तत्र (tatra) - in the matter of happiness and sorrow's arrival or departure (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the context of sukhaduḥkha.

ग्लपयेत (glapayeta) - one should distress, one should exhaust, one should cause to languish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of glap

Causative Optative

3rd person singular Optative Active of the causative of root glai (glāpayati -> glapayeta)

Root: glai (class 1)

Note: Impersonal construction, 'one should'.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of 'glapayeta'.