महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-296, verse-10

बुध्यमानो यदात्मानमन्योऽहमिति मन्यते ।
तदा प्रकृतिमानेष भवत्यव्यक्तलोचनः ॥१०॥

10. budhyamāno yadātmānamanyo'hamiti manyate ,
tadā prakṛtimāneṣa bhavatyavyaktalocanaḥ.

10. budhyamānaḥ yadā ātmānam anyaḥ aham iti manyate
tadā prakṛtimān eṣaḥ bhavati avyaktalocanaḥ

10. yadā budhyamānaḥ ātmānam anyaḥ aham iti manyate
tadā eṣaḥ prakṛtimān avyaktalocanaḥ bhavati

10. When one, even while perceiving the self (ātman), considers 'I am something other,' then that person becomes subject to material nature (prakṛti) and his vision is obscured by the unmanifest (avyakta).

Words meanings summery:

• बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - perceiving, understanding, knowing

• यदा (yadā) - when

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the soul

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, different, another

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or thought

• मन्यते (manyate) - thinks, believes, considers

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• प्रकृतिमान् (prakṛtimān) - endowed with material nature, characterized by material nature

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• अव्यक्तलोचनः (avyaktalocanaḥ) - having vision obscured by the unmanifest, having eyes on the unmanifest

Words meanings and morphology

बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - perceiving, understanding, knowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budhyamāna

budhyamāna - perceiving, understanding, awake

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root 'budh' (to know, perceive) with ŚĀNac suffix (middle voice present participle)

Root: budh (class 1)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the soul

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, different, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or thought

(indeclinable)

मन्यते (manyate) - thinks, believes, considers

(verb)

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

Root 'man' (class 4, atmanepada)

Root: man (class 4)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

प्रकृतिमान् (prakṛtimān) - endowed with material nature, characterized by material nature

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakṛtimat

prakṛtimat - possessed of nature, endowed with material nature

Derived from 'prakṛti' + 'matup' suffix

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

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

Root 'bhū' (class 1, parasmaipada)

Root: bhū (class 1)

अव्यक्तलोचनः (avyaktalocanaḥ) - having vision obscured by the unmanifest, having eyes on the unmanifest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyaktalocana

avyaktalocana - having the unmanifest as vision/eyes, whose sight is on the unmanifest (or obscured by it)

Bahuvrīhi compound: avyakta + locana

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avyakta+locana)

• avyakta – unmanifest, indistinct, imperceptible, primordial matter
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  a- (negation) + vi- (prefix) + añj (to make manifest, anoint)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: añj (class 7)
• locana – eye, vision
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'loc' (to see)
  Root: loc (class 10)