महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-49

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
नार्थोपभोगलिप्सार्थमियमर्थेप्सुता मम ।
भरणार्थं तु विप्राणां ब्रह्मन्काङ्क्षे न लोभतः ॥४९॥

49. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
nārthopabhogalipsārthamiyamarthepsutā mama ,
bharaṇārthaṁ tu viprāṇāṁ brahmankāṅkṣe na lobhataḥ.

49. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca na
artha-upabhoga-lipsā-artham iyam artha-īpsutā
mama bharaṇa-artham tu
viprāṇām brahman kāṅkṣe na lobhataḥ

49. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "This desire for wealth (artha) that I have is not for the sake of enjoying worldly possessions. Rather, O Brahmin, I wish for it only to support the brahmins, not out of greed."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• अर्थ-उपभोग-लिप्सा-अर्थम् (artha-upabhoga-lipsā-artham) - for the sake of desiring enjoyment of wealth

• इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

• अर्थ-ईप्सुता (artha-īpsutā) - desire for wealth, eagerness for gain

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• भरण-अर्थम् (bharaṇa-artham) - for the sake of maintenance, for support

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• विप्राणाम् (viprāṇām) - of the brahmins, of the learned

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• काङ्क्षे (kāṅkṣe) - I desire, I wish for

• न (na) - not, no

• लोभतः (lobhataḥ) - from greed, out of covetousness

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active

3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अर्थ-उपभोग-लिप्सा-अर्थम् (artha-upabhoga-lipsā-artham) - for the sake of desiring enjoyment of wealth

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (artha+upabhoga+lipsā+artha)

• artha – wealth, object, purpose
  noun (masculine)
• upabhoga – enjoyment, use, consumption
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun from bhuj with upa prefix
  Prefix: upa
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• lipsā – desire, wish to obtain, longing
  noun (feminine)
  Desiderative noun
  from desiderative stem of labh (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)
• artha – purpose, sake, reason
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to denote purpose.

इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अर्थ-ईप्सुता (artha-īpsutā) - desire for wealth, eagerness for gain

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of arthepsutā

arthepsutā - desire for wealth, eagerness for gain

Compound type : tatpurusha (artha+īpsutā)

• artha – wealth, object, purpose
  noun (masculine)
• īpsutā – desire, eagerness, wish
  noun (feminine)
  Desiderative noun
  from desiderative stem of āp (to obtain), with suffix -tā
  Root: āp (class 5)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

भरण-अर्थम् (bharaṇa-artham) - for the sake of maintenance, for support

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharaṇa+artha)

• bharaṇa – maintenance, support, carrying, nourishing
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun from bhṛ (to bear, support)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• artha – purpose, sake, reason
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to denote purpose.

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

विप्राणाम् (viprāṇām) - of the brahmins, of the learned

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - brahmin, learned person, wise man, inspired

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a brahmin, a priest, sacred knowledge

Root: bṛh (class 1)

काङ्क्षे (kāṅkṣe) - I desire, I wish for

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kāṅkṣ

Present active

1st person singular, Ātmanepada

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

लोभतः (lobhataḥ) - from greed, out of covetousness

(indeclinable)

suffixed with -tas from lobha (greed)