महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-200, verse-14

कर्मजा हि मनुष्याणां रोगा नास्त्यत्र संशयः ।
आधिभिश्चैव बाध्यन्ते व्याधैः क्षुद्रमृगा इव ॥१४॥

14. karmajā hi manuṣyāṇāṁ rogā nāstyatra saṁśayaḥ ,
ādhibhiścaiva bādhyante vyādhaiḥ kṣudramṛgā iva.

14. karmajāḥ hi manuṣyāṇām rogāḥ na asti atra saṃśayaḥ
| ādhibhiḥ ca eva bādhyante vyādhaiḥ kṣudramṛgāḥ iva

14. Indeed, human diseases (roga) are born from past actions (karma); there is no doubt about this. They are afflicted by mental anxieties (ādhi) just as small animals are tormented by hunters.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्मजाः (karmajāḥ) - born from karma

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, for, because)

• मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of humans

• रोगाः (rogāḥ) - diseases, illnesses

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this regard)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• आधिभिः (ādhibhiḥ) - by mental anxieties, by mental distress

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, only, just)

• बाध्यन्ते (bādhyante) - they are afflicted, they are tormented

• व्याधैः (vyādhaiḥ) - by hunters, by fowlers

• क्षुद्रमृगाः (kṣudramṛgāḥ) - small animals, small deer

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

कर्मजाः (karmajāḥ) - born from karma

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karmaja

karmaja - born from action, caused by karma

Compound of `karma` and `ja` (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma+ja)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual, fate, destiny
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix
  Derived from root `jan` (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `rogāḥ`

हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of humans

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - human, man, mankind

रोगाः (rogāḥ) - diseases, illnesses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of roga

roga - disease, sickness, illness

From root `ruj` (to break, to pain)

Root: ruj (class 7)

Note: Subject of the sentence

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Root verb 'to be'

Root: as (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this regard)

(indeclinable)

Locative of pronominal base `a`

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, apprehension

From `sam-śī` (to doubt)

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of `na asti`

आधिभिः (ādhibhiḥ) - by mental anxieties, by mental distress

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ādhi

ādhi - mental pain, anxiety, distress, trouble, worry

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

बाध्यन्ते (bādhyante) - they are afflicted, they are tormented

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of bādh

Present Middle Indicative

Derived from root `bādh` (class 1, often used in middle voice) as a passive

Root: bādh (class 1)

व्याधैः (vyādhaiḥ) - by hunters, by fowlers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vyādha

vyādha - hunter, fowler, slayer, outcast

From `vi-ā-dhā` (to pierce, to strike)

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used in the simile

क्षुद्रमृगाः (kṣudramṛgāḥ) - small animals, small deer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣudramṛga

kṣudramṛga - small animal, insignificant beast

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṣudra+mṛga)

• kṣudra – small, minute, insignificant, mean, vile
  adjective
• mṛga – deer, wild animal, beast
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in the simile as the victims

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)