महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-37, verse-44

अर्थसिद्धिं परामिच्छन्धर्ममेवादितश्चरेत् ।
न हि धर्मादपैत्यर्थः स्वर्गलोकादिवामृतम् ॥४४॥

44. arthasiddhiṁ parāmicchandharmamevāditaścaret ,
na hi dharmādapaityarthaḥ svargalokādivāmṛtam.

44. arthasiddhim parām icchan dharmam eva āditaḥ caret
na hi dharmāt apaiti arthaḥ svargalokāt iva amṛtam

44. One who desires the supreme attainment of goals (arthasiddhi) should indeed first practice righteousness (dharma). For material prosperity (artha) certainly does not depart from (dharma), just as immortality (amṛta) does not depart from the heavenly realm (svargaloka).

Words meanings summery:

• अर्थसिद्धिम् (arthasiddhim) - achievement of one's goals or prosperity (achievement of purpose, success in an undertaking, acquisition of wealth)

• पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring, wishing, wanting

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - duty, righteousness, virtue, natural law (dharma)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

• आदितः (āditaḥ) - first, in the beginning, initially

• चरेत् (caret) - one should practice, follow, perform

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from (dharma), from righteousness

• अपैति (apaiti) - deviates, departs, goes away

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, object, wealth, material prosperity (artha)

• स्वर्गलोकात् (svargalokāt) - from the heavenly world (svargaloka), from the celestial realm

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, immortality

Words meanings and morphology

अर्थसिद्धिम् (arthasiddhim) - achievement of one's goals or prosperity (achievement of purpose, success in an undertaking, acquisition of wealth)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of arthasiddhi

arthasiddhi - achievement of an object/purpose, success, prosperity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+siddhi)

• artha – purpose, object, meaning, wealth, material prosperity
  noun (masculine)
• siddhi – accomplishment, success, attainment, perfection
  noun (feminine)
  from √sidh (to be accomplished, succeed)
  Root: sidh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'icchan'.

पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Qualifies 'arthasiddhim'.

इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring, wishing, wanting

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of iṣ

iṣ - to wish, desire, seek

Present Active Participle

nominative singular masculine of present active participle of √iṣ (class 6)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - duty, righteousness, virtue, natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, virtue, constitution, natural law

from √dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'caret'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

आदितः (āditaḥ) - first, in the beginning, initially

(indeclinable)

ablative adverb from ādi (beginning)

चरेत् (caret) - one should practice, follow, perform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of car

Optative Mood

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, optative mood of √car (class 1)

Root: car (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or causal particle.

धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from (dharma), from righteousness

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, virtue, constitution, natural law

from √dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Indicates the source from which something deviates.

अपैति (apaiti) - deviates, departs, goes away

(verb)

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

Present Active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice of √i (class 2) with prefix apa

Prefix: apa

Root: i (class 2)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, object, wealth, material prosperity (artha)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, object, meaning, wealth, material prosperity

Note: Subject of 'apaiti'.

स्वर्गलोकात् (svargalokāt) - from the heavenly world (svargaloka), from the celestial realm

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svargaloka

svargaloka - heavenly world, celestial realm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+loka)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, sphere, people
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, immortality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - nectar of immortality, immortality, imperishable

negation of mṛta (dead)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)