महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-25

नो चेदयमभावः स्यात्कुरूणां प्रत्युपस्थितः ।
अर्थाच्च तात धर्माच्च तव बुद्धिरुपप्लुता ॥२५॥

25. no cedayamabhāvaḥ syātkurūṇāṁ pratyupasthitaḥ ,
arthācca tāta dharmācca tava buddhirupaplutā.

25. no ced ayam abhāvaḥ syāt kurūṇām pratyupasthitaḥ
arthāt ca tāta dharmāt ca tava buddhiḥ upaplutā

25. This destruction is indeed imminent for the Kurus. O dear father, your intellect has been overwhelmed by both material gain (artha) and (a misguided sense of) natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• नो (no) - not

• चेद् (ced) - if, otherwise

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - destruction, non-existence, absence

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

• कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

• प्रत्युपस्थितः (pratyupasthitaḥ) - imminent, impending, present

• अर्थात् (arthāt) - from material interests or worldly affairs (from material gain, from purpose)

• च (ca) - and

• तात (tāta) - O dear father (addressing Dhritarashtra) (dear father, dear one)

• धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from a misguided or misinterpreted sense of natural law (dharma) (from duty, from righteousness, from natural law)

• च (ca) - and

• तव (tava) - your

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

• उपप्लुता (upaplutā) - overwhelmed, deluged, impaired, clouded

Words meanings and morphology

नो (no) - not

(indeclinable)

चेद् (ced) - if, otherwise

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - destruction, non-existence, absence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, destruction, ruin

Derived from 'a-' (negation) and 'bhāva' (being, existence).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – being, existence, state, condition, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - a member of the Kuru dynasty, the Kuru kingdom

प्रत्युपस्थितः (pratyupasthitaḥ) - imminent, impending, present

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyupasthita

pratyupasthita - present, near, imminent, ready

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' with prefixes 'prati' and 'upa'.

Prefixes: prati+upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

अर्थात् (arthāt) - from material interests or worldly affairs (from material gain, from purpose)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of artha

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

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तात (tāta) - O dear father (addressing Dhritarashtra) (dear father, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (a term of endearment or respect, often for an elder or superior)

धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from a misguided or misinterpreted sense of natural law (dharma) (from duty, from righteousness, from natural law)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, perception

Derived from root 'budh' (to know, perceive).

Root: budh (class 1)

उपप्लुता (upaplutā) - overwhelmed, deluged, impaired, clouded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upapluta

upapluta - overwhelmed, afflicted, clouded, deluged, impaired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'plu' (to float, to go) with prefix 'upa'.

Prefix: upa

Root: plu (class 1)