महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-211, verse-43

तेषां विमृशतामेवं तत्तत्समभिधावताम् ।
क्वचिन्निविशते बुद्धिस्तत्र जीर्यति वृक्षवत् ॥४३॥

43. teṣāṁ vimṛśatāmevaṁ tattatsamabhidhāvatām ,
kvacinniviśate buddhistatra jīryati vṛkṣavat.

43. teṣām vimṛśatām evam tat tat samabhidhāvatām |
kvacit niviśate buddhiḥ tatra jīryati vṛkṣavat

43. evam teṣām vimṛśatām tat tat samabhidhāvatām
buddhiḥ kvacit niviśate tatra vṛkṣavat jīryati

43. Among those who reflect in this manner, constantly pursuing various (concepts), the intellect becomes fixated somewhere, and there it withers like a tree.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - among them (referring to people) (of them, to them)

• विमृशताम् (vimṛśatām) - of those who reflect, who deliberate

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• तत् (tat) - those various (things/concepts) (that, those)

• तत् (tat) - (repetition indicates "each and every" or "various") (that, those)

• समभिधावताम् (samabhidhāvatām) - of those who constantly pursue (concepts) (of those who run towards, pursue, contemplate)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere (in the sense of becoming fixated on a specific point) (somewhere, at some time, to some extent)

• निविशते (niviśate) - becomes fixated, settles down (it enters, settles down, becomes engrossed)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (intellect, understanding, perception)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• जीर्यति (jīryati) - it withers, decays, grows old

• वृक्षवत् (vṛkṣavat) - like a tree, tree-like

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - among them (referring to people) (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies the participles `vimṛśatām` and `samabhidhāvatām`.

विमृशताम् (vimṛśatām) - of those who reflect, who deliberate

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛśat

mṛśat - reflecting, deliberating (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

From root mṛś (to touch, consider, reflect) + śatṛ suffix. With prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: mṛś (class 6)

Note: Qualifies `teṣām`.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies `vimṛśatām`.

तत् (tat) - those various (things/concepts) (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of `samabhidhāvatām`.

तत् (tat) - (repetition indicates "each and every" or "various") (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of `samabhidhāvatām`.

समभिधावताम् (samabhidhāvatām) - of those who constantly pursue (concepts) (of those who run towards, pursue, contemplate)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhāvat

dhāvat - running, flowing (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

From root dhāv (to run) + śatṛ suffix. With prefixes sam- and abhi-.

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `teṣām`. The nuance of "running towards" here means "pursuing" or "engaging with" concepts.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere (in the sense of becoming fixated on a specific point) (somewhere, at some time, to some extent)

(indeclinable)

From kva (where) + cid (indefinite particle).

निविशते (niviśate) - becomes fixated, settles down (it enters, settles down, becomes engrossed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of viś

Present Middle Indicative, 3rd singular

Root viś, class 6 (viśati/viśate). Here with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (intellect, understanding, perception)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind

From root budh (to know, perceive).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of `niviśate` and `jīryati`.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + tral suffix.

Note: Refers to the "somewhere" it settles.

जीर्यति (jīryati) - it withers, decays, grows old

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīr

Present Active Indicative, 3rd singular

Root jīr (or jṛ) class 9 (jīryati).

Root: jīr (class 9)

वृक्षवत् (vṛkṣavat) - like a tree, tree-like

(indeclinable)

From vṛkṣa (tree) + vat suffix (like, similar to).