महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-204, verse-9

स्निग्धत्वात्तिलवत्सर्वं चक्रेऽस्मिन्पीड्यते जगत् ।
तिलपीडैरिवाक्रम्य भोगैरज्ञानसंभवैः ॥९॥

9. snigdhatvāttilavatsarvaṁ cakre'sminpīḍyate jagat ,
tilapīḍairivākramya bhogairajñānasaṁbhavaiḥ.

9. snigdhatvāt tilavat sarvam cakre asmin pīḍyate jagat
tilapīḍaiḥ iva ākramya bhogaiḥ ajñānasaṃbhavaiḥ

9. jagat asmin cakre snigdhatvāt tilavat pīḍyate
ajñānasaṃbhavaiḥ bhogaiḥ tilapīḍaiḥ iva ākramya

9. Due to its inherent attachment, this entire world is tormented in this cycle, just like a sesame seed (is pressed). It is overwhelmed by sensory experiences (bhogaiḥ) arising from ignorance (ajñāna), as if by those who extract oil from sesame seeds.

Words meanings summery:

• स्निग्धत्वात् (snigdhatvāt) - due to inherent attachment (due to oiliness, due to stickiness, due to affection, due to attachment)

• तिलवत् (tilavat) - like a sesame seed (like sesame seed, like a sesame)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire (all, every, entire)

• चक्रे (cakre) - in this cycle (of existence) (in the wheel, in the circle, in the cycle)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (cycle) (in this)

• पीड्यते (pīḍyate) - is tormented (is pressed, is tormented, is afflicted)

• जगत् (jagat) - the entire world (the world, that which moves)

• तिलपीडैः (tilapīḍaiḥ) - by those who extract oil from sesame seeds (by oil-pressers, by those who crush sesame)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, similar to)

• आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having overwhelmed (having attacked, having overwhelmed, having assailed)

• भोगैः (bhogaiḥ) - by sensory experiences (by enjoyments, by experiences, by objects of sense)

• अज्ञानसंभवैः (ajñānasaṁbhavaiḥ) - by those arising from ignorance (by those born of ignorance, arising from nescience)

Words meanings and morphology

स्निग्धत्वात् (snigdhatvāt) - due to inherent attachment (due to oiliness, due to stickiness, due to affection, due to attachment)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of snigdhatva

snigdhatva - oiliness, stickiness, affection, attachment

derived from snigdha (oily, affectionate) + tva (suffix forming abstract noun)

Root: snih (class 4)

तिलवत् (tilavat) - like a sesame seed (like sesame seed, like a sesame)

(indeclinable)

formed from tila (sesame) + vat (suffix meaning "like", "as if")

सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire (all, every, entire)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

Note: Agrees with jagat

चक्रे (cakre) - in this cycle (of existence) (in the wheel, in the circle, in the cycle)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, circle, discus, cycle

Root: kṛ

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (cycle) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with cakre

पीड्यते (pīḍyate) - is tormented (is pressed, is tormented, is afflicted)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pīḍ

present passive

root pīḍ (1st class) + ya (passive sign) + te (3rd person singular middle ending)

Root: pīḍ (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - the entire world (the world, that which moves)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, moving, living beings

present active participle

from root gam (to go) + śatṛ (present active participle suffix)

Root: gam (class 1)

तिलपीडैः (tilapīḍaiḥ) - by those who extract oil from sesame seeds (by oil-pressers, by those who crush sesame)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tilapīḍa

tilapīḍa - oil-presser, one who crushes sesame

compound of tila (sesame) and pīḍa (presser, one who presses)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tila+pīḍa)

• tila – sesame seed, sesame plant
  noun (masculine)
• pīḍa – pressing, tormenting, one who presses
  noun (masculine)
  from root pīḍ (to press)
  Root: pīḍ (class 1)

Note: Used in a simile.

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having overwhelmed (having attacked, having overwhelmed, having assailed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

prefix ā + root kram (to step) + lyap (absolutive suffix when a prefix is present)

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

भोगैः (bhogaiḥ) - by sensory experiences (by enjoyments, by experiences, by objects of sense)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, experience, pleasure, object of sense, possession

from root bhuj (to enjoy, to eat)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

अज्ञानसंभवैः (ajñānasaṁbhavaiḥ) - by those arising from ignorance (by those born of ignorance, arising from nescience)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ajñānasaṃbhava

ajñānasaṁbhava - born of ignorance, arising from nescience

compound of ajñāna (ignorance) and saṃbhava (arising, born from)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ajñāna+saṃbhava)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance (ajñāna)
  noun (neuter)
  a (negation) + jñāna (knowledge)
  Prefix: a
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• saṃbhava – arising, born from, origin
  noun (masculine)
  sam (with) + bhū (to be) + a (suffix)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bhogaiḥ.