महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-245, verse-27

व्यास उवाच ।
दानान्न दुष्करतरं पृथिव्यामस्ति किंचन ।
अर्थे हि महती तृष्णा स च दुःखेन लभ्यते ॥२७॥

27. vyāsa uvāca ,
dānānna duṣkarataraṁ pṛthivyāmasti kiṁcana ,
arthe hi mahatī tṛṣṇā sa ca duḥkhena labhyate.

27. vyāsa uvāca dānāt na duṣkarataram pṛthivyām asti
kiṃcana arthe hi mahatī tṛṣṇā saḥ ca duḥkhena labhyate

27. Vyasa said: "There is nothing more difficult to perform than giving (dāna) on earth. Indeed, there is great craving for wealth, and it is obtained only with difficulty."

Words meanings summery:

• व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyasa

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दानात् (dānāt) - than giving, from charity

• न (na) - not, no

• दुष्करतरम् (duṣkarataram) - more difficult, harder to perform

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of wealth, for wealth

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• महती (mahatī) - great, extensive

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving, thirst, desire

• सः (saḥ) - that, it (referring to wealth)

• च (ca) - and

• दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - with difficulty, painfully

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is gained

Words meanings and morphology

व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyasa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa (proper name, the compiler of the Vedas and author of Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

दानात् (dānāt) - than giving, from charity

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - giving, charity, donation

action noun

Root: dā (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दुष्करतरम् (duṣkarataram) - more difficult, harder to perform

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duṣkaratara

duṣkaratara - more difficult, harder (comparative of duṣkara)

comparative degree of duṣkara

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, world

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcana

kiṁcana - anything, something, whatever

अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of wealth, for wealth

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object, goal

Note: Used here in a dative sense (for wealth)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

महती (mahatī) - great, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving, thirst, desire

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, craving, desire, longing

सः (saḥ) - that, it (referring to wealth)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - with difficulty, painfully

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - pain, sorrow, suffering, difficulty

लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is gained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)