महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-171, verse-37

मन्दलोलुपता दुःखमिति बुद्धं चिरान्मया ।
यद्यदालम्बसे काम तत्तदेवानुरुध्यसे ॥३७॥

37. mandalolupatā duḥkhamiti buddhaṁ cirānmayā ,
yadyadālambase kāma tattadevānurudhyase.

37. manda-lolupatā duḥkham iti buddham cirāt mayā
yat yat ālambase kāma tat tat eva anurudhyase

37. kāma manda-lolupatā duḥkham iti mayā cirāt buddham.
yat yat ālambase tat tat eva anurudhyase

37. I have understood after a long time that sluggish covetousness (kāma) is suffering (duḥkha). O Desire (kāma), whatever you cling to, you become devoted to that very thing.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्द-लोलुपता (manda-lolupatā) - sluggish greed, dull covetousness, slow avarice

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, sorrow, pain

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating speech/thought

• बुद्धम् (buddham) - understood, known, perceived

• चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, for a long time

• मया (mayā) - by me

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• आलम्बसे (ālambase) - you cling to, you rely on, you take support of

• काम (kāma) - O Desire!, O love!

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular)

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular)

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

• अनुरुध्यसे (anurudhyase) - you pursue, you follow, you attach yourself to, you yield to

Words meanings and morphology

मन्द-लोलुपता (manda-lolupatā) - sluggish greed, dull covetousness, slow avarice

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of manda-lolupatā

manda-lolupatā - dull/sluggish covetousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (manda+lolupatā)

• manda – slow, dull, sluggish, weak
  adjective (masculine)
• lolupatā – greed, covetousness, extreme desire
  noun (feminine)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, sorrow, pain

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, unhappiness

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating speech/thought

(indeclinable)

बुद्धम् (buddham) - understood, known, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of buddha

buddha - awakened, enlightened, known, understood (Past Passive Participle of budh)

Past Passive Participle

Root: budh (class 1)

चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, for a long time

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially (ablative sense).

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

आलम्बसे (ālambase) - you cling to, you rely on, you take support of

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ālamb

Prefix: ā

Root: lamb (class 1)

काम (kāma) - O Desire!, O love!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure (kāma)

तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

(indeclinable)

अनुरुध्यसे (anurudhyase) - you pursue, you follow, you attach yourself to, you yield to

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anurudh

Prefix: anu

Root: rudh (class 7)