महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-10, verse-19

न हि प्रमादात्परमोऽस्ति कश्चिद्वधो नराणामिह जीवलोके ।
प्रमत्तमर्था हि नरं समन्तात्त्यजन्त्यनर्थाश्च समाविशन्ति ॥१९॥

19. na hi pramādātparamo'sti kaści;dvadho narāṇāmiha jīvaloke ,
pramattamarthā hi naraṁ samantā;ttyajantyanarthāśca samāviśanti.

19. na hi pramādāt paramaḥ asti kaścit
vadhaḥ narāṇām iha jīvaloke |
pramattam arthāḥ hi naram samantāt
tyajanti anarthāḥ ca samāviśanti

19. iha jīvaloke nraṇām pramādāt
paramaḥ kaścit vadhaḥ na hi asti hi
arthāḥ pramattam naram samantāt
tyajanti ca anarthāḥ samāviśanti

19. Indeed, there is no greater destruction for human beings in this world than that caused by heedlessness (pramāda). For, possessions truly abandon a negligent person from all sides, and misfortunes completely overtake him.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• प्रमादात् (pramādāt) - from heedlessness, from negligence

• परमः (paramaḥ) - greatest, supreme, highest

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - any, someone, something

• वधः (vadhaḥ) - destruction, killing, annihilation

• नराणाम् (narāṇām) - of men, of human beings

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• जीवलोके (jīvaloke) - in the world of living beings

• प्रमत्तम् (pramattam) - a negligent one, careless person

• अर्थाः (arthāḥ) - possessions, wealth, interests, objects of desire

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• नरम् (naram) - man, person

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, completely, everywhere

• त्यजन्ति (tyajanti) - they abandon, they forsake

• अनर्थाः (anarthāḥ) - misfortunes, troubles, adverse circumstances

• च (ca) - and

• समाविशन्ति (samāviśanti) - they enter, they approach, they afflict

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

प्रमादात् (pramādāt) - from heedlessness, from negligence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pramāda

pramāda - heedlessness, negligence, error, inadvertence (pramāda)

derived from pra-√mad (to be exhilarated, to be careless)

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

परमः (paramaḥ) - greatest, supreme, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - greatest, supreme, highest, excellent

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - any, someone, something

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - someone, something, any

from kim + cit

वधः (vadhaḥ) - destruction, killing, annihilation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, striking, destruction

from root √vadh (to strike, kill)

Root: vadh (class 1)

नराणाम् (narāṇām) - of men, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, person

Root: nṛ

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

जीवलोके (jīvaloke) - in the world of living beings

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jīvaloka

jīvaloka - the world of living beings, the mortal world

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+loka)

• jīva – living, alive; a living being, soul
  adjective (masculine)
  from root √jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)

प्रमत्तम् (pramattam) - a negligent one, careless person

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pramatta

pramatta - negligent, careless, intoxicated, mad

Past Passive Participle

from pra-√mad

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

अर्थाः (arthāḥ) - possessions, wealth, interests, objects of desire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, wealth, possession, object

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

नरम् (naram) - man, person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

Root: nṛ

समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, completely, everywhere

(indeclinable)

from samanta (all-sided)

त्यजन्ति (tyajanti) - they abandon, they forsake

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of tyaj

present tense, 3rd person plural

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अनर्थाः (anarthāḥ) - misfortunes, troubles, adverse circumstances

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anartha

anartha - misfortune, trouble, harm; worthless

negative prefix 'an' + artha

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+artha)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• artha – aim, purpose, meaning, wealth, possession, object
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समाविशन्ति (samāviśanti) - they enter, they approach, they afflict

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of samāviś

present tense, 3rd person plural

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: viś (class 6)