महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-6, verse-11

यास्तु ता बहुशो धाराः स्रवन्ति मधुनिस्रवम् ।
तांस्तु कामरसान्विद्याद्यत्र मज्जन्ति मानवाः ॥११॥

11. yāstu tā bahuśo dhārāḥ sravanti madhunisravam ,
tāṁstu kāmarasānvidyādyatra majjanti mānavāḥ.

11. yāḥ tu tāḥ bahuśaḥ dhārāḥ sravanti madhunisravam
tān tu kāmarasān vidyāt yatra majjanti mānavāḥ

11. yāḥ tāḥ dhārāḥ bahuśaḥ madhunisravam sravanti,
tān tu yatra mānavāḥ majjanti,
kāmarasān vidyāt.

11. And those many streams that flow with an abundance of honey—one should know them to be the pleasures of desire (kāmarasa), into which human beings plunge.

Words meanings summery:

• याः (yāḥ) - Refers to the streams (dhārāḥ). (which (feminine plural))

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• ताः (tāḥ) - Refers to the streams (dhārāḥ). (those (feminine plural))

• बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - abundantly, frequently, in many ways

• धाराः (dhārāḥ) - streams, flows, torrents

• स्रवन्ति (sravanti) - they flow, they trickle

• मधुनिस्रवम् (madhunisravam) - stream of honey, flowing of honey

• तान् (tān) - Refers to the streams (dhārāḥ), implicitly masculine because it refers to the kāmarasa. (those (masculine plural))

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• कामरसान् (kāmarasān) - pleasures of desire, objects of desire

• विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, one should understand

• यत्र (yatra) - where, into which

• मज्जन्ति (majjanti) - they sink, they plunge, they immerse themselves

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - human beings, men

Words meanings and morphology

याः (yāḥ) - Refers to the streams (dhārāḥ). (which (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ya

ya - which, who, what

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - Refers to the streams (dhārāḥ). (those (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - abundantly, frequently, in many ways

(indeclinable)

derived from bahu (many) + śas suffix

धाराः (dhārāḥ) - streams, flows, torrents

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dhārā

dhārā - stream, current, flow, cascade

from root dhṛ (to hold)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

स्रवन्ति (sravanti) - they flow, they trickle

(verb)

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

Root: sru (class 1)

मधुनिस्रवम् (madhunisravam) - stream of honey, flowing of honey

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of madhunisrava

madhunisrava - flowing of honey, stream of honey

Compound type : tatpurusha (madhu+nisrava)

• madhu – honey, sweet
  noun (neuter)
• nisrava – flowing, trickling, stream
  noun (masculine)
  from ni- + sru (to flow)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sru (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here 'with honey-flow'.

तान् (tān) - Refers to the streams (dhārāḥ), implicitly masculine because it refers to the kāmarasa. (those (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agreement with kāmarasān.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

कामरसान् (kāmarasān) - pleasures of desire, objects of desire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kāmarasa

kāmarasa - pleasure of desire, object of sensuous enjoyment

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāma+rasa)

• kāma – desire, wish, love, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
  from root kam (to desire)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• rasa – taste, flavor, essence, pleasure, juice
  noun (masculine)

विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, one should understand

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid

from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Expresses command, request, potential.

यत्र (yatra) - where, into which

(indeclinable)

मज्जन्ति (majjanti) - they sink, they plunge, they immerse themselves

(verb)

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

from root masj (to plunge, sink)

Root: masj (class 6)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - human beings, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, man, descendant of Manu