महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-105, verse-4

कुतो मे भोजनश्रद्धा सुखश्रद्धा कुतश्च मे ।
श्रद्धा मे जीवितस्यापि छिन्ना किं जीवितेन मे ॥४॥

4. kuto me bhojanaśraddhā sukhaśraddhā kutaśca me ,
śraddhā me jīvitasyāpi chinnā kiṁ jīvitena me.

4. kutaḥ me bhojanaśraddhā sukhaśraddhā kutaḥ ca me
śraddhā me jīvitasya api chinnā kim jīvitena me

4. How can I have any desire for food, or any desire for happiness? My conviction (śraddhā) in life itself has been severed. What use is this life to me?

Words meanings summery:

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how can there be (whence, from where, how, why)

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

• भोजनश्रद्धा (bhojanaśraddhā) - desire for food (desire for food, appetite)

• सुखश्रद्धा (sukhaśraddhā) - desire for happiness (desire for happiness, faith in happiness)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how can there be (whence, from where, how, why)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

• श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - conviction (śraddhā) (faith, conviction, desire, trust)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

• जीवितस्य (jīvitasya) - of life itself (of life, concerning life)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• छिन्ना (chinnā) - severed (destroyed) (cut off, severed, destroyed, broken)

• किम् (kim) - what use is (what, what for, what is the use of)

• जीवितेन (jīvitena) - with life (by life, with life, on account of life)

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how can there be (whence, from where, how, why)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us

भोजनश्रद्धा (bhojanaśraddhā) - desire for food (desire for food, appetite)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhojanaśraddhā

bhojanaśraddhā - desire for food, appetite

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhojana+śraddhā)

• bhojana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root bhuj (to eat)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• śraddhā – faith, conviction, desire
  noun (feminine)

सुखश्रद्धा (sukhaśraddhā) - desire for happiness (desire for happiness, faith in happiness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukhaśraddhā

sukhaśraddhā - desire for happiness, faith in happiness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+śraddhā)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• śraddhā – faith, conviction, desire
  noun (feminine)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how can there be (whence, from where, how, why)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us

श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - conviction (śraddhā) (faith, conviction, desire, trust)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, conviction, desire, trust

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us

जीवितस्य (jīvitasya) - of life itself (of life, concerning life)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

छिन्ना (chinnā) - severed (destroyed) (cut off, severed, destroyed, broken)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of chinna

chinna - cut off, severed, destroyed, broken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root chid (to cut)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with śraddhā, which is feminine.

किम् (kim) - what use is (what, what for, what is the use of)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Here used as an interrogative particle/adverb meaning 'what use'.

जीवितेन (jīvitena) - with life (by life, with life, on account of life)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Used with 'kim' to mean 'what use with/by...'.

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us