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7,23

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-23, verse-14

यो हि धर्मं परित्यज्य भवत्यर्थपरो नरः ।
सोऽस्माच्च हीयते लोकात्क्षुद्रभावं च गच्छति ॥१४॥
14. yo hi dharmaṁ parityajya bhavatyarthaparo naraḥ ,
so'smācca hīyate lokātkṣudrabhāvaṁ ca gacchati.
14. yaḥ hi dharmam parityajya bhavati arthaparaḥ naraḥ
saḥ asmāt ca hīyate lokāt kṣudrabhāvam ca gacchati
14. hi yaḥ naraḥ dharmam parityajya arthaparaḥ bhavati
saḥ asmāt lokāt ca hīyate ca kṣudrabhāvam gacchati
14. Indeed, a person who abandons their natural law (dharma) or constitution and becomes solely focused on material gain, is deprived of this world and descends into a petty state.

Words meanings summery:

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  • यः (yaḥ) - the one who (who, which)
  • हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)
  • धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)
  • परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)
  • भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, exists, is)
  • अर्थपरः (arthaparaḥ) - solely focused on material gain (intent on wealth, devoted to material gain)
  • नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person)
  • सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)
  • अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • हीयते (hīyate) - is deprived (is deprived, is left, loses)
  • लोकात् (lokāt) - from this world (from the world, from the realm)
  • क्षुद्रभावम् (kṣudrabhāvam) - a petty state (petty state, meanness, lowliness)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • गच्छति (gacchati) - descends (into), attains (goes, attains)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - the one who (who, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which
हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)
(indeclinable)
धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Derived from √tyaj with prefix pari-.
Prefix: pari
Root: tyaj (class 1)
भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, exists, is)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū
present active
Root: bhū (class 1)
अर्थपरः (arthaparaḥ) - solely focused on material gain (intent on wealth, devoted to material gain)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of arthapara
arthapara - intent on wealth, devoted to material gain
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+para)
  • artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, material gain
    noun (masculine)
  • para – intent on, devoted to, supreme, other
    adjective (masculine)
नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nara
nara - man, person
सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this
(pronoun)
Ablative, singular of idam
idam - this
Note: Masculine or Neuter ablative singular form, agreeing with 'lokāt'.
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
हीयते (hīyate) - is deprived (is deprived, is left, loses)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of hā
present passive
Root √hā, class 3, passive voice.
Root: hā (class 3)
Note: Often used with ablative to indicate what is lost or from where one is deprived.
लोकात् (lokāt) - from this world (from the world, from the realm)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of loka
loka - world, realm, people
क्षुद्रभावम् (kṣudrabhāvam) - a petty state (petty state, meanness, lowliness)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣudrabhāva
kṣudrabhāva - petty state, meanness, lowliness
Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṣudra+bhāva)
  • kṣudra – small, petty, mean, low
    adjective (masculine)
  • bhāva – state, condition, existence, nature
    noun (masculine)
    Root: bhū (class 1)
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
गच्छति (gacchati) - descends (into), attains (goes, attains)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam
present active
Root: gam (class 1)