महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-110, verse-3

शश्वद्धर्मात्मना जातो बाल एव पिता मम ।
जीवितान्तमनुप्राप्तः कामात्मैवेति नः श्रुतम् ॥३॥

3. śaśvaddharmātmanā jāto bāla eva pitā mama ,
jīvitāntamanuprāptaḥ kāmātmaiveti naḥ śrutam.

3. śaśvat dharmātmanā jātaḥ bālaḥ eva pitā mama
jīvitāntam anuprāptaḥ kāmātmā eva iti naḥ śrutam

3. My father, born from one with an eternally righteous nature (dharmātman), we have heard, met his end as a mere child, having been solely devoted to desires (kāmātman).

Words meanings summery:

• शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always, constantly

• धर्मात्मना (dharmātmanā) - by one with a righteous self (ātman), by a righteous soul (dharma)

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, originated

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a child, young, immature

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• पिता (pitā) - father

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• जीवितान्तम् (jīvitāntam) - end of life, death

• अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - attained, reached, met with

• कामात्मा (kāmātmā) - one whose self (ātman) is desire, desire-driven

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• नः (naḥ) - by us, to us, our

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, listened

Words meanings and morphology

शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

धर्मात्मना (dharmātmanā) - by one with a righteous self (ātman), by a righteous soul (dharma)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - one with a righteous nature (dharma), righteous self (ātman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, originated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced

Past Passive Participle

derived from root jan

Root: jan (class 4)

बालः (bālaḥ) - a child, young, immature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, young, boy

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

जीवितान्तम् (jīvitāntam) - end of life, death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīvitānta

jīvitānta - end of life, death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīvita+anta)

• jīvita – life, living
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - attained, reached, met with

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuprāpta

anuprāpta - attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

derived from root āp with prefixes anu-pra

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

कामात्मा (kāmātmā) - one whose self (ātman) is desire, desire-driven

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmātman

kāmātman - desire-driven self (ātman), one whose self is desire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+ātman)

• kāma – desire, lust, love
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - by us, to us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, listened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root śru

Root: śru (class 5)