महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-78, verse-12

ये चेदं कथयिष्यन्ति नलस्य चरितं महत् ।
श्रोष्यन्ति चाप्यभीक्ष्णं वै नालक्ष्मीस्तान्भजिष्यति ।
अर्थास्तस्योपपत्स्यन्ते धन्यतां च गमिष्यति ॥१२॥

12. ye cedaṁ kathayiṣyanti nalasya caritaṁ mahat ,
śroṣyanti cāpyabhīkṣṇaṁ vai nālakṣmīstānbhajiṣyati ,
arthāstasyopapatsyante dhanyatāṁ ca gamiṣyati.

12. ye ca idam kathayiṣyanti nalasya caritam
mahat | śroṣyanti ca api abhīkṣṇam vai
na alakṣmīḥ tān bhajiṣyati | arthāḥ
tasya upapatsyante dhanyatām ca gamiṣyati

12. And those who narrate this great story of Nala, and those who hear it repeatedly, indeed misfortune will not befall them. Their aims will be accomplished, and they will attain prosperity.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - whoever, those who

• च (ca) - and

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कथयिष्यन्ति (kathayiṣyanti) - will narrate, will tell

• नलस्य (nalasya) - of Nala

• चरितम् (caritam) - story, conduct, character

• महत् (mahat) - great, extensive

• श्रोष्यन्ति (śroṣyanti) - will hear

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - repeatedly, constantly

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• न (na) - not

• अलक्ष्मीः (alakṣmīḥ) - misfortune, bad luck, goddess of misfortune

• तान् (tān) - them

• भजिष्यति (bhajiṣyati) - will befall, will attend, will possess

• अर्थाः (arthāḥ) - aims, purposes, wealth

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• उपपत्स्यन्ते (upapatsyante) - will be accomplished, will be obtained, will come to pass

• धन्यताम् (dhanyatām) - blessedness, prosperity, fortune

• च (ca) - and

• गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will go, will attain, will reach

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - whoever, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to caritam

कथयिष्यन्ति (kathayiṣyanti) - will narrate, will tell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of kath

from root kath (denominative or verbal root of 10th class)

Root: kath (class 10)

नलस्य (nalasya) - of Nala

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (proper noun, name of a king)

चरितम् (caritam) - story, conduct, character

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of carita

carita - conduct, course of action, life story, biography, deeds

Past Passive Participle

from root car + ta

Root: car (class 1)

महत् (mahat) - great, extensive

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, important

Note: Agrees with caritam

श्रोष्यन्ति (śroṣyanti) - will hear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - repeatedly, constantly

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अलक्ष्मीः (alakṣmīḥ) - misfortune, bad luck, goddess of misfortune

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of alakṣmī

alakṣmī - misfortune, bad luck, indigence, absence of Lakṣmī

a (negative prefix) + lakṣmī

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+lakṣmī)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• lakṣmī – fortune, prosperity, goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Refers to 'those who narrate and hear'

भजिष्यति (bhajiṣyati) - will befall, will attend, will possess

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhaj

Root: bhaj (class 1)

अर्थाः (arthāḥ) - aims, purposes, wealth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - aim, purpose, object, wealth, meaning

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Refers to the person who narrates/hears

उपपत्स्यन्ते (upapatsyante) - will be accomplished, will be obtained, will come to pass

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, future (lṛṭ) of upa-pad

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

धन्यताम् (dhanyatām) - blessedness, prosperity, fortune

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhanyatā

dhanyatā - blessedness, prosperity, fortune, happiness

from dhanya + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will go, will attain, will reach

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject implicitly 'he' (the one whose aims are accomplished and who will attain blessedness)