महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-275, verse-17

प्रियं हि हर्षजननं हर्ष उत्सेकवर्धनः ।
उत्सेको नरकायैव तस्मात्तं संत्यजाम्यहम् ॥१७॥

17. priyaṁ hi harṣajananaṁ harṣa utsekavardhanaḥ ,
utseko narakāyaiva tasmāttaṁ saṁtyajāmyaham.

17. priyam hi harṣajananam harṣaḥ utsekavardhanaḥ |
utsekaḥ narakāya eva tasmāt tam saṃtyajāmi aham

17. priyam hi harṣajananam (bhavati)
harṣaḥ (punar) utsekavardhanaḥ
(bhavati) utsekaḥ narakāya eva
(bhavati) tasmāt aham tam saṃtyajāmi

17. For pleasant things indeed generate joy; joy, in turn, increases arrogance. Arrogance (utseka) itself leads to a state of suffering (naraka), therefore, I renounce it.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रियम् (priyam) - a pleasant object or experience (dear, pleasant, beloved (thing))

• हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

• हर्षजननम् (harṣajananam) - generating joy, causing joy

• हर्षः (harṣaḥ) - joy, delight, elation

• उत्सेकवर्धनः (utsekavardhanaḥ) - increasing arrogance, promoting elation

• उत्सेकः (utsekaḥ) - arrogance, pride, elation

• नरकाय (narakāya) - to hell, for hell, leading to hell (naraka)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

• तम् (tam) - that, him (referring to utseka)

• संत्यजामि (saṁtyajāmi) - I renounce, I abandon completely

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

प्रियम् (priyam) - a pleasant object or experience (dear, pleasant, beloved (thing))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasant, agreeable

Note: Substantivized, referring to a pleasant object or experience.

हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic and causal particle.

हर्षजननम् (harṣajananam) - generating joy, causing joy

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of harṣajanana

harṣajanana - generating joy, causing delight

Compound type : tatpurusha (harṣa+janana)

• harṣa – joy, delight, elation
  noun (masculine)
  from hṛṣ (to rejoice)
  Root: hṛṣ (class 4)
• janana – generating, producing, causing
  adjective (neuter)
  from jan (to be born, to produce)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'priyam'.

हर्षः (harṣaḥ) - joy, delight, elation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, elation

from hṛṣ (to rejoice)

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

उत्सेकवर्धनः (utsekavardhanaḥ) - increasing arrogance, promoting elation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utsekavardhana

utsekavardhana - increasing arrogance, promoting elation, swelling with pride

Compound type : tatpurusha (utseka+vardhana)

• utseka – arrogance, pride, overflow, excess
  noun (masculine)
  from ud-sic (to pour out)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sic (class 6)
• vardhana – increasing, promoting, causing to grow
  adjective (masculine)
  from vṛdh (to grow)
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'harṣaḥ'.

उत्सेकः (utsekaḥ) - arrogance, pride, elation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utseka

utseka - arrogance, pride, overflow, excess

from ud-sic (to pour out)

Prefix: ut

Root: sic (class 6)

नरकाय (narakāya) - to hell, for hell, leading to hell (naraka)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, underworld, state of suffering

Note: Dative of purpose or direction.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that, him (referring to utseka)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'utsekaḥ'.

संत्यजामि (saṁtyajāmi) - I renounce, I abandon completely

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃtyaj

present tense, first person singular, active voice

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we