महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-123, verse-14

कामन्द उवाच ।
यो धर्मार्थौ समुत्सृज्य काममेवानुवर्तते ।
स धर्मार्थपरित्यागात्प्रज्ञानाशमिहार्छति ॥१४॥

14. kāmanda uvāca ,
yo dharmārthau samutsṛjya kāmamevānuvartate ,
sa dharmārthaparityāgātprajñānāśamihārchati.

14. kāmandaḥ uvāca yaḥ dharmārthau samutsṛjya kāmam eva
anuvartate saḥ dharmārthaparityāgāt prajñānāśam iha arcati

14. kāmandaḥ uvāca yaḥ dharmārthau samutsṛjya kāmam eva
anuvartate saḥ dharmārthaparityāgāt iha prajñānāśam arcati

14. Kāmandaka said: The person who completely abandons both natural law (dharma) and material prosperity, pursuing only desire, suffers the destruction of his wisdom in this world because of this forsaking of dharma and artha.

Words meanings summery:

• कामन्दः (kāmandaḥ) - Kāmandaka (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• धर्मार्थौ (dharmārthau) - dharma and artha, righteousness and material prosperity

• समुत्सृज्य (samutsṛjya) - having abandoned, having forsaken

• कामम् (kāmam) - desire, pleasure

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows, pursues

• सः (saḥ) - he

• धर्मार्थपरित्यागात् (dharmārthaparityāgāt) - due to the abandonment of dharma and artha

• प्रज्ञानाशम् (prajñānāśam) - destruction of wisdom, loss of intellect

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अर्चति (arcati) - obtains, reaches, incurs

Words meanings and morphology

कामन्दः (kāmandaḥ) - Kāmandaka (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmanda

kāmanda - Kāmandaka (author of Nītisāra)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd singular active of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

धर्मार्थौ (dharmārthau) - dharma and artha, righteousness and material prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of dharmārtha

dharmārtha - dharma and artha (natural law/righteousness and material prosperity)

Compound type : dvandva (dharma+artha)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, aim, wealth, material prosperity
  noun (masculine)

समुत्सृज्य (samutsṛjya) - having abandoned, having forsaken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive from root sṛj with prefixes sam and ut

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

कामम् (kāmam) - desire, pleasure

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, pleasure, love

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows, pursues

(verb)

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

Present Middle

Present 3rd singular middle of anuvṛt

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मार्थपरित्यागात् (dharmārthaparityāgāt) - due to the abandonment of dharma and artha

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dharmārthaparityāga

dharmārthaparityāga - abandonment of dharma and artha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharmārtha+parityāga)

• dharmārtha – dharma and artha (natural law/righteousness and material prosperity)
  compound noun (masculine)
• parityāga – abandonment, forsaking
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pari-tyaj
  Prefix: pari
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

प्रज्ञानाशम् (prajñānāśam) - destruction of wisdom, loss of intellect

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prajñānāśa

prajñānāśa - destruction of wisdom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajñā+nāśa)

• prajñā – wisdom, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• nāśa – destruction, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Root: naś (class 4)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अर्चति (arcati) - obtains, reaches, incurs

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present 3rd singular active of ṛch (class 1)

Root: ṛch (class 1)