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

अथ वा वसतो राजन्वने वन्येन जीवतः ।
द्रव्येषु यस्य ममता मृत्योरास्ये स वर्तते ॥१०॥

10. atha vā vasato rājanvane vanyena jīvataḥ ,
dravyeṣu yasya mamatā mṛtyorāsye sa vartate.

10. atha vā vasataḥ rājan vane vanyena jīvataḥ
dravyeṣu yasya mamatā mṛtyoḥ āsye saḥ vartate

10. atha vā rājan yasya dravyeṣu mamatā (asti) (yaḥ api) vane
vanyena jīvataḥ vasataḥ (asti) saḥ mṛtyoḥ āsye vartate

10. Alternatively, O king, even if one dwells in the forest, sustaining oneself on forest provisions, if that person harbors attachment (mamatā) to material possessions, he resides in the very jaws of death.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, and, thus

• वा (vā) - or, either...or, as if

• वसतः (vasataḥ) - of one dwelling, of a resident

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the woods

• वन्येन (vanyena) - by means of forest produce, with forest things

• जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of one living, of a living being

• द्रव्येषु (dravyeṣu) - in possessions, among substances, in objects

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• ममता (mamatā) - attachment (mamatā) (possessiveness, sense of 'mine', attachment, egoism)

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

• आस्ये (āsye) - in the mouth, in the face

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• वर्तते (vartate) - he exists, he dwells, he remains

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, and, thus

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either...or, as if

(indeclinable)

वसतः (vasataḥ) - of one dwelling, of a resident

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasat

vasat - dwelling, residing

Present Active Participle

From vas + śatṛ

Root: vas (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the woods

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

वन्येन (vanyena) - by means of forest produce, with forest things

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vanya

vanya - of the forest, forest produce, wild

From vana + yat

जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of one living, of a living being

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive

Present Active Participle

From jīv + śatṛ

Root: jīv (class 1)

द्रव्येषु (dravyeṣu) - in possessions, among substances, in objects

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of dravya

dravya - substance, object, possession, wealth

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

ममता (mamatā) - attachment (mamatā) (possessiveness, sense of 'mine', attachment, egoism)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mamatā

mamatā - possessiveness, sense of 'mine', attachment, egoism

From mama (mine) + tā (suffix)

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

आस्ये (āsye) - in the mouth, in the face

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of āsya

āsya - mouth, face

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

वर्तते (vartate) - he exists, he dwells, he remains

(verb)

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

Root: vṛt (class 1)