महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-27, verse-26

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लब्ध्वापीमां पृथिवीं सागरान्तां जरामृत्यू नैव हि त्वं प्रजह्याः ।
प्रियाप्रिये सुखदुःखे च राजन्नेवं विद्वान्नैव युद्धं कुरुष्व ॥२६॥

26. labdhvāpīmāṁ pṛthivīṁ sāgarāntāṁ; jarāmṛtyū naiva hi tvaṁ prajahyāḥ ,
priyāpriye sukhaduḥkhe ca rāja;nnevaṁ vidvānnaiva yuddhaṁ kuruṣva.

26. labdhvā api imām pṛthivīm sāgarāntām
jarāmṛtyū na eva hi tvam prajahyāḥ
priyāpriye sukhaduḥkhe ca rājan
evam vidvān na eva yuddham kuruṣva

26. Even if you were to acquire this entire earth, bounded by the oceans, you would certainly not escape old age and death. Similarly, (you would still experience) pleasant and unpleasant things, and joy and sorrow. Therefore, O king (rājan), knowing this truth, certainly do not engage in war.

Words meanings summery:

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लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, after getting

अपि (api) - even, also, too

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine singular accusative)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth, the world

सागरान्ताम् (sāgarāntām) - ocean-bounded, extending to the oceans

जरामृत्यू (jarāmṛtyū) - old age and death

न (na) - not, no

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

त्वम् (tvam) - Referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (you (singular))

प्रजह्याः (prajahyāḥ) - you would abandon, give up, get rid of

प्रियाप्रिये (priyāpriye) - pleasant and unpleasant things, likes and dislikes

सुखदुःखे (sukhaduḥkhe) - joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain

च (ca) - and, also

राजन् (rājan) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (O King!)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

विद्वान् (vidvān) - Referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (knowing, wise, learned)

न (na) - not, no

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

युद्धम् (yuddham) - war, battle, fight

कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, advising him not to cause war. (do, undertake, engage in (imperative middle))

Words meanings and morphology

लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, after getting

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root labh (class 1) + ktvā suffix

Root: labh (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating emphasis or inclusion.

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun, refers to something near or just mentioned)

Note: Direct object of 'labdhvā'.

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth, the world

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - the earth, the ground, world

From pṛthu (broad, wide)

सागरान्ताम् (sāgarāntām) - ocean-bounded, extending to the oceans

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sāgarānta

sāgarānta - ocean-bounded, ending in the ocean, extending to the sea

Compound: sāgara (ocean) + anta (end, limit)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāgara+anta)

sāgara – ocean, sea
noun (masculine)
From sa-gara (with poison, referring to the mythical churning of the ocean)
anta – end, limit, boundary, edge
noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'pṛthivīm'.

जरामृत्यू (jarāmṛtyū) - old age and death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of jarāmṛtyu

jarāmṛtyu - old age and death (dvandva compound)

Dvandva compound: jarā (old age) + mṛtyu (death)

Compound type : dvandva (jarā+mṛtyu)

jarā – old age, decrepitude
noun (feminine)
From root jṛ (to decay, grow old)
Root: jṛ (class 1)
mṛtyu – death, Yama (god of death)
noun (masculine)
From root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Direct object of 'prajahyāḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negation particle.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - Referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (you (singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

प्रजह्याः (prajahyāḥ) - you would abandon, give up, get rid of

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of prajah

Optative Mood, Second Person Singular

From prefix pra + root hā (to abandon, go), with optative ending

Prefix: pra

Root: hā (class 3)

प्रियाप्रिये (priyāpriye) - pleasant and unpleasant things, likes and dislikes

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of priyāpriya

priyāpriya - pleasant and unpleasant, likes and dislikes (dvandva compound)

Dvandva compound: priya (dear, pleasant) + apriya (not dear, unpleasant)

Compound type : dvandva (priya+apriya)

priya – dear, beloved, pleasant, agreeable
adjective (neuter)
Root: prī (class 9)
apriya – unpleasant, disagreeable, not dear
adjective (neuter)
Nañ-tatpuruṣa of 'a' and 'priya'

Note: Implied objects of experience, similar to old age and death.

सुखदुःखे (sukhaduḥkhe) - joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain (dvandva compound)

Dvandva compound: sukha (joy, pleasure) + duḥkha (sorrow, pain)

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)