महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-287, verse-33

स्नेहपाशैर्बहुविधैरासक्तमनसो नराः ।
प्रकृतिस्था विषीदन्ति जले सैकतवेश्मवत् ॥३३॥

33. snehapāśairbahuvidhairāsaktamanaso narāḥ ,
prakṛtisthā viṣīdanti jale saikataveśmavat.

33. sneha-pāśaiḥ bahu-vidhaiḥ āsakta-manasaḥ narāḥ
prakṛti-sthā viṣīdanti jale saikata-veśma-vat

33. narāḥ bahu-vidhaiḥ sneha-pāśaiḥ āsakta-manasaḥ
prakṛti-sthāḥ jale saikata-veśma-vat viṣīdanti

33. People whose minds are attached by various bonds of affection, being situated in material nature (prakṛti), suffer just like a sandcastle in water.

Words meanings summery:

• स्नेह-पाशैः (sneha-pāśaiḥ) - by the bonds of affection/love

• बहु-विधैः (bahu-vidhaiḥ) - by various kinds, of many sorts

• आसक्त-मनसः (āsakta-manasaḥ) - whose minds are attached, whose thoughts are fixed

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

• प्रकृति-स्था (prakṛti-sthā) - being situated in material nature (prakṛti) (situated in nature (prakṛti), standing in material nature)

• विषीदन्ति (viṣīdanti) - they lament, they despair, they sink down, they are dejected, they suffer

• जले (jale) - in water

• सैकत-वेश्म-वत् (saikata-veśma-vat) - like a sand-house, like a sandcastle

Words meanings and morphology

स्नेह-पाशैः (sneha-pāśaiḥ) - by the bonds of affection/love

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sneha-pāśa

sneha-pāśa - bonds of affection, ties of love

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sneha+pāśa)

• sneha – affection, love, oil, fat, tenderness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: snih (class 4)
• pāśa – bond, noose, fetter, tie
  noun (masculine)
  Root: paś (class 1)

बहु-विधैः (bahu-vidhaiḥ) - by various kinds, of many sorts

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahu-vidha

bahu-vidha - of many kinds, manifold, various

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with sneha-pāśaiḥ

आसक्त-मनसः (āsakta-manasaḥ) - whose minds are attached, whose thoughts are fixed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āsakta-manas

āsakta-manas - one whose mind is attached/fixed, attentive

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āsakta+manas)

• āsakta – attached, devoted, fixed, clinging
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √sañj (to cling, adhere) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought, desire
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Agrees with narāḥ

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṝ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence

प्रकृति-स्था (prakṛti-sthā) - being situated in material nature (prakṛti) (situated in nature (prakṛti), standing in material nature)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prakṛti-stha

prakṛti-stha - situated in prakṛti, abiding in material nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prakṛti+stha)

• prakṛti – nature, primal matter, material cause, original form (prakṛti)
  noun (feminine)
  From pra-√kṛ (to make, do) with suffix -ti.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• stha – standing, existing, situated in/on
  adjective
  From √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with narāḥ

विषीदन्ति (viṣīdanti) - they lament, they despair, they sink down, they are dejected, they suffer

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: sad (class 1)

जले (jale) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Note: Adverbial locative, "in water"

सैकत-वेश्म-वत् (saikata-veśma-vat) - like a sand-house, like a sandcastle

(indeclinable)

From saikata-veśma (sand-house) + -vat (suffix for 'like, as if').

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saikata+veśma+vat)

• saikata – sandy, made of sand; sandbank
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from sikata (sand).
• veśma – house, dwelling, abode
  noun (neuter)
  Root: viś (class 6)
• vat – like, as if, similar to
  indeclinable
  Possessive/comparative suffix.

Note: Used as an adverbial comparison.