महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-112, verse-2

धत्ते धारयते चेदमेतस्मात्कारणाद्धनम् ।
तदेतत्त्रिषु लोकेषु धनं तिष्ठति शाश्वतम् ॥२॥

2. dhatte dhārayate cedametasmātkāraṇāddhanam ,
tadetattriṣu lokeṣu dhanaṁ tiṣṭhati śāśvatam.

2. dhatte dhārayate ca idam etasmāt kāraṇāt dhanam
tat etat triṣu lokeṣu dhanam tiṣṭhati śāśvatam

2. One holds and sustains this; it is for this reason that it is called wealth (dhana). This very wealth (dhana) remains eternal in the three worlds.

Words meanings summery:

• धत्ते (dhatte) - holds, bears, receives

• धारयते (dhārayate) - sustains, maintains, causes to hold

• च (ca) - and, also

• इदम् (idam) - this

• एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this, for this reason

• कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - for this reason (from a cause, by reason of)

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth (etymology explained by previous words) (wealth, property, money)

• तत् (tat) - this (referring to the wealth just described) (that, it)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the wealth just described) (this)

• त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three

• लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the three worlds (in the worlds)

• धनम् (dhanam) - this wealth (wealth, property, money)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains, endures (stands, exists, remains)

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual, constant

Words meanings and morphology

धत्ते (dhatte) - holds, bears, receives

(verb)

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

Present, 3rd person singular, middle (ātmanepada)

root dhā (3rd class), present tense, middle voice

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used in the sense of 'one holds'.

धारयते (dhārayate) - sustains, maintains, causes to hold

(verb)

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

Present, 3rd person singular, middle (ātmanepada)

causative of root dhā (3rd class), present tense, middle voice

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used in the sense of 'one sustains'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the gold implied in the previous verse.

एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this, for this reason

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here (demonstrative pronoun)

कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - for this reason (from a cause, by reason of)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth (etymology explained by previous words) (wealth, property, money)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, property, money, riches

from root dhā (to hold, place)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Predicate nominative for an implied 'it is'

तत् (tat) - this (referring to the wealth just described) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the wealth just described) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Emphatic repetition or compound 'that this'

त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'lokeṣu'

लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the three worlds (in the worlds)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, universe, people

धनम् (dhanam) - this wealth (wealth, property, money)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, property, money, riches

from root dhā (to hold, place)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'tiṣṭhati'

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains, endures (stands, exists, remains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present, 3rd person singular, active

root sthā (1st class), present tense, active voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual, constant

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, everlasting, constant

Note: Agrees with 'dhanam'