महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-108, verse-11

लोभमेको हि वृणुते ततोऽमर्षमनन्तरम् ।
तौ क्षयव्ययसंयुक्तावन्योन्यजनिताश्रयौ ॥११॥

11. lobhameko hi vṛṇute tato'marṣamanantaram ,
tau kṣayavyayasaṁyuktāvanyonyajanitāśrayau.

11. lobham ekaḥ hi vṛṇute tataḥ amarṣam anantaram
tau kṣayavyayasaṃyuktāu anyonyajanitāśrayau

11. ekaḥ hi lobham vṛṇute tataḥ anantaram amarṣam
tau kṣayavyayasaṃyuktāu anyonyajanitāśrayau

11. Indeed, one person embraces greed (lobha), and immediately after that, envy (amarṣa). These two are associated with ruin and loss, and they are mutually generated and interdependent.

Words meanings summery:

• लोभम् (lobham) - greed (lobha) (greed, avarice, covetousness)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one person (one, a certain (person))

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because, for)

• वृणुते (vṛṇute) - embraces (chooses, selects, embraces, covers)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (thence, then, after that, therefore)

• अमर्षम् (amarṣam) - envy (amarṣa) (envy, indignation, anger, impatience)

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after (immediately after, next, without interval)

• तौ (tau) - these two (greed and envy) (those two)

• क्षयव्ययसंयुक्ताउ (kṣayavyayasaṁyuktāu) - associated with ruin and loss (joined with destruction and expenditure, associated with ruin and loss)

• अन्योन्यजनिताश्रयौ (anyonyajanitāśrayau) - mutually generated and interdependent (having mutual generation as their support, mutually arising and interdependent)

Words meanings and morphology

लोभम् (lobham) - greed (lobha) (greed, avarice, covetousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lobha

lobha - greed, avarice, covetousness, desire

Root: lubh (class 4)

Note: Object of 'vṛṇute'.

एकः (ekaḥ) - one person (one, a certain (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique, sole, certain

Note: Can also be an adjective. Here it refers to an unspecified individual.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: An emphatic particle.

वृणुते (vṛṇute) - embraces (chooses, selects, embraces, covers)

(verb)

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

present middle

5th class verb, ātmanepada, present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: The ātmanepada suggests a reflexive action, choosing for oneself.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (thence, then, after that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: An adverb of time/sequence.

अमर्षम् (amarṣam) - envy (amarṣa) (envy, indignation, anger, impatience)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of amarṣa

amarṣa - impatience, indignation, anger, envy, intolerance

Prefix: a

Root: mṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of implicit 'vṛṇute'.

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after (immediately after, next, without interval)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+antara)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• antara – interval, space between, difference
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially.

तौ (tau) - these two (greed and envy) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'lobha' and 'amarṣa'.

क्षयव्ययसंयुक्ताउ (kṣayavyayasaṁyuktāu) - associated with ruin and loss (joined with destruction and expenditure, associated with ruin and loss)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṣayavyayasaṃyukta

kṣayavyayasaṁyukta - joined with destruction and expenditure

Compound of 'kṣaya-vyaya' and 'saṃyukta'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣayavyaya+saṃyukta)

• kṣayavyaya – destruction and expenditure, decay and loss
  noun (masculine)
• saṃyukta – joined, united, connected, associated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix 'sam' and root 'yuj' (to join).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'tau'.

अन्योन्यजनिताश्रयौ (anyonyajanitāśrayau) - mutually generated and interdependent (having mutual generation as their support, mutually arising and interdependent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of anyonyajanitāśraya

anyonyajanitāśraya - having mutual generation as their support, mutually originating and dependent

Compound of 'anyonya-janita' and 'āśraya'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anyonya+janita+āśraya)

• anyonya – each other, mutual
  pronoun
• janita – generated, produced, born
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'jan' (to be born, to produce).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• āśraya – refuge, support, asylum, dependence, dwelling
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'ā' and root 'śri' (to lean, resort to).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tau'.