महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-26, verse-7

नाश्रेयसः प्रावरानध्यवस्ते कथं त्वस्मान्संप्रणुदेत्कुरुभ्यः ।
अत्रैव च स्यादवधूय एष कामः शरीरे हृदयं दुनोति ॥७॥

7. nāśreyasaḥ prāvarānadhyavaste; kathaṁ tvasmānsaṁpraṇudetkurubhyaḥ ,
atraiva ca syādavadhūya eṣa; kāmaḥ śarīre hṛdayaṁ dunoti.

7. na aśreyasaḥ prāvarān adhyavaste
kathaṃ tu asmān saṃpraṇudet
kurubhyaḥ atra eva ca syāt avadhūya
eṣaḥ kāmaḥ śarīre hṛdayaṃ dunoti

7. How can he, who does not rely on noble individuals for ignoble purposes, drive us away from the Kuru dynasty? And if this desire (of ours to remain) were to be disregarded right here, it would truly torment the heart within the body.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अश्रेयसः (aśreyasaḥ) - for ignoble purposes (of non-beneficial, of inauspicious)

• प्रावरान् (prāvarān) - noble individuals (superior ones, excellent ones, noble ones)

• अध्यवस्ते (adhyavaste) - relies on, trusts, depends on

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how?

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• संप्रणुदेत् (saṁpraṇudet) - would drive away, would expel

• कुरुभ्यः (kurubhyaḥ) - from the Kurus, from the Kuru dynasty

• अत्र (atra) - right here (here, in this place)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

• अवधूय (avadhūya) - being disregarded (having shaken off, having abandoned, having disregarded)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• कामः (kāmaḥ) - this desire (of ours to remain) (desire, wish, love)

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• हृदयं (hṛdayaṁ) - heart, mind, soul

• दुनोति (dunoti) - pains, afflicts, torments

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अश्रेयसः (aśreyasaḥ) - for ignoble purposes (of non-beneficial, of inauspicious)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of aśreyas

aśreyas - not conducive to welfare, inauspicious, bad

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śreyas)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śreyas – welfare, good, auspicious, excellent
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here adverbially or in relation to purpose.

प्रावरान् (prāvarān) - noble individuals (superior ones, excellent ones, noble ones)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāvara

prāvara - foremost, principal, excellent, best

अध्यवस्ते (adhyavaste) - relies on, trusts, depends on

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of adhyavas

Prefixes: adhi+ava

Root: vas (class 1)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how?

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

संप्रणुदेत् (saṁpraṇudet) - would drive away, would expel

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of saṃpraṇud

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: ṇud (class 6)

कुरुभ्यः (kurubhyaḥ) - from the Kurus, from the Kuru dynasty

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru (name of an ancient king and his dynasty), a member of the Kuru clan

अत्र (atra) - right here (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अवधूय (avadhūya) - being disregarded (having shaken off, having abandoned, having disregarded)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root dhū with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: dhū (class 5)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

कामः (kāmaḥ) - this desire (of ours to remain) (desire, wish, love)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, longing, love, pleasure, an object of desire

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, frame, physical form

हृदयं (hṛdayaṁ) - heart, mind, soul

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul, core

दुनोति (dunoti) - pains, afflicts, torments

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of du

Root: du (class 5)