महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-38, verse-8

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् ।
अपरस्परसंभूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥८॥

8. asatyamapratiṣṭhaṁ te jagadāhuranīśvaram ,
aparasparasaṁbhūtaṁ kimanyatkāmahaitukam.

8. asatyam apratiṣṭham te jagat āhuḥ anīśvaram
aparasparasaṃbhūtam kim anyat kāmahaitukam

8. te jagat asatyam apratiṣṭham anīśvaram
aparasparasaṃbhūtam kāmahaitukam āhuḥ kim anyat

8. They (the demonic) assert that the world is unreal, without any moral foundation (dharma), and without a controller (Īśvara). They say it is born of mere union (aparaspasambūtam), with lust (kāma) as its only cause; what else could it be?

Words meanings summery:

• असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal, without truth (untrue, false, unreal, without reality)

• अप्रतिष्ठम् (apratiṣṭham) - without any moral foundation (dharma) (without foundation, unsupported, baseless)

• ते (te) - they (the demonic persons) (they, those)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they assert, they say (they say, they speak)

• अनीश्वरम् (anīśvaram) - without a controller (Īśvara) (without a lord, without a controller)

• अपरस्परसंभूतम् (aparasparasaṁbhūtam) - not arising from any proper, mutual cause or natural law (dharma) (not caused by mutual union, spontaneous)

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what, why, whether)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, another, different)

• कामहैतुकम् (kāmahaitukam) - having lust (kāma) as its only cause (having lust as its cause)

Words meanings and morphology

असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal, without truth (untrue, false, unreal, without reality)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - untrue, false, unreal

negation of satya (truth) by 'a'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  privative prefix
• satya – truth, reality, true, real
  noun (neuter)
  from sat (being) + ya

Note: It is an adjective describing 'jagat' (world).

अप्रतिष्ठम् (apratiṣṭham) - without any moral foundation (dharma) (without foundation, unsupported, baseless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apratiṣṭha

apratiṣṭha - without foundation, unsupported, unstable, baseless

negation of pratiṣṭha (foundation, support) by 'a'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratiṣṭha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  privative prefix
• pratiṣṭha – foundation, establishment, support, abode
  noun (neuter)
  from prati + sthā (to stand)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Adjective describing 'jagat'.

ते (te) - they (the demonic persons) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the 'āsurāḥ janāḥ' from the previous verse.

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what is moving

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of root gam (to go), used as a noun

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'āhuḥ'.

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they assert, they say (they say, they speak)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (liṭ) of ah

Perfect

third person plural Perfect of root ah (to say), used with present meaning

Root: ah

अनीश्वरम् (anīśvaram) - without a controller (Īśvara) (without a lord, without a controller)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anīśvara

anīśvara - without a lord, without a master, without a controller, powerless

negation of īśvara (lord) by 'an'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+īśvara)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  privative prefix ('an' before vowels, 'a' before consonants)
• īśvara – lord, master, controller, God
  noun (masculine)
  from īś (to rule)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Adjective describing 'jagat'.

अपरस्परसंभूतम् (aparasparasaṁbhūtam) - not arising from any proper, mutual cause or natural law (dharma) (not caused by mutual union, spontaneous)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aparasparasaṃbhūta

aparasparasaṁbhūta - not arising from mutual cause, spontaneously produced, without connection

negation of parasparasaṃbhūta by 'a'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+parasparasaṃbhūta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  privative prefix
• parasparasaṃbhūta – mutually produced, born of mutual union
  adjective (masculine)
  compound formed from paraspara and saṃbhūta

Note: Adjective describing 'jagat'.

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what, why, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why

अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, another, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

कामहैतुकम् (kāmahaitukam) - having lust (kāma) as its only cause (having lust as its cause)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāmahaituka

kāmahaituka - having lust for its cause, caused by desire

compound with kāma (lust, desire) and hetu (cause) + ka suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+hetuka)

• kāma – desire, lust, pleasure, love
  noun (masculine)
  from root kam (to desire)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• hetuka – caused by, having as a cause
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from hetu (cause) + ka

Note: Adjective describing 'jagat'.