महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-7

अलुब्धाश्चैव कौन्तेयाः कृतवन्तश्च दुष्करम् ।
न चापि केवलं राज्यमिच्छेयुस्तेऽनुपायतः ॥७॥

7. alubdhāścaiva kaunteyāḥ kṛtavantaśca duṣkaram ,
na cāpi kevalaṁ rājyamiccheyuste'nupāyataḥ.

7. alubdhāḥ ca eva kaunteyāḥ kṛtavantaḥ ca duṣkaram
na ca api kevalam rājyam iccheyuḥ te anupāyataḥ

7. The sons of Kunti (Kaunteyas) are certainly not greedy, and they have performed incredibly difficult deeds. Furthermore, they would not desire merely a kingdom obtained through improper means.

Words meanings summery:

• अलुब्धाः (alubdhāḥ) - free from greed (not greedy, uncovetous)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly)

• कौन्तेयाः (kaunteyāḥ) - the sons of Kunti (the Pandavas) (sons of Kunti)

• कृतवन्तः (kṛtavantaḥ) - having performed (having done, performed)

• च (ca) - and

• दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - incredibly difficult deeds (difficult to do, hard feat)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (connecting this negative statement) (and)

• अपि (api) - even, moreover (also, even, too)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only (merely, only, solely)

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - a kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty)

• इच्छेयुः (iccheyuḥ) - they would desire (they should desire, they would desire)

• ते (te) - they (the Pandavas) (they)

• अनुपायतः (anupāyataḥ) - through improper means (by improper means, without proper means)

Words meanings and morphology

अलुब्धाः (alubdhāḥ) - free from greed (not greedy, uncovetous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of alubdha

alubdha - not greedy, uncovetous, contented

negative prefix 'a' + lubdha (greedy)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+lubdha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• lubdha – greedy, covetous, eager
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root lubh (to covet)
  Root: lubh (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

कौन्तेयाः (kaunteyāḥ) - the sons of Kunti (the Pandavas) (sons of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti

patronymic (aṇ) from Kunti

Note: refers to the Pandavas collectively.

कृतवन्तः (kṛtavantaḥ) - having performed (having done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtavat

kṛtavat - having done, performed

Past Active Participle

from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -vat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - incredibly difficult deeds (difficult to do, hard feat)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult to do, arduous, hard

prefix duṣ- (bad, difficult) + kara (doing, making)

Compound type : prādi-tatpuruṣa (dus+kara)

• dus – badly, difficultly, ill-
  indeclinable
  prefix
• kara – making, doing, causing
  adjective (masculine)
  from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: functions as a noun here, 'a difficult thing/deed'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (connecting this negative statement) (and)

(indeclinable)

Note: `na ca api` means "nor even, moreover not"

अपि (api) - even, moreover (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only (merely, only, solely)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - only, sole, mere, simple, pure

Note: modifies rājyam

राज्यम् (rājyam) - a kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty, government

from rājan (king) + ya (suffix)

इच्छेयुः (iccheyuḥ) - they would desire (they should desire, they would desire)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of iṣ

optative mood

root iṣ (class 6), third person plural optative

Root: iṣ (class 6)

ते (te) - they (the Pandavas) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: refers back to the Kaunteyas

अनुपायतः (anupāyataḥ) - through improper means (by improper means, without proper means)

(indeclinable)

ablative singular of anupāya (lack of means, improper means)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+upāya)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• upāya – means, method, resource, stratagem
  noun (masculine)
  from upa-i (to go near)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: The -tas suffix indicates "from, by way of, due to". Here, "by improper means".