महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-70, verse-22

नातः पापीयसीं कांचिदवस्थां शम्बरोऽब्रवीत् ।
यत्र नैवाद्य न प्रातर्भोजनं प्रतिदृश्यते ॥२२॥

22. nātaḥ pāpīyasīṁ kāṁcidavasthāṁ śambaro'bravīt ,
yatra naivādya na prātarbhojanaṁ pratidṛśyate.

22. na ataḥ pāpīyasīm kāñcit avasthām śambaraḥ abravīt
yatra na eva adya na prātaḥ bhojanam pratidṛśyate

22. Śambara declared that there is no more wretched condition than this, where food is not to be found, neither for today nor for tomorrow morning.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अतः (ataḥ) - than this (condition) (than this, from this, therefore)

• पापीयसीम् (pāpīyasīm) - more wretched (condition) (more wretched, worse, more sinful)

• काञ्चित् (kāñcit) - any (condition) (any, some, a certain)

• अवस्थाम् (avasthām) - state, condition, situation

• शम्बरः (śambaraḥ) - The sage/figure Śambara (as a speaker of wisdom) (Śambara (name of a demon or a sage))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke, he declared

• यत्र (yatra) - in which (condition) (where, in which, in which case)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• न (na) - nor (not, no)

• प्रातः (prātaḥ) - in the morning (for tomorrow) (morning, early in the morning)

• भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food (food, meal, eating)

• प्रतिदृश्यते (pratidṛśyate) - is found, available (is seen, is perceived, appears, is found)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

अतः (ataḥ) - than this (condition) (than this, from this, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Ablative adverb from 'idam'

Note: Used with a comparative.

पापीयसीम् (pāpīyasīm) - more wretched (condition) (more wretched, worse, more sinful)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pāpīyas

pāpīyas - more wretched, worse, more sinful, more evil

Comparative adjective

Comparative of 'pāpa' (sinful, evil, wretched)

Note: Qualifies 'avasthām'.

काञ्चित् (kāñcit) - any (condition) (any, some, a certain)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kañcid

kañcid - any, some, a certain, something

From 'kim' (what) + 'cid' (a particle of indefiniteness)

Note: Qualifies 'avasthām'.

अवस्थाम् (avasthām) - state, condition, situation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avasthā

avasthā - state, condition, situation, stage

From 'ava-sthā' (to stand, be in a state)

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

शम्बरः (śambaraḥ) - The sage/figure Śambara (as a speaker of wisdom) (Śambara (name of a demon or a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śambara

śambara - name of a demon, an ancient sage, a kind of deer

Note: Speaker of the verse's wisdom.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke, he declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - in which (condition) (where, in which, in which case)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

प्रातः (prātaḥ) - in the morning (for tomorrow) (morning, early in the morning)

(indeclinable)

भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food (food, meal, eating)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhojana

bhojana - food, meal, eating, feeding

Verbal noun

From root 'bhuj' (to eat)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Object of 'pratidṛśyate' in the implied sense of "is found"

प्रतिदृश्यते (pratidṛśyate) - is found, available (is seen, is perceived, appears, is found)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pratidṛś

Passive voice of 'pratidṛś'

Prefix: prati

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: (ātmanepada)