महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-1, verse-32

स्वयमुत्पादयित्वाग्निं वस्त्रेण परिवेष्टयेत् ।
दह्यमानो मनस्तापं भजते न स पण्डितः ॥३२॥

32. svayamutpādayitvāgniṁ vastreṇa pariveṣṭayet ,
dahyamāno manastāpaṁ bhajate na sa paṇḍitaḥ.

32. svayam utpādayitvā agnim vastreṇa pariveṣṭayet
dahyamānaḥ manastāpam bhajate na saḥ paṇḍitaḥ

32. yaḥ svayam agnim utpādayitvā vastreṇa pariveṣṭayet,
dahyamānaḥ manastāpam bhajate,
saḥ na paṇḍitaḥ

32. One who himself ignites a fire and then wraps it with a garment, and subsequently suffers mental distress from being burned, such a person is not truly wise.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

• उत्पादयित्वा (utpādayitvā) - having ignited (having produced, having generated, having caused to arise)

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire (fire, the god Agni)

• वस्त्रेण (vastreṇa) - with a garment (by a garment, with a cloth)

• परिवेष्टयेत् (pariveṣṭayet) - one should wrap (one should wrap, one should cover, one should enclose)

• दह्यमानः (dahyamānaḥ) - being burned (being burned, being consumed)

• मनस्तापम् (manastāpam) - mental distress (mental agony, distress of mind, sorrow)

• भजते (bhajate) - suffers, obtains (obtains, resorts to, suffers, serves)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• सः (saḥ) - he, such a person (he, that)

• पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a wise man (a wise person, scholar, learned)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

(indeclinable)

उत्पादयित्वा (utpādayitvā) - having ignited (having produced, having generated, having caused to arise)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (causative)

Absolutive form from the causative stem of root pad with prefix ut

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Causative absolutive.

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire (fire, the god Agni)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the god Agni

वस्त्रेण (vastreṇa) - with a garment (by a garment, with a cloth)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vastra

vastra - garment, cloth, attire

परिवेष्टयेत् (pariveṣṭayet) - one should wrap (one should wrap, one should cover, one should enclose)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pariveṣṭayet

optative active

3rd person singular optative active of root veṣṭ with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Expresses recommendation or possibility.

दह्यमानः (dahyamānaḥ) - being burned (being burned, being consumed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dahyamāna

dahyamāna - being burned, being consumed

Present Passive Participle

Present passive participle of root dah (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Functions as a subject here, 'one who is being burned'.

मनस्तापम् (manastāpam) - mental distress (mental agony, distress of mind, sorrow)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of manastāpa

manastāpa - mental agony, distress of mind, sorrow

Compound of manas (mind) and tāpa (heat, suffering)

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+tāpa)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• tāpa – heat, suffering, pain, distress
  noun (masculine)
  From root tap (to heat, suffer)
  Root: tap (class 1)

भजते (bhajate) - suffers, obtains (obtains, resorts to, suffers, serves)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of bhajate

present middle

3rd person singular present middle of root bhaj

Root: bhaj (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, such a person (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a wise man (a wise person, scholar, learned)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - wise, learned, a scholar, a wise man