महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-239, verse-4

अतिभीरुमतिक्लीबं दीर्घसूत्रं प्रमादिनम् ।
व्यसनाद्विषयाक्रान्तं न भजन्ति नृपं श्रियः ॥४॥

4. atibhīrumatiklībaṁ dīrghasūtraṁ pramādinam ,
vyasanādviṣayākrāntaṁ na bhajanti nṛpaṁ śriyaḥ.

4. atibhīrum atiklībam dīrghasūtram pramādinam
vyasanāt viṣayākrāntam na bhajanti nṛpam śriyaḥ

4. Fortunes (śrī) do not favor a king who is excessively timid, extremely cowardly, procrastinating, negligent, and enslaved by sensual objects (viṣaya) or addictions.

4. העושר אינו דבק במלך שהוא פחדן מדי, חלש מדי, מתמהמה ורשלן, ושהתמכרות לרעות הכניעה אותו לתענוגות החושים.

Words meanings summery:

• अतिभीरुम् (atibhīrum) - excessively timid, very fearful, cowardly

• अतिक्लीबम् (atiklībam) - excessively impotent, very cowardly

• दीर्घसूत्रम् (dīrghasūtram) - procrastinating, dilatory, slow in action

• प्रमादिनम् (pramādinam) - careless, negligent, inattentive

• व्यसनात् (vyasanāt) - from calamity, from misfortune, from addiction, from evil pursuit

• विषयाक्रान्तम् (viṣayākrāntam) - overcome by sensual objects, enslaved by pleasures, engrossed in worldly affairs

• न (na) - not, no, neither

• भजन्ति (bhajanti) - they favor, they serve, they resort to

• नृपम् (nṛpam) - king, ruler

• श्रियः (śriyaḥ) - fortunes, riches, goddesses of fortune

Words meanings and morphology

अतिभीरुम् (atibhīrum) - excessively timid, very fearful, cowardly

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of atibhīru

atibhīru - excessively timid, very fearful

Compound type : Prādi Tatpurusha (ati+bhīru)

• ati – very, excessively, beyond
  indeclinable
  Prefix/upasarga used as an intensifier.
• bhīru – timid, fearful, cowardly
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

अतिक्लीबम् (atiklībam) - excessively impotent, very cowardly

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of atiklība

atiklība - excessively impotent, very cowardly, excessively weak

Compound type : Prādi Tatpurusha (ati+klība)

• ati – very, excessively, beyond
  indeclinable
  Prefix/upasarga used as an intensifier.
• klība – impotent, cowardly, weak, eunuch
  adjective (masculine)

दीर्घसूत्रम् (dīrghasūtram) - procrastinating, dilatory, slow in action

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīrghasūtra

dīrghasūtra - procrastinating, dilatory, slow in action, one who draws a long line

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (dīrgha+sūtra)

• dīrgha – long, lengthy, extended
  adjective (masculine)
• sūtra – thread, string, line, rule, aphorism
  noun (neuter)

प्रमादिनम् (pramādinam) - careless, negligent, inattentive

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pramādin

pramādin - negligent, careless, inattentive, indolent

Derived from pramāda (negligence) + -in (suffix indicating possession/habit).

व्यसनात् (vyasanāt) - from calamity, from misfortune, from addiction, from evil pursuit

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - calamity, misfortune, addiction, vice, evil pursuit, disaster

Prefixes: vi+as

Root: as (class 4)

विषयाक्रान्तम् (viṣayākrāntam) - overcome by sensual objects, enslaved by pleasures, engrossed in worldly affairs

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viṣayākrānta

viṣayākrānta - overcome by sensual objects, engrossed in worldly affairs, subjugated by sense objects

Compound type : Tatpurusha (viṣaya+ākrānta)

• viṣaya – object of sense, sensual object, sphere, domain
  noun (masculine)
• ākrānta – overcome, attacked, invaded, filled with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from ā-kram (to step upon, overcome).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)

न (na) - not, no, neither

(indeclinable)

भजन्ति (bhajanti) - they favor, they serve, they resort to

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhaj

Root: bhaj (class 1)

नृपम् (nṛpam) - king, ruler

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, guardian of men

From nṛ (man) + pā (to protect).

श्रियः (śriyaḥ) - fortunes, riches, goddesses of fortune

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, fortune, glory, splendor, goddess Lakṣmī

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