महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-185, verse-23

अन्योन्यभक्षणे सक्ता लोभमोहसमन्विताः ।
इहैव परिवर्तन्ते न ते यान्त्युत्तरां दिशम् ॥२३॥

23. anyonyabhakṣaṇe saktā lobhamohasamanvitāḥ ,
ihaiva parivartante na te yāntyuttarāṁ diśam.

23. anyonya-bhakṣaṇe saktāḥ lobha-moha-samanvitāḥ
iha eva parivartante na te yānti uttarām diśam

23. lobha-moha-samanvitāḥ anyonya-bhakṣaṇe saktāḥ
te iha eva parivartante na uttarām diśam yānti

23. Those who are engrossed in mutually destroying each other, filled with greed and delusion, continue to revolve in this very world (saṃsāra) and do not attain the northern path (a metaphorical direction often associated with liberation or higher realms).

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्य-भक्षणे (anyonya-bhakṣaṇe) - in mutual devouring, in eating each other

• सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached, engrossed, addicted, clinging

• लोभ-मोह-समन्विताः (lobha-moha-samanvitāḥ) - endowed with greed and delusion

• इह (iha) - in this mundane existence (saṃsāra) (here, in this world)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, alone

• परिवर्तन्ते (parivartante) - they are reborn in the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (they revolve, they continue, they wander, they turn around)

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - they

• यान्ति (yānti) - they attain, they reach (they go, they move)

• उत्तराम् (uttarām) - northern, higher, superior

• दिशम् (diśam) - path, destiny (referring to the path of liberation or higher realms) (direction, quarter)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्य-भक्षणे (anyonya-bhakṣaṇe) - in mutual devouring, in eating each other

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of anyonya-bhakṣaṇa

anyonya-bhakṣaṇa - mutual devouring, eating one another

Compound type : tatpurusha (anyonya+bhakṣaṇa)

• anyonya – mutual, each other
  pronoun
• bhakṣaṇa – eating, devouring, consuming
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root √bhakṣ (to eat)
  Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached, engrossed, addicted, clinging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sakta

sakta - attached, clinging, engrossed, addicted, capable

Past Passive Participle

from root √sañj (to cling, adhere)

Root: sañj (class 1)

लोभ-मोह-समन्विताः (lobha-moha-samanvitāḥ) - endowed with greed and delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lobha-moha-samanvita

lobha-moha-samanvita - endowed/accompanied by greed and delusion

Past Passive Participle

Compound of lobha-moha (greed and delusion) and samanvita (accompanied by)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (lobha+moha+samanvita)

• lobha – greed, covetousness
  noun (masculine)
  from root √lubh (to covet)
  Root: lubh (class 4)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  from root √muh (to be deluded)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• samanvita – accompanied by, possessed of, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √iṣ (to go) with prefix sam-anu
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: This adjective modifies the implicit subject 'they'.

इह (iha) - in this mundane existence (saṃsāra) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, alone

(indeclinable)

परिवर्तन्ते (parivartante) - they are reborn in the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (they revolve, they continue, they wander, they turn around)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of parivṛt

Present Tense

from root √vṛt (to turn, exist) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'those who are engrossed...'.

यान्ति (yānti) - they attain, they reach (they go, they move)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Tense

from root √yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

उत्तराम् (uttarām) - northern, higher, superior

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uttara

uttara - northern, upper, subsequent, superior, higher

Note: Modifies `diśam`.

दिशम् (diśam) - path, destiny (referring to the path of liberation or higher realms) (direction, quarter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region