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3,33

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-33, verse-52

व्यसनं वास्य काङ्क्षेत विनाशं वा युधिष्ठिर ।
अपि सिन्धोर्गिरेर्वापि किं पुनर्मर्त्यधर्मिणः ॥५२॥
52. vyasanaṁ vāsya kāṅkṣeta vināśaṁ vā yudhiṣṭhira ,
api sindhorgirervāpi kiṁ punarmartyadharmiṇaḥ.
52. vyasanaṃ vā asya kāṅkṣeta vināśaṃ vā yudhiṣṭhira
api sindhoḥ gireḥ vā api kiṃ punaḥ martyadharmiṇaḥ
52. Or one should desire his misfortune or destruction, O Yudhishthira. Even an ocean or a mountain can be overcome, how much more so a mortal being, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is to be perishable?

Words meanings summery:

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  • व्यसनं (vyasanaṁ) - downfall, misfortune (misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction, downfall)
  • वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
  • अस्य (asya) - his (referring to the adversary) (of him, his, of this)
  • काङ्क्षेत (kāṅkṣeta) - should desire, should wish for
  • विनाशं (vināśaṁ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, disappearance)
  • वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
  • युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira (O Yudhishthira (proper noun))
  • अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)
  • सिन्धोः (sindhoḥ) - of the ocean (of the ocean, of the river, of the Indus)
  • गिरेः (gireḥ) - of the mountain
  • वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
  • अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)
  • किं (kiṁ) - how (in the phrase "kiṃ punaḥ") (what, why, how)
  • पुनः (punaḥ) - how much more (in the phrase "kiṃ punaḥ") (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)
  • मर्त्यधर्मिणः (martyadharmiṇaḥ) - of a mortal being, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is perishable (of a mortal being, of one whose nature is to die)

Words meanings and morphology

व्यसनं (vyasanaṁ) - downfall, misfortune (misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction, downfall)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vyasana
vyasana - misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction, downfall
From √as (to throw) with vi and sam prefixes
Prefixes: vi+sam
Root: as (class 4)
वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
(indeclinable)
अस्य (asya) - his (referring to the adversary) (of him, his, of this)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, he, she, it
काङ्क्षेत (kāṅkṣeta) - should desire, should wish for
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kāṅkṣ
From √kāṅkṣ (to desire)
Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)
विनाशं (vināśaṁ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, disappearance)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vināśa
vināśa - destruction, ruin, disappearance
From √naś (to perish) with vi prefix
Prefix: vi
Root: naś (class 4)
वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
(indeclinable)
युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira (O Yudhishthira (proper noun))
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira
yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (name of a Pandava prince, 'firm in battle')
अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)
(indeclinable)
सिन्धोः (sindhoḥ) - of the ocean (of the ocean, of the river, of the Indus)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of sindhu
sindhu - ocean, river, Indus river, country of Sindh
गिरेः (gireḥ) - of the mountain
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of giri
giri - mountain, hill
वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)
(indeclinable)
किं (kiṁ) - how (in the phrase "kiṃ punaḥ") (what, why, how)
(indeclinable)
Note: Part of the idiom 'kiṃ punaḥ'
पुनः (punaḥ) - how much more (in the phrase "kiṃ punaḥ") (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)
(indeclinable)
Note: Part of the idiom 'kiṃ punaḥ'
मर्त्यधर्मिणः (martyadharmiṇaḥ) - of a mortal being, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is perishable (of a mortal being, of one whose nature is to die)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of martyadharmin
martyadharmin - mortal, subject to death, having a mortal nature
Compound type : bahuvrihi (martya+dharmin)
  • martya – mortal, human being, subject to death
    adjective (masculine)
    Root: mṛ (class 1)
  • dharmin – possessing qualities, having a specific nature (dharma), righteous
    adjective (masculine)
    Derived from dharma
Note: Agrees with an implicit 'of a person'