महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-169, verse-12

अनवाप्तेषु कामेषु मृत्युरभ्येति मानवम् ।
शष्पाणीव विचिन्वन्तमन्यत्रगतमानसम् ।
वृकीवोरणमासाद्य मृत्युरादाय गच्छति ॥१२॥

12. anavāpteṣu kāmeṣu mṛtyurabhyeti mānavam ,
śaṣpāṇīva vicinvantamanyatragatamānasam ,
vṛkīvoraṇamāsādya mṛtyurādāya gacchati.

12. anavāpteṣu kāmeṣu mṛtyuḥ abhyeti
mānavam śaṣpāṇi iva vicinvantam
anyatragatamānasam vṛkī iva uraṇam
āsādya mṛtyuḥ ādāya gacchati

12. mṛtyuḥ abhyeti mānavam anavāpteṣu
kāmeṣu śaṣpāṇi iva vicinvantam
anyatragatamānasam vṛkī iva uraṇam
āsādya mṛtyuḥ ādāya gacchati

12. Death approaches a human whose desires remain unfulfilled, just as it does one whose mind is distracted while gathering tender grass. Like a she-wolf seizing a ram, death carries him away.

Words meanings summery:

• अनवाप्तेषु (anavāpteṣu) - unobtained, unfulfilled, not reached

• कामेषु (kāmeṣu) - in desires, regarding desires

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, comes near, reaches

• मानवम् (mānavam) - human being, man

• शष्पाणि (śaṣpāṇi) - tender grasses, young shoots

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• विचिन्वन्तम् (vicinvantam) - referring to the human who is distracted while gathering grass. (one who is gathering/picking)

• अन्यत्रगतमानसम् (anyatragatamānasam) - Describes the human who is not mindful of approaching death. (whose mind is distracted elsewhere, with a mind focused elsewhere)

• वृकी (vṛkī) - she-wolf

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उरणम् (uraṇam) - ram, sheep

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached, having seized, having obtained

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having carried away

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

Words meanings and morphology

अनवाप्तेषु (anavāpteṣu) - unobtained, unfulfilled, not reached

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of anavāpta

anavāpta - not obtained, not reached, unfulfilled

Past Passive Participle

Negative 'a' + root āp (to obtain) with prefix ava; suffix -ta

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'kāmeṣu'.

कामेषु (kāmeṣu) - in desires, regarding desires

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, longing; love, sensual pleasure

From root kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Used in an absolute locative construction, meaning 'when desires are unfulfilled'.

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, the god of death

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, comes near, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of abhi-i

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

मानवम् (mānavam) - human being, man

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - human, belonging to Manu; a man, human being

Derived from Manu

शष्पाणि (śaṣpāṇi) - tender grasses, young shoots

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śaṣpa

śaṣpa - tender grass, young shoot, sprout

Note: Object of 'vicinvantam'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

विचिन्वन्तम् (vicinvantam) - referring to the human who is distracted while gathering grass. (one who is gathering/picking)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vicinvant

vicinvant - gathering, selecting, searching for

Present Active Participle

Root ci (to gather, collect) with prefix vi; present participle suffix -at

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'mānavam'.

अन्यत्रगतमानसम् (anyatragatamānasam) - Describes the human who is not mindful of approaching death. (whose mind is distracted elsewhere, with a mind focused elsewhere)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anyatragatamānasa

anyatragatamānasa - whose mind has gone elsewhere, with a distracted mind

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (anyatra+gata+mānasa)

• anyatra – elsewhere, to another place
  indeclinable
• gata – gone, departed, reached
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root gam (to go); suffix -ta
  Root: gam (class 1)
• mānasa – mind, heart, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from manas (mind)

Note: Agrees with 'mānavam'.

वृकी (vṛkī) - she-wolf

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛkī

vṛkī - she-wolf, female wolf

Feminine form of vṛka (wolf)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उरणम् (uraṇam) - ram, sheep

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uraṇa

uraṇa - ram, sheep, lamb

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached, having seized, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root sad (to sit, approach) with prefix ā; suffix -ya for absolutive

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, the god of death

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having carried away

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root dā (to give/take) with prefix ā; suffix -ya for absolutive

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)