महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-42, verse-25

किमत्र कार्यं पार्थस्य कथं वा स प्रशस्यते ।
अन्यत्र कामाद्द्वेषाद्वा रोषाद्वास्मासु केवलात् ॥२५॥

25. kimatra kāryaṁ pārthasya kathaṁ vā sa praśasyate ,
anyatra kāmāddveṣādvā roṣādvāsmāsu kevalāt.

25. kim atra kāryaṃ pārthasya kathaṃ vā sa praśasyate
| anyatra kāmāt dveṣāt vā roṣāt vā asmāsu kevalāt

25. What is Arjuna's business here, or how is he praised, except out of mere desire, hatred, or anger directed solely at us?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, on this occasion

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - business, purpose (work, duty; to be done)

• पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• वा (vā) - or, either

• स (sa) - he, that

• प्रशस्यते (praśasyate) - is praised, is extolled

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, otherwise, except

• कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, owing to desire

• द्वेषात् (dveṣāt) - from hatred, from aversion

• वा (vā) - or, either

• रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger, from wrath

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अस्मासु (asmāsu) - in us, towards us, among us

• केवलात् (kevalāt) - from mere, from sole

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which (interrogative pronoun); why (as an indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, on this occasion

(indeclinable)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - business, purpose (work, duty; to be done)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, duty, business, purpose; what is to be done, fit to be done

Gerundive

From root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya (gerundive)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā/Kuntī), son of a kṣatriya woman by a brāhmaṇa

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

प्रशस्यते (praśasyate) - is praised, is extolled

(verb)

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

root of class 1 (bhvādigana); here in passive voice

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, otherwise, except

(indeclinable)

कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, owing to desire

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, longing, love

From root kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

द्वेषात् (dveṣāt) - from hatred, from aversion

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dveṣa

dveṣa - hatred, aversion, dislike, enmity

From root dviṣ (to hate)

Root: dviṣ (class 2)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger, from wrath

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of roṣa

roṣa - anger, wrath, rage

From root ruṣ (to be angry)

Root: ruṣ (class 4)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अस्मासु (asmāsu) - in us, towards us, among us

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (1st person pronoun)

केवलात् (kevalāt) - from mere, from sole

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kevala

kevala - sole, mere, alone, unmixed, entire