महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-227, verse-20

अप्लवो हि महादोषमुह्यमानोऽधिगच्छति ।
कामग्राहगृहीतस्य ज्ञानमप्यस्य न प्लवः ॥२०॥

20. aplavo hi mahādoṣamuhyamāno'dhigacchati ,
kāmagrāhagṛhītasya jñānamapyasya na plavaḥ.

20. aplavaḥ hi mahādoṣam muhyamānaḥ adhigacchati
| kāmagrāhagṛhītasya jñānam api asya na plavaḥ

20. hi aplavaḥ muhyamānaḥ mahādoṣam adhigacchati
kāmagrāhagṛhītasya asya jñānam api plavaḥ na

20. Indeed, one who lacks a raft, being deluded, falls into a great predicament. Even knowledge is not a raft for one seized by the 'grip of desire' (kāmagrāha).

Words meanings summery:

• अप्लवः (aplavaḥ) - one without a boat, boatless

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• महादोषम् (mahādoṣam) - a great predicament (a great fault, a great danger, a great evil)

• मुह्यमानः (muhyamānaḥ) - being deluded, bewildered, confused

• अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati) - he obtains, he reaches, he falls into, he undergoes

• कामग्राहगृहीतस्य (kāmagrāhagṛhītasya) - of one seized by the 'grip of desire', of one caught by the 'crocodile of desire'

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge

• अपि (api) - even, also

• अस्य (asya) - his, of him

• न (na) - not

• प्लवः (plavaḥ) - a boat, a raft, a float

Words meanings and morphology

अप्लवः (aplavaḥ) - one without a boat, boatless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aplava

aplava - without a boat or raft; one who has no boat

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+plava)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• plava – boat, raft, float
  noun (masculine)
  Root: plu (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

महादोषम् (mahādoṣam) - a great predicament (a great fault, a great danger, a great evil)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahādoṣa

mahādoṣa - great fault, great vice, great danger, great evil

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+doṣa)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (neuter)
• doṣa – fault, defect, demerit, vice, danger
  noun (masculine)

मुह्यमानः (muhyamānaḥ) - being deluded, bewildered, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muhyamāna

muhyamāna - being deluded, bewildered, confused, fainting

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root muh, fourth class, passive voice.

Root: muh (class 4)

अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati) - he obtains, he reaches, he falls into, he undergoes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of adhi-gam

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

कामग्राहगृहीतस्य (kāmagrāhagṛhītasya) - of one seized by the 'grip of desire', of one caught by the 'crocodile of desire'

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāmagrāhagṛhīta

kāmagrāhagṛhīta - seized by the 'crocodile of desire', caught in the grip of desire

Past Passive Participle

Compound of kāmagrāha and gṛhīta (PPP of grah).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāmagrāha+gṛhīta)

• kāmagrāha – the 'grip of desire', the 'crocodile of desire' (graha can mean 'seizing' or 'crocodile')
  noun (masculine)
• gṛhīta – seized, caught, grasped
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root grah (to seize).
  Root: grah (class 9)

ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, sacred knowledge

Root: jñā (class 9)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्लवः (plavaḥ) - a boat, a raft, a float

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of plava

plava - a boat, a raft, a float

Root: plu (class 1)