महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-177, verse-24

एवं वै सुखदुःखाभ्यां हीनमस्ति पदं क्वचित् ।
एषा मम मतिः सर्प यथा वा मन्यते भवान् ॥२४॥

24. evaṁ vai sukhaduḥkhābhyāṁ hīnamasti padaṁ kvacit ,
eṣā mama matiḥ sarpa yathā vā manyate bhavān.

24. evaṃ vai sukha-duḥkhābhyām hīnam asti padam kvacit
| eṣā mama matiḥ sarpa yathā vā manyate bhavān

24. Indeed, is there any state whatsoever that is truly devoid of both happiness and sorrow? This is my view, O serpent; or, you may think as you wish.

Words meanings summery:

• एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner, indeed

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• सुख-दुःखाभ्याम् (sukha-duḥkhābhyām) - by happiness and suffering, from happiness and suffering

• हीनम् (hīnam) - devoid, deprived, abandoned, left

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• पदम् (padam) - state, position (step, foot, place, state, position, word)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, whatsoever (somewhere, anywhere, at some time, perhaps)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, view (thought, mind, opinion, counsel)

• सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent (addressing Nahuṣa) (O serpent, snake)

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, according to)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• मन्यते (manyate) - thinks, believes (thinks, believes, considers)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (addressing the serpent respectfully) (you (respectful), your honor)

Words meanings and morphology

एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner, indeed

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सुख-दुःखाभ्याम् (sukha-duḥkhābhyām) - by happiness and suffering, from happiness and suffering

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of sukha-duḥkha

sukha-duḥkha - happiness and suffering, pleasure and pain

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

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

Note: Can also be dative or ablative dual. Here used in an ablative sense: 'devoid of'.

हीनम् (hīnam) - devoid, deprived, abandoned, left

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hīna

hīna - deficient, devoid of, left, abandoned, inferior, deprived

Past Passive Participle

From root hā (to abandon/leave/go) + kta suffix

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'padam'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

पदम् (padam) - state, position (step, foot, place, state, position, word)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, position, state, word, mark

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, whatsoever (somewhere, anywhere, at some time, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'matiḥ'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, view (thought, mind, opinion, counsel)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - thought, mind, opinion, understanding, intention

From root man (to think) + ti suffix

Root: man (class 4)

सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent (addressing Nahuṣa) (O serpent, snake)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

Root: sṛp (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

मन्यते (manyate) - thinks, believes (thinks, believes, considers)

(verb)

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

Root: man (class 4)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (addressing the serpent respectfully) (you (respectful), your honor)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful), your honor, being, existing

Present Active Participle

From root bhū (to be) + śatṛ suffix. Used as a polite pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a polite second-person pronoun.