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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-223, verse-4

सुखं सुखेनेह न जातु लभ्यं दुःखेन साध्वी लभते सुखानि ।
सा कृष्णमाराधय सौहृदेन प्रेम्णा च नित्यं प्रतिकर्मणा च ॥४॥
4. sukhaṁ sukheneha na jātu labhyaṁ; duḥkhena sādhvī labhate sukhāni ,
sā kṛṣṇamārādhaya sauhṛdena; premṇā ca nityaṁ pratikarmaṇā ca.
4. sukham sukhena iha na jātu labhyam
duḥkhena sādhvī labhate sukhāni
sā kṛṣṇam ārādhaya sauhṛdena
premṇā ca nityam prati-karmaṇā ca
4. Happiness is never attained in this world through ease; rather, a virtuous woman (sādhvī) attains happiness through hardship. Therefore, you should worship Kṛṣṇa with kindness, always with love, and through diligent action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

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  • सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure
  • सुखेन (sukhena) - by happiness, through ease, comfortably
  • इह (iha) - here, in this world
  • (na) - not, no
  • जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time, by any means
  • लभ्यम् (labhyam) - obtainable, to be attained
  • दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by suffering, through hardship
  • साध्वी (sādhvī) - chaste woman, virtuous woman
  • लभते (labhate) - attains, obtains
  • सुखानि (sukhāni) - happiness, pleasures
  • सा (sā) - she
  • कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa
  • आराधय (ārādhaya) - worship, propitiate
  • सौहृदेन (sauhṛdena) - with friendship, with kindness, with good-heartedness
  • प्रेम्णा (premṇā) - with love
  • (ca) - and
  • नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally
  • प्रति-कर्मणा (prati-karmaṇā) - with diligent action, by (appropriate) deeds
  • (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha
sukha - happiness, pleasure, joy, comfort
सुखेन (sukhena) - by happiness, through ease, comfortably
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of sukha
sukha - happiness, pleasure, joy, comfort
इह (iha) - here, in this world
(indeclinable)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time, by any means
(indeclinable)
लभ्यम् (labhyam) - obtainable, to be attained
(verbal derivative)
दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by suffering, through hardship
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha
duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, hardship
साध्वी (sādhvī) - chaste woman, virtuous woman
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sādhvī
sādhvī - a virtuous woman, chaste wife
लभते (labhate) - attains, obtains
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of labh
present indicative, 3rd person singular, middle voice
Root: labh (class 1)
सुखानि (sukhāni) - happiness, pleasures
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of sukha
sukha - happiness, pleasure, joy, comfort
सा (sā) - she
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (a prominent deity), dark, black
आराधय (ārādhaya) - worship, propitiate
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ārādh
imperative mood, 2nd person singular
Prefix: ā
Root: rādh (class 5)
सौहृदेन (sauhṛdena) - with friendship, with kindness, with good-heartedness
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of sauhṛda
sauhṛda - friendship, good-heartedness, kindness
प्रेम्णा (premṇā) - with love
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of preman
preman - love, affection, fondness
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally
(indeclinable)
used adverbially
प्रति-कर्मणा (prati-karmaṇā) - with diligent action, by (appropriate) deeds
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of prati-karman
prati-karman - corresponding action, diligent action, proper conduct (karma)
Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+karman)
  • prati – towards, against, in respect of, in return for
    indeclinable
  • karman – action (karma), deed, work, ritual
    noun (neuter)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)