महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-169, verse-17

तं पुत्रपशुसंमत्तं व्यासक्तमनसं नरम् ।
सुप्तं व्याघ्रं महौघो वा मृत्युरादाय गच्छति ॥१७॥

17. taṁ putrapaśusaṁmattaṁ vyāsaktamanasaṁ naram ,
suptaṁ vyāghraṁ mahaugho vā mṛtyurādāya gacchati.

17. tam putrapaśusaṃmattam vyāsaktamanasam naram suptam
vyāghram mahā oghaḥ vā mṛtyuḥ ādāya gacchati

17. mṛtyuḥ tam putrapaśusaṃmattam vyāsaktamanasam
naram ādāya gacchati vā mahā oghaḥ suptam vyāghram

17. Death takes away that man whose mind is engrossed in sons and cattle and deeply attached, just as a great flood carries away a sleeping tiger.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• पुत्रपशुसंमत्तम् (putrapaśusaṁmattam) - engrossed in sons and cattle/animals

• व्यासक्तमनसम् (vyāsaktamanasam) - whose mind is attached, distracted mind

• नरम् (naram) - man, human being

• सुप्तम् (suptam) - sleeping, asleep

• व्याघ्रम् (vyāghram) - tiger

• महा (mahā) - great, large, mighty

• ओघः (oghaḥ) - flood, torrent, stream

• वा (vā) - used to introduce a comparison (or, like)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, taking away

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the man (naram).

पुत्रपशुसंमत्तम् (putrapaśusaṁmattam) - engrossed in sons and cattle/animals

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putrapaśusaṃmatta

putrapaśusaṁmatta - engrossed in sons and cattle/animals

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+paśu+saṃmatta)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• paśu – animal, cattle, beast
  noun (masculine)
• saṃmatta – intoxicated, mad, deluded, engrossed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'mad' (to be joyful, intoxicated) with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'naram'.

व्यासक्तमनसम् (vyāsaktamanasam) - whose mind is attached, distracted mind

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāsaktamanas

vyāsaktamanas - one whose mind is attached, distracted, engrossed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vyāsakta+manas)

• vyāsakta – attached, clinging, distracted, bewildered
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'sañj' (to cling) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ā'
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: sañj (class 7)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'naram'.

नरम् (naram) - man, human being

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, hero

सुप्तम् (suptam) - sleeping, asleep

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of supta

supta - slept, sleeping, asleep

Past Passive Participle

From root 'svap' (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'vyāghram'.

व्याघ्रम् (vyāghram) - tiger

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger, best of its kind

महा (mahā) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Note: Modifies 'oghaḥ'.

ओघः (oghaḥ) - flood, torrent, stream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ogha

ogha - flood, torrent, stream, multitude, mass

वा (vā) - used to introduce a comparison (or, like)

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, god of death (Yama)

Root: mṛ (class 1)

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, taking away

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root 'dā' (to give, to seize) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 1)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

(verb)

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

present active, 3rd person singular

root 'gam', present tense, parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)