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12,10

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-10, verse-13

यथान्नं क्षुधितो लब्ध्वा न भुञ्जीत यदृच्छया ।
कामी च कामिनीं लब्ध्वा कर्मेदं नस्तथाविधम् ॥१३॥
13. yathānnaṁ kṣudhito labdhvā na bhuñjīta yadṛcchayā ,
kāmī ca kāminīṁ labdhvā karmedaṁ nastathāvidham.
13. yathā annam kṣudhitaḥ labdhvā na bhuñjīta yadṛcchayā
kāmī ca kāminīm labdhvā karma idam naḥ tathāvidham
13. yathā kṣudhitaḥ annam labdhvā yadṛcchayā na bhuñjīta ca
kāmī kāminīm labdhvā tathā naḥ idam karma tathāvidham
13. Just as a hungry person, having found food, might not eat it indiscriminately; and similarly, a man desirous of a woman, having found a beloved woman (but not enjoying her); our present action (karma) is exactly like that.

Words meanings summery:

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  • यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to
  • अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain
  • क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - hungry, afflicted by hunger
  • लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having found, having acquired
  • (na) - not, no
  • भुञ्जीत (bhuñjīta) - might eat, should enjoy
  • यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance, arbitrarily, at will, indiscriminately
  • कामी (kāmī) - desirous, lustful, a man with desire
  • (ca) - and, also, moreover
  • कामिनीम् (kāminīm) - a desirable woman, beloved woman
  • लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having found, having acquired
  • कर्म (karma) - this action (karma) of ours (action, deed, ritual, fate (karma))
  • इदम् (idam) - this
  • नः (naḥ) - our, to us, of us
  • तथाविधम् (tathāvidham) - of that kind, similar, of such a nature

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to
(indeclinable)
अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of anna
anna - food, boiled rice, grain
Past Passive Participle
From root ad (to eat).
Root: ad (class 2)
क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - hungry, afflicted by hunger
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣudhita
kṣudhita - hungry, famished, desirous of eating
Past Passive Participle
From root kṣudh (to be hungry).
Root: kṣudh (class 4)
लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having found, having acquired
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root labh (class 1, ātmanepada).
Root: labh (class 1)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
भुञ्जीत (bhuñjīta) - might eat, should enjoy
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhuj
Optative mood, middle voice
From root bhuj (class 7, ubhayapada, here ātmanepada).
Root: bhuj (class 7)
यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance, arbitrarily, at will, indiscriminately
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of yadṛcchā
yadṛcchā - one's own will, freedom, chance, spontaneity
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yat+ṛcchā)
  • yat – what, which, that
    pronoun (neuter)
  • ṛcchā – desire, wish, will
    noun (feminine)
    Root: ṛcch (class 6)
कामी (kāmī) - desirous, lustful, a man with desire
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmin
kāmin - desirous, loving, lustful, a lover, a man of desires
From kāma with suffix -in.
(ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
कामिनीम् (kāminīm) - a desirable woman, beloved woman
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kāminī
kāminī - a desirable woman, a beloved, a loving woman
Feminine form of kāmin.
लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having found, having acquired
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root labh (class 1, ātmanepada).
Root: labh (class 1)
कर्म (karma) - this action (karma) of ours (action, deed, ritual, fate (karma))
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of karman
karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of actions (karma)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
इदम् (idam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this, this one, here
नः (naḥ) - our, to us, of us
(pronoun)
Genitive, plural of asmad
asmad - I, we
तथाविधम् (tathāvidham) - of that kind, similar, of such a nature
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tathāvidha
tathāvidha - of that kind, of such a nature, such
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tathā+vidha)
  • tathā – so, thus, in that manner
    indeclinable
  • vidha – kind, sort, manner, form
    noun (masculine)