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7,126

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-126, verse-35

धर्मार्थकामकुशलो धर्मार्थावप्यपीडयन् ।
धर्मप्रधानः कार्याणि कुर्याश्चेति पुनः पुनः ॥३५॥
35. dharmārthakāmakuśalo dharmārthāvapyapīḍayan ,
dharmapradhānaḥ kāryāṇi kuryāśceti punaḥ punaḥ.
35. dharma-artha-kāma-kuśalaḥ dharma-arthau api apīḍayan
dharma-pradhānaḥ kāryāṇi kuryāt ca iti punaḥ punaḥ
35. dharma-artha-kāma-kuśalaḥ dharma-arthau api apīḍayan
dharma-pradhānaḥ kāryāṇi punaḥ punaḥ kuryāt ca iti
35. One who is skilled in natural law (dharma), prosperity, and desire, without violating natural law (dharma) or prosperity, and for whom natural law (dharma) is the primary concern, should repeatedly perform (their) duties.

Words meanings summery:

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  • धर्म-अर्थ-काम-कुशलः (dharma-artha-kāma-kuśalaḥ) - skilled in natural law (dharma), prosperity, and desire (skillful in dharma, artha, and kama; expert in the three goals of life)
  • धर्म-अर्थौ (dharma-arthau) - natural law (dharma) and prosperity (dharma and artha; natural law and prosperity)
  • अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, moreover)
  • अपीडयन् (apīḍayan) - without harming, without violating (not harming, not troubling, not oppressing)
  • धर्म-प्रधानः (dharma-pradhānaḥ) - for whom natural law (dharma) is the primary concern (one who considers dharma supreme; dharma-dominant)
  • कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - (their) duties (duties, actions to be done, tasks, affairs)
  • कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should perform (should do, should make, should perform)
  • (ca) - and, also, moreover
  • इति (iti) - (understood as closing the statement, or 'thus') (thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech)
  • पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, further, moreover)
  • पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, further, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्म-अर्थ-काम-कुशलः (dharma-artha-kāma-kuśalaḥ) - skilled in natural law (dharma), prosperity, and desire (skillful in dharma, artha, and kama; expert in the three goals of life)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma-artha-kāma-kuśala
dharma-artha-kāma-kuśala - one who is adept or expert in the three aims of life: natural law, material well-being, and pleasure
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+artha+kāma+kuśala)
  • dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue (dharma)
    noun (masculine)
    Root: dhṛ (class 1)
  • artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, prosperity, material well-being
    noun (masculine)
  • kāma – desire, wish, pleasure, love
    noun (masculine)
    Root: kam (class 1)
  • kuśala – skillful, expert, clever, well-being, welfare
    adjective (masculine)
Note: Refers to the subject (implied 'he' or 'one').
धर्म-अर्थौ (dharma-arthau) - natural law (dharma) and prosperity (dharma and artha; natural law and prosperity)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, dual of dharma-artha
dharma-artha - natural law and prosperity (the first two puruṣārthas)
Compound type : dvandva (dharma+artha)
  • dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue (dharma)
    noun (masculine)
    Root: dhṛ (class 1)
  • artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, prosperity, material well-being
    noun (masculine)
Note: Object of 'apīḍayan'.
अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, moreover)
(indeclinable)
अपीडयन् (apīḍayan) - without harming, without violating (not harming, not troubling, not oppressing)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of apīḍayat
apīḍayat - not harming, not troubling, not oppressing
Present Active Participle
Derived from root 'pīḍ' (to harm, oppress) with prefix 'a-' (negative) and suffix '-śatṛ'.
Prefix: a
Root: pīḍ (class 10)
Note: Adjective to the implied subject.
धर्म-प्रधानः (dharma-pradhānaḥ) - for whom natural law (dharma) is the primary concern (one who considers dharma supreme; dharma-dominant)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma-pradhāna
dharma-pradhāna - having dharma as the chief or principal thing; whose chief object is dharma
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+pradhāna)
  • dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue (dharma)
    noun (masculine)
    Root: dhṛ (class 1)
  • pradhāna – chief, principal, main, important thing
    adjective (masculine)
    Prefix: pra
    Root: dhā (class 3)
कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - (their) duties (duties, actions to be done, tasks, affairs)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of kārya
kārya - what is to be done, duty, action, business, affair
Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)
Derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix '-ya'.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Object of 'kuryāt'.
कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should perform (should do, should make, should perform)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ
Optative active
Third person singular optative active of root 'kṛ'.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
(ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
इति (iti) - (understood as closing the statement, or 'thus') (thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech)
(indeclinable)
पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, further, moreover)
(indeclinable)
पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, further, moreover)
(indeclinable)