महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-238, verse-34

विषीदथः किं कौरव्यौ बालिश्यात्प्राकृताविव ।
न शोकः शोचमानस्य विनिवर्तेत कस्यचित् ॥३४॥

34. viṣīdathaḥ kiṁ kauravyau bāliśyātprākṛtāviva ,
na śokaḥ śocamānasya vinivarteta kasyacit.

34. viṣīdathaḥ kim kauravyau bāliśyāt prākṛtau
iva na śokaḥ śocamānasya vinivarteta kasyacit

34. Why are you two Kuru princes (kauravyau) lamenting like foolish, common men? For grief (śoka) does not depart from anyone who laments.

Words meanings summery:

• विषीदथः (viṣīdathaḥ) - you two are lamenting, you two are disheartened

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• कौरव्यौ (kauravyau) - O Kuru princes!

• बालिश्यात् (bāliśyāt) - from foolishness, due to childishness

• प्राकृतौ (prākṛtau) - the two common/ordinary men

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• न (na) - not

• शोकः (śokaḥ) - grief, sorrow

• शोचमानस्य (śocamānasya) - of the one who is grieving/lamenting

• विनिवर्तेत (vinivarteta) - would turn away, would cease, would depart

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone

Words meanings and morphology

विषीदथः (viṣīdathaḥ) - you two are lamenting, you two are disheartened

(verb)

2nd person , dual, active, present (lat) of sad

Prefix: vi

Root: √sad (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an interrogative adverb meaning 'why?'

कौरव्यौ (kauravyau) - O Kuru princes!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, dual of kauravya

kauravya - descendant of Kuru, Kuru prince

Note: Addressing Duḥśāsana and Duryodhana.

बालिश्यात् (bāliśyāt) - from foolishness, due to childishness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bāliśya

bāliśya - foolishness, childishness, ignorance

Derived from 'bāliśa' (foolish) with suffix '-ya' forming an abstract noun.

प्राकृतौ (prākṛtau) - the two common/ordinary men

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prākṛta

prākṛta - natural, common, ordinary, vulgar

Derived from 'prakṛti' (nature) with suffix '-a'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शोकः (śokaḥ) - grief, sorrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - grief, sorrow, lamentation

Root: √śuc (class 1)

शोचमानस्य (śocamānasya) - of the one who is grieving/lamenting

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śocamāna

śocamāna - grieving, lamenting

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root √śuc (to grieve) with -māna suffix.

Root: √śuc (class 1)

विनिवर्तेत (vinivarteta) - would turn away, would cease, would depart

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of vṛt

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: √vṛt (class 1)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain