महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-206, verse-7

तृष्णाभिभूतस्तैर्बद्धस्तानेवाभिपरिप्लवन् ।
संसारतन्त्रवाहिन्यस्तत्र बुध्येत योषितः ॥७॥

7. tṛṣṇābhibhūtastairbaddhastānevābhipariplavan ,
saṁsāratantravāhinyastatra budhyeta yoṣitaḥ.

7. tṛṣṇā abhibhūtaḥ taiḥ baddhaḥ tān eva abhipariplavan
saṃsāra tantra vāhinyaḥ tatra budhyeta yoṣitaḥ

7. tṛṣṇābhibhūtaḥ taiḥ baddhaḥ tān eva abhipariplavan
tatra saṃsāratantravāhinyaḥ yoṣitaḥ budhyeta

7. Overwhelmed by craving (tṛṣṇā) and bound by them (desire, anger, etc.), one revolves only around them. One should understand that women are the currents that carry one through the intricate mechanism of transmigratory existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• तृष्णाभिभूतः (tṛṣṇābhibhūtaḥ) - overwhelmed by craving/thirst, overcome by desire

• तैः (taiḥ) - by desire, anger, greed, ego, etc. (referring to the chain in the previous verses) (by them, with them)

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered, imprisoned

• तान् (tān) - them (the previously mentioned desires, anger, ego, etc.) (them, those)

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

• अभिपरिप्लवन् (abhipariplavan) - Constantly caught up in or revolving around those attachments. (revolving around, circulating, flowing over, indulging)

• संसार (saṁsāra) - transmigratory existence, cycle of rebirths

• तन्त्र (tantra) - mechanism or system (thread, system, mechanism, doctrine)

• वाहिन्यः (vāhinyaḥ) - streams, currents, carriers

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, then

• बुध्येत (budhyeta) - one should understand, one should discern, one should know

• योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women, females

Words meanings and morphology

तृष्णाभिभूतः (tṛṣṇābhibhūtaḥ) - overwhelmed by craving/thirst, overcome by desire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tṛṣṇābhibhūta

tṛṣṇābhibhūta - overwhelmed by craving, overcome by desire

`tṛṣṇā` (craving) + `abhibhūta` (overcome).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛtīyā) (tṛṣṇā+abhibhūta)

• tṛṣṇā – craving, thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)
  From √tṛṣ 'to thirst'.
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
• abhibhūta – overcome, overwhelmed, vanquished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From abhi- + √bhū 'to be, become, overcome'.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to an implicit agent (e.g., 'a person').

तैः (taiḥ) - by desire, anger, greed, ego, etc. (referring to the chain in the previous verses) (by them, with them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the chain of negative emotions and ego mentioned in the first verse.

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered, imprisoned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered, arrested, captive

Past Passive Participle

From √bandh 'to bind'.

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with the implicit subject.

तान् (tān) - them (the previously mentioned desires, anger, ego, etc.) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Object of the participle 'abhipariplavan'.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अभिपरिप्लवन् (abhipariplavan) - Constantly caught up in or revolving around those attachments. (revolving around, circulating, flowing over, indulging)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhipariplavat

abhipariplavat - revolving, flowing around, circumnavigating, indulging

Present Active Participle

From abhi- + pari- + √plu 'to float, flow, go'.

Prefixes: abhi+pari

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implicit subject.

संसार (saṁsāra) - transmigratory existence, cycle of rebirths

(noun)

masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigratory existence, cycle of rebirths, mundane existence

From sam- + √sṛ 'to flow, run'.

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound 'saṃsāratantravāhinyaḥ'.

तन्त्र (tantra) - mechanism or system (thread, system, mechanism, doctrine)

(noun)

neuter, singular of tantra

tantra - thread, loom, framework, system, doctrine, mechanism

From √tan 'to stretch, extend'.

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Second part of the compound 'saṃsāratantravāhinyaḥ'.

वाहिन्यः (vāhinyaḥ) - streams, currents, carriers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāhinī

vāhinī - stream, current, river, carrier, army

From √vah 'to carry, flow'.

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Last part of the compound 'saṃsāratantravāhinyaḥ'. Predicate nominative to 'yoṣitaḥ'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, then

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form from tad.

Note: Refers to the context of revolving in saṃsāra.

बुध्येत (budhyeta) - one should understand, one should discern, one should know

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of budh

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Implies a general instruction or recommendation.

योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women, females

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female, girl

From √yu 'to bind, to join'.

Root: yu (class 2)

Note: Acts as the subject of the clause where 'saṃsāratantravāhinyaḥ' is the predicate.