महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-316, verse-29

अलं परिग्रहेणेह दोषवान्हि परिग्रहः ।
कृमिर्हि कोशकारस्तु बध्यते स्वपरिग्रहात् ॥२९॥

29. alaṁ parigraheṇeha doṣavānhi parigrahaḥ ,
kṛmirhi kośakārastu badhyate svaparigrahāt.

29. alam parigraheṇa iha doṣavān hi parigrahaḥ
kṛmiḥ hi kośakāraḥ tu badhyate sva-parigrahāt

29. Enough with possessions here, for possession (parigraha) is indeed faulty. A silkworm, for instance, is bound by its own possessions (parigraha).

Words meanings summery:

• अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, no need for

• परिग्रहेण (parigraheṇa) - by possession, by acquisition, by attachment

• इह (iha) - in this world or context (here, in this world, now)

• दोषवान् (doṣavān) - faulty, having fault, full of defects

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

• परिग्रहः (parigrahaḥ) - possession, attachment, acquisition

• कृमिः (kṛmiḥ) - a worm, insect

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

• कोशकारः (kośakāraḥ) - a silkworm, cocoon-maker

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• बध्यते (badhyate) - is bound, is tied, is imprisoned

• स्व-परिग्रहात् (sva-parigrahāt) - from one's own possession/attachment

Words meanings and morphology

अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, no need for

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'enough of' or 'no more'.

परिग्रहेण (parigraheṇa) - by possession, by acquisition, by attachment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of parigraha

parigraha - possession, acquisition, attachment, appropriation

Derived from root grah (to seize) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

इह (iha) - in this world or context (here, in this world, now)

(indeclinable)

दोषवान् (doṣavān) - faulty, having fault, full of defects

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣavat

doṣavat - faulty, having fault, full of defects, vicious

Derived from doṣa (fault) with possessive suffix -vat

Note: Agrees with 'parigrahaḥ'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

(indeclinable)

परिग्रहः (parigrahaḥ) - possession, attachment, acquisition

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parigraha

parigraha - possession, acquisition, attachment, appropriation

Derived from root grah (to seize) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

कृमिः (kṛmiḥ) - a worm, insect

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛmi

kṛmi - a worm, insect, larva

हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

(indeclinable)

कोशकारः (kośakāraḥ) - a silkworm, cocoon-maker

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośakāra

kośakāra - cocoon-maker, silkworm

kara (maker) of kośa (cocoon)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kośa+kāra)

• kośa – cocoon, sheath, treasury
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – maker, doer, actor
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

बध्यते (badhyate) - is bound, is tied, is imprisoned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

स्व-परिग्रहात् (sva-parigrahāt) - from one's own possession/attachment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sva-parigraha

sva-parigraha - one's own possession, self-appropriation, own attachment

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+parigraha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• parigraha – possession, attachment, acquisition
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root grah (to seize) with prefix pari-
  Prefix: pari
  Root: grah (class 9)