महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-105, verse-39

रममाणः श्रिया कश्चिन्नान्यच्छ्रेयोऽभिमन्यते ।
तथा तस्येहमानस्य समारम्भो विनश्यति ॥३९॥

39. ramamāṇaḥ śriyā kaścinnānyacchreyo'bhimanyate ,
tathā tasyehamānasya samārambho vinaśyati.

39. ramamāṇaḥ śriyā kaścit na anyat śreyaḥ abhimanyate
tathā tasya īhamānasya samārambhaḥ vinaśyati

39. kaścit śriyā ramamāṇaḥ anyat śreyaḥ na abhimanyate
tathā tasya īhamānasya samārambhaḥ vinaśyati

39. Someone delighting in prosperity considers nothing else to be superior. Consequently, the efforts of such a striving individual are ruined.

Words meanings summery:

• रममाणः (ramamāṇaḥ) - delighting, enjoying, sporting

• श्रिया (śriyā) - by prosperity, with wealth

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain person

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - anything better/superior (better, superior, more auspicious, welfare)

• अभिमन्यते (abhimanyate) - considers, thinks, deems

• तथा (tathā) - consequently (thus, so, similarly)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (person) (his, of him, its)

• ईहमानस्य (īhamānasya) - of the striving one, of the endeavoring person

• समारम्भः (samārambhaḥ) - enterprise, effort (undertaking, enterprise, beginning, effort)

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, fails

Words meanings and morphology

रममाणः (ramamāṇaḥ) - delighting, enjoying, sporting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ramamāṇa

ramamāṇa - delighting, enjoying, sporting

Present Active Participle (ātmanepada)

Present participle formed from root 'ram' (to delight, play) with '-māna' suffix.

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kaścit'.

श्रिया (śriyā) - by prosperity, with wealth

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, well-being

Note: Indicates the means or accompaniment of delight.

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain person

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, a certain

Combination of 'ka' (from 'kim') and 'cid'.

Note: Subject of 'abhimanyate'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'abhimanyate'.

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Qualifies 'śreyaḥ'.

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - anything better/superior (better, superior, more auspicious, welfare)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, superior, more excellent; good fortune, welfare, ultimate good

Comparative form of 'praśasya' (excellent).

Note: Object of 'abhimanyate'.

अभिमन्यते (abhimanyate) - considers, thinks, deems

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of abhimany

Prefix: abhi

Root: man (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - consequently (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (person) (his, of him, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the implied person (kaścit) and qualifies 'īhamānasya'.

ईहमानस्य (īhamānasya) - of the striving one, of the endeavoring person

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of īhamāna

īhamāna - striving, endeavoring, attempting

Present Middle Participle

Present participle formed from root 'īh' (to strive, endeavor) with '-māna' suffix.

Root: īh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tasya'.

समारम्भः (samārambhaḥ) - enterprise, effort (undertaking, enterprise, beginning, effort)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samārambha

samārambha - beginning, undertaking, enterprise, effort

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'vinaśyati'.

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, fails

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)