महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-117, verse-16

किं मृषोक्तेन बहुना कर्मणा तु समाचर ।
शारदस्येव मेघस्य गर्जितं निष्फलं हि ते ॥१६॥

16. kiṁ mṛṣoktena bahunā karmaṇā tu samācara ,
śāradasyeva meghasya garjitaṁ niṣphalaṁ hi te.

16. kim mṛṣā uktena bahunā karmaṇā tu samācara
śāradasya iva meghasya garjitam niṣphalam hi te

16. bahunā mṛṣā uktena kim (prayojanam)? tu karmaṇā samācara
hi te garjitam śāradasya meghasya iva niṣphalam (asti)

16. What is the point of much false speech? Rather, act with (your) actions (karma)! For indeed, your roar (garjita) is fruitless, just like that of an autumn cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (is the point of) (what, why, whether)

• मृषा (mṛṣā) - false (falsely, in vain, untrue)

• उक्तेन (uktena) - speech, talk (as in 'spoken thing') (spoken, said, stated)

• बहुना (bahunā) - of much (by much, by many)

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by (your) actions (karma) (by action, by deed, by ritual (karma))

• तु (tu) - rather (but, yet, indeed, on the other hand)

• समाचर (samācara) - act (act, perform, behave, practice)

• शारदस्य (śāradasya) - of an autumn (cloud) (of autumn, autumnal)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• मेघस्य (meghasya) - of a cloud

• गर्जितम् (garjitam) - roar, thunder (roaring, thundering, a roar, thunder)

• निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) - fruitless (fruitless, useless, vain)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, surely, for)

• ते (te) - your (your, to you)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (is the point of) (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

मृषा (mṛṣā) - false (falsely, in vain, untrue)

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of the compound 'mṛṣā-uktena'.

उक्तेन (uktena) - speech, talk (as in 'spoken thing') (spoken, said, stated)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, stated; speech, word (as noun)

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root vac (to speak), irregular past participle

Root: vac (class 2)

बहुना (bahunā) - of much (by much, by many)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant

Note: Agrees with 'uktena'.

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by (your) actions (karma) (by action, by deed, by ritual (karma))

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, ritual, fate, effect of actions (karma)

From root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तु (tu) - rather (but, yet, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

समाचर (samācara) - act (act, perform, behave, practice)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sam-ā-car

From root car (class 1) with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)

शारदस्य (śāradasya) - of an autumn (cloud) (of autumn, autumnal)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śārada

śārada - autumnal, relating to autumn, produced in autumn

Derived from śarad (autumn)

Note: Agrees with 'meghasya'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

मेघस्य (meghasya) - of a cloud

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of megha

megha - cloud, rain-cloud

गर्जितम् (garjitam) - roar, thunder (roaring, thundering, a roar, thunder)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of garjita

garjita - roared, thundered; a roar, thunder (as noun)

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root garj (to roar)

Root: garj (class 1)

Note: Refers to the 'thundering' or 'roaring' itself.

निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) - fruitless (fruitless, useless, vain)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niṣphala

niṣphala - fruitless, useless, vain, unproductive

Compound of nis (without) and phala (fruit)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+phala)

• nis – without, out, forth
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'garjitam'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Causal particle.

ते (te) - your (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Enclitic form of 'tava' (your).