महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-197, verse-16

विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः ।
रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ॥१६॥

16. viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ ,
rasavarjaṁ raso'pyasya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate.

16. viṣayāḥ vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ
rasa-varjam rasaḥ api asya param dṛṣṭvā nivartate

16. nirāhārasya dehinaḥ viṣayāḥ vinivartante; rasa-varjam (tu asti); asya rasaḥ api param dṛṣṭvā nivartate.

16. Sense objects (viṣaya) withdraw from an embodied being (dehin) who abstains from them. However, the inclination or taste (rasa) for them persists. But even this taste (rasa) ceases for one who has experienced the Supreme.

Words meanings summery:

• विषयाः (viṣayāḥ) - sense objects (sense objects, objects of experience, matters)

• विनिवर्तन्ते (vinivartante) - withdraw (turn away, recede, cease)

• निराहारस्य (nirāhārasya) - of one who abstains (from sense objects) (of one abstaining from food; of one abstinent)

• देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - of an embodied being (of an embodied being, of a living creature)

• रस-वर्जम् (rasa-varjam) - except for the inclination or taste (for objects) (except for taste/relish/desire)

• रसः (rasaḥ) - inclination or taste (for sense objects) (taste, relish, desire, inclination)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• अस्य (asya) - his (of that embodied being) (of this, his)

• परम् (param) - the Supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having experienced (having seen, having perceived, having understood)

• निवर्तते (nivartate) - ceases (turns away, recedes, ceases)

Words meanings and morphology

विषयाः (viṣayāḥ) - sense objects (sense objects, objects of experience, matters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object of sense, realm, scope, matter, affair

विनिवर्तन्ते (vinivartante) - withdraw (turn away, recede, cease)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of vinivṛt

present tense, middle voice

root Vṛt, Class 1, Ātmanepada (middle voice)

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

निराहारस्य (nirāhārasya) - of one who abstains (from sense objects) (of one abstaining from food; of one abstinent)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nirāhāra

nirāhāra - abstaining from food, fasting, abstinent

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (nis+āhāra)

• nis – without, out, away (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• āhāra – food, nourishment, intake, activity
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - of an embodied being (of an embodied being, of a living creature)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, having a body, a living being

from 'deha' (body) + 'in' (possessive suffix)

रस-वर्जम् (rasa-varjam) - except for the inclination or taste (for objects) (except for taste/relish/desire)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rasa+varja)

• rasa – taste, relish, essence, juice, feeling, desire
  noun (masculine)
• varja – excluding, abandoning, without
  adjective (masculine)
  from root Vṛj
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Adverbial accusative of the adjective 'rasavarja'.

रसः (rasaḥ) - inclination or taste (for sense objects) (taste, relish, desire, inclination)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rasa

rasa - taste, relish, essence, juice, feeling, desire

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his (of that embodied being) (of this, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

परम् (param) - the Supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Functions as a noun here: 'the Supreme (reality)'.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having experienced (having seen, having perceived, having understood)

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

निवर्तते (nivartate) - ceases (turns away, recedes, ceases)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of nivṛt

present tense, middle voice

root Vṛt, Class 1, Ātmanepada (middle voice)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)