महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-131, verse-31

संतोषो वै श्रियं हन्ति तथानुक्रोश एव च ।
अनुत्थानभये चोभे निरीहो नाश्नुते महत् ॥३१॥

31. saṁtoṣo vai śriyaṁ hanti tathānukrośa eva ca ,
anutthānabhaye cobhe nirīho nāśnute mahat.

31. santoṣaḥ vai śriyam hanti tathā anukrośaḥ eva ca
anutthāna bhaye ca ubhe nirīhaḥ na āśnute mahat

31. santoṣaḥ vai śriyam hanti tathā anukrośaḥ eva ca
anutthāna bhaye ca ubhe nirīhaḥ na āśnute mahat

31. Contentment (santoṣa) certainly destroys prosperity, and compassion likewise does. Both inaction and fear prevent one who is without ambition (nirīha) from achieving greatness.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्तोषः (santoṣaḥ) - contentment (santoṣa) (contentment, satisfaction)

• वै (vai) - certainly (indeed, certainly, verily)

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty)

• हन्ति (hanti) - destroys (kills, destroys, strikes, injures)

• तथा (tathā) - likewise (thus, so, in that manner, likewise, and)

• अनुक्रोशः (anukrośaḥ) - compassion (compassion, pity, sympathy)

• एव (eva) - also, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• च (ca) - and

• अनुत्थान (anutthāna) - inaction (non-rising, non-exertion, inaction, lack of enterprise)

• भये (bhaye) - fear (fear, dread)

• च (ca) - and

• उभे (ubhe) - both (inaction and fear) (both (feminine/neuter))

• निरीहः (nirīhaḥ) - one who is without ambition/effort (nirīha) (desireless, unaspiring, indifferent, inactive, without effort)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• आश्नुते (āśnute) - attains, achieves (attains, reaches, obtains, enjoys)

• महत् (mahat) - greatness (great, large, important, greatness)

Words meanings and morphology

सन्तोषः (santoṣaḥ) - contentment (santoṣa) (contentment, satisfaction)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of santoṣa

santoṣa - contentment, satisfaction, joy

From root tuṣ with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

वै (vai) - certainly (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, fortune, glory, beauty, goddess Lakṣmī

हन्ति (hanti) - destroys (kills, destroys, strikes, injures)

(verb)

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

present indicative, 3rd person singular

Root han, 2nd class verb.

Root: han (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - likewise (thus, so, in that manner, likewise, and)

(indeclinable)

अनुक्रोशः (anukrośaḥ) - compassion (compassion, pity, sympathy)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anukrośa

anukrośa - pity, compassion, sympathy, lamentation

From root kruś (to cry, lament) with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: kruś (class 1)

एव (eva) - also, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अनुत्थान (anutthāna) - inaction (non-rising, non-exertion, inaction, lack of enterprise)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anutthāna

anutthāna - non-rising, non-exertion, inaction, lack of enterprise

From a-ut-sthā (not-up-stand).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+utthāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• utthāna – rising, exertion, enterprise, effort
  noun (neuter)
  From root sthā with prefixes ud.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used here as one of the two subjects referred to by 'ubhe'.

भये (bhaye) - fear (fear, dread)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror

From root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Used here as one of the two subjects referred to by 'ubhe'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उभे (ubhe) - both (inaction and fear) (both (feminine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Refers to 'anutthāna' (inaction) and 'bhaya' (fear).

निरीहः (nirīhaḥ) - one who is without ambition/effort (nirīha) (desireless, unaspiring, indifferent, inactive, without effort)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirīha

nirīha - desireless, unaspiring, inactive, indifferent, without effort

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+īhā)

• nis – out, forth, without
  indeclinable
• īhā – desire, effort, endeavor, ambition
  noun (feminine)
  Root: īh (class 1)

Note: Here, understood as 'one who is without ambition'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

आश्नुते (āśnute) - attains, achieves (attains, reaches, obtains, enjoys)

(verb)

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

present indicative, 3rd person singular

Root aś, 5th class verb, middle voice.

Root: aś (class 5)

महत् (mahat) - greatness (great, large, important, greatness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty; greatness (as a noun)