महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-14

स्वमांसं परमांसेन यो वर्धयितुमिच्छति ।
नारदः प्राह धर्मात्मा नियतं सोऽवसीदति ॥१४॥

14. svamāṁsaṁ paramāṁsena yo vardhayitumicchati ,
nāradaḥ prāha dharmātmā niyataṁ so'vasīdati.

14. svamāṃsam paramāṃsena yaḥ vardhayitum icchati
nāradaḥ prāha dharmātmā niyatam saḥ avasīdati

14. yaḥ svamāṃsam paramāṃsena vardhayitum icchati
saḥ niyatam avasīdati dharmātmā nāradaḥ prāha

14. Nārada, the righteous-souled (dharmātmā) sage, declared that whoever wishes to nourish their own body with the flesh of others will certainly come to ruin.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वमांसम् (svamāṁsam) - one's own flesh, one's own body

• परमांसेन (paramāṁsena) - with the flesh of others

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• वर्धयितुम् (vardhayitum) - to increase, to nourish, to cause to grow

• इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes, wants

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (a divine sage)

• प्राह (prāha) - he said, he declared

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - Nārada, whose inner nature (ātman) is (dharma) righteousness (righteous-souled, virtuous)

• नियतम् (niyatam) - certainly, inevitably, constantly

• सः (saḥ) - he

• अवसीदति (avasīdati) - he perishes, sinks down, suffers adversity

Words meanings and morphology

स्वमांसम् (svamāṁsam) - one's own flesh, one's own body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svamāṃsa

svamāṁsa - one's own flesh or body

Compound of 'sva' (own) and 'māṃsa' (flesh).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+māṃsa)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (adjective)
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)

परमांसेन (paramāṁsena) - with the flesh of others

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of paramāṃsa

paramāṁsa - the flesh of others

Compound of 'para' (other) and 'māṃsa' (flesh).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+māṃsa)

• para – other, another, supreme, highest
  adjective
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

Relative pronoun.

वर्धयितुम् (vardhayitum) - to increase, to nourish, to cause to grow

(verbal derivative)

इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes, wants

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (a celebrated divine sage, known as a cosmic messenger and musician, son of Brahmā)

प्राह (prāha) - he said, he declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (liṭ) of pra-√ah

Perfect tense form of √ah (or √brū) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - Nārada, whose inner nature (ātman) is (dharma) righteousness (righteous-souled, virtuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - one whose nature is righteousness, righteous-souled, virtuous, pious

Compound of 'dharma' (righteousness, natural law) and 'ātman' (self, soul).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – righteousness, natural law, duty, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √dhṛ (to uphold, support).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, life-principle
  noun (masculine)

नियतम् (niyatam) - certainly, inevitably, constantly

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

Adverbial use of the neuter accusative singular of the past passive participle 'niyata' (ni-√yam).

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अवसीदति (avasīdati) - he perishes, sinks down, suffers adversity

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ava-√sad

Prefix: ava

Root: sad (class 1)