महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-246, verse-4

उपासते महावृक्षं सुलुब्धास्तं फलेप्सवः ।
आयासैः संयतः पाशैः फलानि परिवेष्टयन् ॥४॥

4. upāsate mahāvṛkṣaṁ sulubdhāstaṁ phalepsavaḥ ,
āyāsaiḥ saṁyataḥ pāśaiḥ phalāni pariveṣṭayan.

4. upāsate mahāvṛkṣam sulubdhāḥ tam phalepsavaḥ
āyāsaiḥ saṃyataḥ pāśaiḥ phalāni pariveṣṭayan

4. sulubdhāḥ phalepsavaḥ āyāsaiḥ pāśaiḥ saṃyataḥ tam
mahāvṛkṣam upāsate (saḥ vṛkṣaḥ) phalāni pariveṣṭayan

4. Very greedy individuals, desiring fruits and entangled by efforts and snares, worship that great tree, which itself ensnares (them) with its fruits.

Words meanings summery:

• उपासते (upāsate) - people resort to the tree (they attend, they worship, they resort to)

• महावृक्षम् (mahāvṛkṣam) - the desire-tree described in previous verses (great tree)

• सुलुब्धाः (sulubdhāḥ) - people with intense, excessive greed (very greedy, highly covetous)

• तम् (tam) - that (great tree) (that (masculine accusative singular))

• फलेप्सवः (phalepsavaḥ) - people focused on obtaining the benefits (of their desires) (desiring fruits, eager for results)

• आयासैः (āyāsaiḥ) - through difficulties and strenuous endeavors (by efforts, by troubles, by exertions)

• संयतः (saṁyataḥ) - held captive or limited (restrained, controlled, bound)

• पाशैः (pāśaiḥ) - by attachments or illusory ties (by snares, by bonds, by traps)

• फलानि (phalāni) - the tempting outcomes or rewards of desire (fruits, results, consequences)

• परिवेष्टयन् (pariveṣṭayan) - the tree, by its nature, creates entanglement through its fruits (surrounding, encircling, entwining, entangling)

Words meanings and morphology

उपासते (upāsate) - people resort to the tree (they attend, they worship, they resort to)

(verb)

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

Present Middle

From root ās with prefix upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

महावृक्षम् (mahāvṛkṣam) - the desire-tree described in previous verses (great tree)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāvṛkṣa

mahāvṛkṣa - a large tree, a great tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vṛkṣa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛśc

सुलुब्धाः (sulubdhāḥ) - people with intense, excessive greed (very greedy, highly covetous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sulubdha

sulubdha - very greedy, extremely covetous

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (su+lubdha)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• lubdha – greedy, covetous, eager
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root lubh (to desire, be greedy).
  Root: lubh (class 4)

तम् (tam) - that (great tree) (that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

फलेप्सवः (phalepsavaḥ) - people focused on obtaining the benefits (of their desires) (desiring fruits, eager for results)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of phalepsu

phalepsu - desirous of fruit/reward

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (phala+īpsu)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)
  Root: phal (class 1)
• īpsu – desiring, wishing, intending to obtain
  adjective (masculine)
  Desiderative Adjective
  From āp (to obtain) with desiderative suffix -su.
  Root: āp (class 5)

आयासैः (āyāsaiḥ) - through difficulties and strenuous endeavors (by efforts, by troubles, by exertions)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āyāsa

āyāsa - effort, exertion, trouble, fatigue

Prefix: ā

Root: yas (class 4)

संयतः (saṁyataḥ) - held captive or limited (restrained, controlled, bound)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃyata

saṁyata - restrained, controlled, bound, concentrated

Past Passive Participle

From root yam (to restrain, control) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies sulubdhāḥ phalepsavaḥ.

पाशैः (pāśaiḥ) - by attachments or illusory ties (by snares, by bonds, by traps)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāśa

pāśa - snare, bond, noose, fetter

Root: paś

फलानि (phalāni) - the tempting outcomes or rewards of desire (fruits, results, consequences)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Root: phal (class 1)

Note: Object of pariveṣṭayan.

परिवेष्टयन् (pariveṣṭayan) - the tree, by its nature, creates entanglement through its fruits (surrounding, encircling, entwining, entangling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pariveṣṭayat

pariveṣṭayat - surrounding, encircling, entwining, entangling

Present Active Participle

From root veṣṭ (to surround, wrap) with prefix pari.

Prefix: pari

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)