महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-259, verse-27

आत्मानमसमाधाय समाधित्सति यः परान् ।
विषयेष्विन्द्रियवशं मानवाः प्रहसन्ति तम् ॥२७॥

27. ātmānamasamādhāya samādhitsati yaḥ parān ,
viṣayeṣvindriyavaśaṁ mānavāḥ prahasanti tam.

27. ātmānam asamādhāya samāditsati yaḥ parān
viṣayeṣu indriyavaśam mānavāḥ prahasanti tam

27. yaḥ ātmānam asamādhāya parān samāditsati
mānavāḥ viṣayeṣu indriyavaśam tam prahasanti

27. The one who, without controlling his own self (ātman), desires to control others – humans laugh at him who is subject to his senses in worldly matters.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own inner being or mind (oneself, the self (ātman))

• असमाधाय (asamādhāya) - failing to master one's own faculties or inner state (without composing, without concentrating, without controlling)

• समादित्सति (samāditsati) - attempts to impose discipline on others (desires to control, wishes to compose)

• यः (yaḥ) - the person who (who, the one who)

• परान् (parān) - other people, subjects, or opponents (others, enemies)

• विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu) - concerning material possessions or sensory experiences (in objects of sense, in worldly matters, in spheres)

• इन्द्रियवशम् (indriyavaśam) - one who is driven by sensory desires and impulses (subject to the senses, under the control of the senses)

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - people in general (humans, mankind, sons of Manu)

• प्रहसन्ति (prahasanti) - they ridicule and scorn (they laugh at, they mock, they deride)

• तम् (tam) - that individual (who tries to control others without controlling himself) (him, that (person))

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own inner being or mind (oneself, the self (ātman))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind (ātman)

Note: Object of 'asamādhāya'.

असमाधाय (asamādhāya) - failing to master one's own faculties or inner state (without composing, without concentrating, without controlling)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root 'dhā' (to place, to put) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'. The 'a-' negates it.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+samādhāya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negating prefix.
• samādhāya – having composed, having concentrated, having controlled
  indeclinable
  Absolutive (Gerund)
  Root 'dhā' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Negative absolutive.

समादित्सति (samāditsati) - attempts to impose discipline on others (desires to control, wishes to compose)

(verb)

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

Desiderative Present

Desiderative stem from root 'dhā' (to place, to put) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'. 3rd person singular, parasmaipada.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Desiderative form of 'samādhā'.

यः (yaḥ) - the person who (who, the one who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

परान् (parān) - other people, subjects, or opponents (others, enemies)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, supreme, distant

Note: Object of 'samāditsati'.

विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu) - concerning material possessions or sensory experiences (in objects of sense, in worldly matters, in spheres)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object of sense, sphere, domain, subject matter, country

Note: Indicates the sphere in which one is subject to senses.

इन्द्रियवशम् (indriyavaśam) - one who is driven by sensory desires and impulses (subject to the senses, under the control of the senses)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of indriyavaśa

indriyavaśa - subject to the senses, controlled by sense organs

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (indriya+vaśa)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)
• vaśa – control, power, subjection, will
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'tam'.

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - people in general (humans, mankind, sons of Manu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, belonging to Manu, descendant of Manu

प्रहसन्ति (prahasanti) - they ridicule and scorn (they laugh at, they mock, they deride)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of has

Present Active

Root 'has' (1st class, 'bhū' group), Present tense, 3rd person plural, parasmaipada. Prefixed with 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: The prefix 'pra' intensifies the action.

तम् (tam) - that individual (who tries to control others without controlling himself) (him, that (person))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'prahasanti'.