महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-28, verse-6

तेषामन्यतरापत्तौ यद्यदेवोपसेवते ।
तत्तद्धि चेतनामस्य हरत्यभ्रमिवानिलः ॥६॥

6. teṣāmanyatarāpattau yadyadevopasevate ,
tattaddhi cetanāmasya haratyabhramivānilaḥ.

6. teṣām anyatarāpattau yat yat eva upasevate tat
tat hi cetanām asya harati abhram iva anilaḥ

6. teṣām anyatarāpattau yat yat eva upasevate,
tat tat hi asya cetanām anilaḥ abhram iva harati.

6. Among those (joys and sorrows), whatever one experiences, that very thing indeed carries away his consciousness, just as the wind disperses a cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - among joys and sorrows mentioned in the previous verse (of them, among them)

• अन्यतरापत्तौ (anyatarāpattau) - upon the occurrence of either, when either occurs

• यत् (yat) - whatever

• यत् (yat) - whatever (emphatic)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

• उपसेवते (upasevate) - one experiences, resorts to, attends to

• तत् (tat) - that

• तत् (tat) - that (emphatic)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• चेतनाम् (cetanām) - consciousness, mind

• अस्य (asya) - of him, of this (person)

• हरति (harati) - carries away, takes away, steals

• अभ्रम् (abhram) - cloud

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनिलः (anilaḥ) - wind

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - among joys and sorrows mentioned in the previous verse (of them, among them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to duḥkhāni and sukhāni.

अन्यतरापत्तौ (anyatarāpattau) - upon the occurrence of either, when either occurs

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of anyatarāpatti

anyatarāpatti - the occurrence of either of two

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anyatara+āpatti)

• anyatara – either of two
  pronoun (feminine)
• āpatti – occurrence, happening, calamity
  noun (feminine)
  action noun from ā-√pad
  Derived from ā-√pad
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pad (class 4)

यत् (yat) - whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Relative pronoun.

यत् (yat) - whatever (emphatic)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Repetition for emphasis.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

उपसेवते (upasevate) - one experiences, resorts to, attends to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sev

Present Middle

Present 3rd singular middle of √sev with upa

Prefix: upa

Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Implied subject 'a person'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yat'.

तत् (tat) - that (emphatic)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Repetition for emphasis.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

चेतनाम् (cetanām) - consciousness, mind

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cetanā

cetanā - consciousness, mind, intelligence, perception

Note: Object of harati.

अस्य (asya) - of him, of this (person)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'nara' from the previous verse.

हरति (harati) - carries away, takes away, steals

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present 3rd singular active of √hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'tat tat'.

अभ्रम् (abhram) - cloud

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhra

abhra - cloud, sky

Note: Object of comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अनिलः (anilaḥ) - wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air, god of wind

Note: Subject of comparison.