महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-287, verse-6

वसन्विषयमध्येऽपि न वसत्येव बुद्धिमान् ।
संवसत्येव दुर्बुद्धिरसत्सु विषयेष्वपि ॥६॥

6. vasanviṣayamadhye'pi na vasatyeva buddhimān ,
saṁvasatyeva durbuddhirasatsu viṣayeṣvapi.

6. vasan viṣayamadhye api na vasati eva buddhimān
| saṃvasati eva durbuddhiḥ asatsu viṣayeṣu api

6. buddhimān vasan viṣayamadhye api,
na eva vasati.
durbuddhiḥ asatsu viṣayeṣu api eva saṃvasati

6. Even while living amidst the objects of senses, a wise person (buddhimān) does not truly dwell (in them). But a foolish person (durbuddhi) thoroughly dwells even in undesirable sense objects.

Words meanings summery:

• वसन् (vasan) - while dwelling (dwelling, residing, living)

• विषयमध्ये (viṣayamadhye) - amidst sense objects (in the midst of sense objects, amidst worldly affairs)

• अपि (api) - even (while) (even, also, though)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• वसति (vasati) - dwells (dwells, lives, resides)

• एव (eva) - truly (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, truly)

• बुद्धिमान् (buddhimān) - a wise person (buddhimān) (intelligent, wise, discerning person)

• संवसति (saṁvasati) - thoroughly dwells (dwells together, resides intimately, cohabits)

• एव (eva) - truly (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, truly)

• दुर्बुद्धिः (durbuddhiḥ) - a foolish person (durbuddhi) (foolish, unwise, having bad intellect)

• असत्सु (asatsu) - in undesirable (sense objects) (in unreal, bad, non-existent, evil)

• विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu) - in sense objects (in objects, in spheres, in matters)

• अपि (api) - even (in) (even, also, though)

Words meanings and morphology

वसन् (vasan) - while dwelling (dwelling, residing, living)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vas

vas - to dwell, to live, to reside

Present Active Participle

From root 'vas' (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Adjectival participle modifying the implied subject (buddhimān/durbuddhiḥ)

विषयमध्ये (viṣayamadhye) - amidst sense objects (in the midst of sense objects, amidst worldly affairs)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of viṣayamadhya

viṣayamadhya - middle of objects, amidst objects of senses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣaya+madhya)

• viṣaya – object of sense, sphere, domain, subject
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center, midst
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even (while) (even, also, though)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

वसति (vasati) - dwells (dwells, lives, resides)

(verb)

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

Root verb of class 1 (Bhvādi)

Root: vas (class 1)

एव (eva) - truly (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, truly)

(indeclinable)

बुद्धिमान् (buddhimān) - a wise person (buddhimān) (intelligent, wise, discerning person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of buddhimat

buddhimat - intelligent, wise, endowed with understanding

Derived from 'buddhi' with possessive suffix '-mat'

Note: Subject of the first clause

संवसति (saṁvasati) - thoroughly dwells (dwells together, resides intimately, cohabits)

(verb)

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

From prefix 'sam' + root 'vas'

Prefix: sam

Root: vas (class 1)

एव (eva) - truly (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, truly)

(indeclinable)

दुर्बुद्धिः (durbuddhiḥ) - a foolish person (durbuddhi) (foolish, unwise, having bad intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durbuddhi

durbuddhi - bad intellect, foolish, unwise, wicked minded

From prefix 'dur' + 'buddhi'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+buddhi)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill, hard
  indeclinable
  Prefix to verbs and nouns
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, wisdom, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'budh' (to know, perceive)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause

असत्सु (asatsu) - in undesirable (sense objects) (in unreal, bad, non-existent, evil)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, evil, false

Present Active Participle

Negation of 'sat' (existent, real, good). From 'a' (negation) + root 'as' (to be)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+sat)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negating prefix
• sat – existent, real, good, true
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'viṣayeṣu'

विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu) - in sense objects (in objects, in spheres, in matters)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object of sense, sphere, domain, subject

अपि (api) - even (in) (even, also, though)

(indeclinable)