महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-93, verse-17

अथ मानयितुर्दातुः शुक्लस्य रसवेदिनः ।
व्यसनं स्वमिवोत्पन्नं विजिघांसन्ति मानवाः ॥१७॥

17. atha mānayiturdātuḥ śuklasya rasavedinaḥ ,
vyasanaṁ svamivotpannaṁ vijighāṁsanti mānavāḥ.

17. atha mānayitūḥ dātūḥ śuklasya rasavedinaḥ
vyasanam svam iva utpannnam vijighāṃsanti mānavāḥ

17. Now, humans desire to eliminate their own misfortune, as if it were a calamity that has befallen an honorable, generous, pure, and discerning person.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

• मानयितूः (mānayitūḥ) - of one who honors, of an honorer

• दातूः (dātūḥ) - of a giver, of a generous person

• शुक्लस्य (śuklasya) - of the pure, of the bright

• रसवेदिनः (rasavedinaḥ) - of one who knows taste/essence, of a connoisseur, of a discerning person

• व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own, his own

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उत्पन्न्नम् (utpannnam) - arisen, produced, happened

• विजिघांसन्ति (vijighāṁsanti) - they wish to destroy, they desire to kill

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, people

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

(indeclinable)

मानयितूः (mānayitūḥ) - of one who honors, of an honorer

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mānayitṛ

mānayitṛ - one who honors, an honorer

agent noun (causative)

From root man (to think) with causative suffix -i and agent suffix -tṛ

Root: man (class 4)

दातूः (dātūḥ) - of a giver, of a generous person

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dātṛ

dātṛ - giver, donor, generous person

agent noun

From root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

शुक्लस्य (śuklasya) - of the pure, of the bright

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śukla

śukla - white, bright, pure, clean, virtuous

Note: Agrees with mānayitūḥ and dātūḥ.

रसवेदिनः (rasavedinaḥ) - of one who knows taste/essence, of a connoisseur, of a discerning person

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rasavedin

rasavedin - knowing taste/essence, a connoisseur, discerning

Compound of rasa (taste/essence) and vedin (knower)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rasa+vedin)

• rasa – taste, essence, juice, aesthetic emotion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ras (class 1)
• vedin – knowing, perceiving, conversant with
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with mānayitūḥ and dātūḥ.

व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction, evil habit

From root as (to throw) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Object of 'vijighāṃsanti'.

स्वम् (svam) - one's own, his own

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own; self, property

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्पन्न्नम् (utpannnam) - arisen, produced, happened

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of utpanna

utpanna - arisen, produced, born, occurred

past passive participle

From root pad (to go) with prefix ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

विजिघांसन्ति (vijighāṁsanti) - they wish to destroy, they desire to kill

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vijighāṃs

present indicative (desiderative)

Desiderative stem of root han (to strike, kill) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: han (class 2)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, mankind, people

Derived from Manu (mythical progenitor of humanity)