महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-62, verse-40

यद्येवमिह कर्तव्यं वसाम्यहमसंशयम् ।
अतोऽन्यथा न मे वासो वर्तते हृदये क्वचित् ॥४०॥

40. yadyevamiha kartavyaṁ vasāmyahamasaṁśayam ,
ato'nyathā na me vāso vartate hṛdaye kvacit.

40. yadi evam iha kartavyam vasāmi aham asaṃśayam |
ataḥ anyathā na me vāsaḥ vartate hṛdaye kvacit

40. If this is to be done here, I shall certainly reside here without doubt. Otherwise, my heart would have no inclination whatsoever to stay.

40. אם כך אפשר לנהוג כאן, אשהה אצלך בלי ספק. אחרת לא יימצא בלבי שום רצון להישאר.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - should be done, ought to be done, to be done

• वसामि (vasāmi) - I reside, I dwell

• अहम् (aham) - I

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

• अतः (ataḥ) - otherwise (hence, therefore, otherwise)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

• न (na) - not, no

• मे (me) - my (to me, my)

• वासः (vāsaḥ) - inclination to stay, residence (dwelling, residence, stay)

• वर्तते (vartate) - exists, remains (exists, remains, is)

• हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - whatsoever, at all (anywhere, ever, at all)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - should be done, ought to be done, to be done

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, should be done

Gerundive

root kṛ + tavya suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Gerundive used as predicate.

वसामि (vasāmi) - I reside, I dwell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

(indeclinable)

adverbial form of a-saṃśaya

Compound type : avyayībhāva (a+saṃśaya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śi (class 5)

Note: Adverbial usage.

अतः (ataḥ) - otherwise (hence, therefore, otherwise)

(indeclinable)

from pronominal stem idam

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

(indeclinable)

from anya + thā suffix

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Also dative. Here possessive.

वासः (vāsaḥ) - inclination to stay, residence (dwelling, residence, stay)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsa

vāsa - dwelling, residence, stay

from root vas (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

वर्तते (vartate) - exists, remains (exists, remains, is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind

Root: hṛ (class 1)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - whatsoever, at all (anywhere, ever, at all)

(indeclinable)

from interrogative stem ka + cit

Note: Used with negative 'na' for emphasis.

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