महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-25, verse-25

सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत ।
कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम् ॥२५॥

25. saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṁso yathā kurvanti bhārata ,
kuryādvidvāṁstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṁgraham.

25. saktāḥ karmaṇi avidvāṃsaḥ yathā kurvanti bhārata
kuryāt vidvān tathā asaktaḥ cikīrṣuḥ loka-saṅgraham

25. bhārata yathā avidvāṃsaḥ karmaṇi saktāḥ kurvanti
tathā vidvān asaktaḥ loka-saṅgraham cikīrṣuḥ kuryāt

25. O Bhārata, just as the ignorant act with attachment to action, so should the wise person act without attachment, desiring to maintain the social order.

Words meanings summery:

• सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached to the results of action (attached, devoted, clinging)

• कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in action, in work

• अविद्वांसः (avidvāṁsaḥ) - ignorant, unlearned, those who do not know

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform, they act

• भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - he should do, he should perform

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise person, the learned one

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus

• असक्तः (asaktaḥ) - unattached, free from attachment

• चिकीर्षुः (cikīrṣuḥ) - desiring to do, wishing to perform

• लोक-सङ्ग्रहम् (loka-saṅgraham) - maintenance of the social and moral order (maintenance of the world, solidarity of people, social cohesion)

Words meanings and morphology

सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached to the results of action (attached, devoted, clinging)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sakta

sakta - attached, devoted, clinging

Past Passive Participle

from the root sañj

Root: sañj (class 1)

कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in action, in work

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual

from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अविद्वांसः (avidvāṁsaḥ) - ignorant, unlearned, those who do not know

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avidvas

avidvas - ignorant, not knowing

Past active participle (negative)

a + vidvas

Root: vid (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform, they act

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - he should do, he should perform

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise person, the learned one

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvas

vidvas - wise, learned, knowing

Past active participle

from root vid

Root: vid (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus

(indeclinable)

असक्तः (asaktaḥ) - unattached, free from attachment

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asakta

asakta - unattached

Past Passive Participle (negative)

a + sakta

Root: sañj (class 1)

चिकीर्षुः (cikīrṣuḥ) - desiring to do, wishing to perform

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cikīrṣu

cikīrṣu - desiring to do

desiderative adjective

from desiderative of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

लोक-सङ्ग्रहम् (loka-saṅgraham) - maintenance of the social and moral order (maintenance of the world, solidarity of people, social cohesion)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of loka-saṅgraha

loka-saṅgraha - maintenance of the world or people

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (loka+saṅgraha)

• loka – world, people
  noun (masculine)
• saṅgraha – holding together, gathering, maintenance, keeping together
  noun (masculine)
  from sam + grah
  Prefix: sam
  Root: grah (class 9)

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