महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-200, verse-9

संयताश्चापि दक्षाश्च मतिमन्तश्च मानवाः ।
दृश्यन्ते निष्फलाः सन्तः प्रहीणाः सर्वकर्मभिः ॥९॥

9. saṁyatāścāpi dakṣāśca matimantaśca mānavāḥ ,
dṛśyante niṣphalāḥ santaḥ prahīṇāḥ sarvakarmabhiḥ.

9. saṃyatāḥ ca api dakṣāḥ ca matimantaḥ ca mānavāḥ
dṛśyante niṣphalāḥ santaḥ prahīṇāḥ sarvakarmabhiḥ

9. Even self-controlled, capable, and intelligent people are seen to be unsuccessful, deprived of all their efforts.

Words meanings summery:

• संयताः (saṁyatāḥ) - self-controlled, restrained, disciplined

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• दक्षाः (dakṣāḥ) - skillful, capable, expert

• च (ca) - and, also

• मतिमन्तः (matimantaḥ) - intelligent, wise, thoughtful

• च (ca) - and, also

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, people, human beings

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, appear

• निष्फलाः (niṣphalāḥ) - fruitless, unsuccessful, useless

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - good people, righteous ones, existing, being

• प्रहीणाः (prahīṇāḥ) - abandoned, deprived, destitute, fallen

• सर्वकर्मभिः (sarvakarmabhiḥ) - by all actions, by all efforts, from all duties

Words meanings and morphology

संयताः (saṁyatāḥ) - self-controlled, restrained, disciplined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃyata

saṁyata - self-controlled, restrained, disciplined, collected

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'yam' (to restrain) with the prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: yam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

दक्षाः (dakṣāḥ) - skillful, capable, expert

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dakṣa

dakṣa - skillful, capable, expert, clever, attentive

Root: dakṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मतिमन्तः (matimantaḥ) - intelligent, wise, thoughtful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matimat

matimat - intelligent, wise, thoughtful, having understanding

Possessive adjective formed from 'mati' (mind, thought) with the suffix 'matup'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, man, descendant of Manu

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present passive form of the root 'dṛś'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

निष्फलाः (niṣphalāḥ) - fruitless, unsuccessful, useless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niṣphala

niṣphala - fruitless, unsuccessful, useless, barren

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+phala)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)

सन्तः (santaḥ) - good people, righteous ones, existing, being

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - existing, being, good, virtuous, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

प्रहीणाः (prahīṇāḥ) - abandoned, deprived, destitute, fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prahīṇa

prahīṇa - abandoned, deprived, destitute, fallen, lost

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'hā' (to abandon, to leave) with the prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: hā (class 3)

सर्वकर्मभिः (sarvakarmabhiḥ) - by all actions, by all efforts, from all duties

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sarvakarman

sarvakarman - all actions, all duties, every work, totality of deeds (karma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+karman)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• karman – action (karma), deed, work, duty, religious rite
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root 'kṛ' (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)