महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-246, verse-8

एवं यो वेद कामस्य केवलं परिकर्षणम् ।
वधं वै कामशास्त्रस्य स दुःखान्यतिवर्तते ॥८॥

8. evaṁ yo veda kāmasya kevalaṁ parikarṣaṇam ,
vadhaṁ vai kāmaśāstrasya sa duḥkhānyativartate.

8. evam yaḥ veda kāmasya kevalam parikarṣaṇam
vadham vai kāmaśāstrasya saḥ duḥkhāni ativartate

8. evam yaḥ kāmasya kevalam parikarṣaṇam vai
kāmaśāstrasya vadham veda saḥ duḥkhāni ativartate

8. Whoever thus knows the complete eradication of desire (kāma), and indeed the destruction of the very doctrine of desire (kāmaśāstra), he transcends all sufferings.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever, which)

• वेद (veda) - knows (knows, understands)

• कामस्य (kāmasya) - of desire (kāma) (of desire, of love, of wish)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - complete (only, merely, solely, complete, entire)

• परिकर्षणम् (parikarṣaṇam) - eradication (dragging away, drawing, uprooting, eradication, destruction)

• वधम् (vadham) - destruction (killing, slaughter, destruction, annihilation)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)

• कामशास्त्रस्य (kāmaśāstrasya) - of the doctrine of desire (kāmaśāstra) (of the doctrine/science of desire, of the scriptures on desire)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - all sufferings (sufferings, pains, miseries)

• अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - transcends (transcends, overcomes, passes beyond, disregards)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the method or understanding described in previous verses.

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whoever

Note: Introduces the relative clause.

वेद (veda) - knows (knows, understands)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (perfect form) (liṭ) of vid

Present Active Indicative

Root vid, Class 2 (perfect form functioning as present indicative)

Root: vid (class 2)

कामस्य (kāmasya) - of desire (kāma) (of desire, of love, of wish)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, longing, love

Note: Object of 'parikarṣaṇam' and 'vadham'.

केवलम् (kevalam) - complete (only, merely, solely, complete, entire)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - only, mere, sole, complete, whole, exclusive

Note: Qualifies 'parikarṣaṇam'.

परिकर्षणम् (parikarṣaṇam) - eradication (dragging away, drawing, uprooting, eradication, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parikarṣaṇa

karṣaṇa - dragging, drawing, ploughing

noun of action

From root kṛṣ (to drag, pull) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: The object of 'veda'.

वधम् (vadham) - destruction (killing, slaughter, destruction, annihilation)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, destruction, annihilation

From root han (to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Co-referent with 'parikarṣaṇam'.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कामशास्त्रस्य (kāmaśāstrasya) - of the doctrine of desire (kāmaśāstra) (of the doctrine/science of desire, of the scriptures on desire)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kāmaśāstra

kāmaśāstra - science/doctrine of love or desire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+śāstra)

• kāma – desire, wish, longing, love
  noun (masculine)
• śāstra – treatise, doctrine, science, scripture
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'vadham'.

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'yaḥ'.

दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - all sufferings (sufferings, pains, miseries)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery, unhappiness

Note: Object of 'ativartate'.

अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - transcends (transcends, overcomes, passes beyond, disregards)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of ativṛt

Present Middle Indicative

Root vṛt, Class 1, conjugated with upasarga ati-

Prefix: ati

Root: vṛt (class 1)