महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-27

स्नेहमूलानि दुःखानि स्नेहजानि भयानि च ।
शोकहर्षौ तथायासः सर्वं स्नेहात्प्रवर्तते ॥२७॥

27. snehamūlāni duḥkhāni snehajāni bhayāni ca ,
śokaharṣau tathāyāsaḥ sarvaṁ snehātpravartate.

27. snehamūlāni duḥkhāni snehajāni bhayāni ca |
śokaharṣau tathā āyāsaḥ sarvam snehāt pravartate

27. Sorrows have attachment (sneha) as their root, and fears are born from attachment. Likewise, both grief and joy, and all forms of distress, proceed from attachment.

Words meanings summery:

• स्नेहमूलानि (snehamūlāni) - having attachment as root, rooted in attachment

• दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sorrows, sufferings, pains

• स्नेहजानि (snehajāni) - born from attachment, produced by affection

• भयानि (bhayāni) - fears, dangers, anxieties

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• शोकहर्षौ (śokaharṣau) - sorrow and joy (as a pair)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

• आयासः (āyāsaḥ) - effort, trouble, fatigue, distress

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

• स्नेहात् (snehāt) - from attachment, owing to affection

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, arises, takes place, manifests

Words meanings and morphology

स्नेहमूलानि (snehamūlāni) - having attachment as root, rooted in attachment

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of snehamūla

snehamūla - having attachment as its root, originating from affection

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sneha+mūla)

• sneha – attachment, affection, love, tenderness
  noun (masculine)
  From root snih (to be attached, to be greasy).
  Root: snih (class 4)
• mūla – root, origin, foundation, source
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective agreeing with duḥkhāni.

दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sorrows, sufferings, pains

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery

स्नेहजानि (snehajāni) - born from attachment, produced by affection

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of snehaja

snehaja - born of affection, produced by love

From sneha and root jan (to be born).

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (sneha+ja)

• sneha – attachment, affection, love, tenderness
  noun (masculine)
  From root snih (to be attached, to be greasy).
  Root: snih (class 4)
• ja – born, produced, generated (suffix)
  adjectival suffix
  Derived from root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Adjective agreeing with bhayāni.

भयानि (bhayāni) - fears, dangers, anxieties

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror, danger

From root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

शोकहर्षौ (śokaharṣau) - sorrow and joy (as a pair)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śokaharṣa

śokaharṣa - sorrow and joy

Dual form of a dvandva compound.

Compound type : dvandva (śoka+harṣa)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  From root śuc (to mourn).
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• harṣa – joy, delight, elation, thrill
  noun (masculine)
  From root hṛṣ (to be excited, to rejoice).
  Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Dual form indicating "both sorrow and joy."

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

(indeclinable)

Correlative to yathā.

आयासः (āyāsaḥ) - effort, trouble, fatigue, distress

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āyāsa

āyāsa - exertion, effort, trouble, fatigue, distress

From prefix ā + root yas (to exert).

Prefix: ā

Root: yas (class 4)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Nominative singular neuter, acting as the subject.

स्नेहात् (snehāt) - from attachment, owing to affection

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sneha

sneha - attachment, affection, love, tenderness, oiliness

From root snih (to be attached, to be greasy).

Root: snih (class 4)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, arises, takes place, manifests

(verb)

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

root

Present tense, third person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)