महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-188, verse-40

एकाहार्यं जगत्सर्वं लोभमोहव्यवस्थितम् ।
अधर्मो वर्धति महान्न च धर्मः प्रवर्तते ॥४०॥

40. ekāhāryaṁ jagatsarvaṁ lobhamohavyavasthitam ,
adharmo vardhati mahānna ca dharmaḥ pravartate.

40. ekāhāryam jagat sarvam lobhamohavyavasthitam
adharmaḥ vardhati mahān na ca dharmaḥ pravartate

40. The entire world will be consumed by a single pursuit, entangled in greed and delusion. Great unrighteousness (adharma) flourishes, and natural law (dharma) does not prevail.

40. כל העולם יתפוס את עצמו כאילו הוא נשלט ממקור אחד, יעמוד על תאווה לרכוש ועל תעתועים, חוסר היושר יגדל מאוד וחוק היושר לא יתקדם.

Words meanings summery:

• एकाहार्यम् (ekāhāryam) - engrossed in one thing, sustained by one thing, focused on one pursuit

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• लोभमोहव्यवस्थितम् (lobhamohavyavasthitam) - established in greed and delusion

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, non-natural law (dharma)

• वर्धति (vardhati) - increases, grows, flourishes

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

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

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, is active, prevails, takes place

Words meanings and morphology

एकाहार्यम् (ekāhāryam) - engrossed in one thing, sustained by one thing, focused on one pursuit

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ekāhārya

ekāhārya - to be taken for one's self, to be appropriated, to be sustained by one thing, consumed by one thing

Gerundive

Derived from eka and āhārya (from ā + √hṛ + ṇyat suffix)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+āhārya)

• eka – one, single, sole
  pronoun (neuter)
• āhārya – to be taken, to be eaten, to be drawn, to be carried away
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from ā + √hṛ + ṇyat suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle (derived from √gam)

Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire, every

लोभमोहव्यवस्थितम् (lobhamohavyavasthitam) - established in greed and delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lobhamohavyavasthita

lobhamohavyavasthita - established in greed and delusion

Past Passive Participle

Compound of lobha, moha, and vyavasthita

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (lobha+moha+vyavasthita)

• lobha – greed, covetousness, avarice
  noun (masculine)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, confusion
  noun (masculine)
• vyavasthita – established, fixed, settled, arranged
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from vi + ava + √sthā + kta suffix
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, non-natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, wrong conduct, not (dharma)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue
  noun (masculine)

वर्धति (vardhati) - increases, grows, flourishes

(verb)

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

Present Tense

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma), righteousness, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, is active, prevails, takes place

(verb)

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

Present Tense

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

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