महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-13, verse-7

अथ वा वसतः पार्थ वने वन्येन जीवतः ।
ममता यस्य द्रव्येषु मृत्योरास्ये स वर्तते ॥७॥

7. atha vā vasataḥ pārtha vane vanyena jīvataḥ ,
mamatā yasya dravyeṣu mṛtyorāsye sa vartate.

7. atha vā vasataḥ pārtha vane vanyena jīvataḥ
mamatā yasya dravyeṣu mṛtyoḥ āsye saḥ vartate

7. atha vā pārtha vanyena vane jīvataḥ vasataḥ
yasya dravyeṣu mamatā saḥ mṛtyoḥ āsye vartate

7. Or, O Pārtha, even if one lives in the forest, subsisting on wild food, but still harbors possessiveness (mamatva) towards possessions, he dwells in the jaws of death.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

• वा (vā) - or, either

• वसतः (vasataḥ) - of one living, while living, dwelling

• पार्थ (pārtha) - Addressed to Arjuna (O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā, i.e., Arjuna))

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• वन्येन (vanyena) - by wild (food), with wild (produce)

• जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of one living, while subsisting

• ममता (mamatā) - possessiveness, sense of 'mine'

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• द्रव्येषु (dravyeṣu) - in possessions, in substances, concerning wealth

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

• आस्ये (āsye) - in the mouth, in the jaws

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• वर्तते (vartate) - resides, exists, abides

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

वसतः (vasataḥ) - of one living, while living, dwelling

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasat

vasat - living, dwelling, residing

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root √vas.

Root: √vas (class 1)

पार्थ (pārtha) - Addressed to Arjuna (O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā, i.e., Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), Arjuna

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

वन्येन (vanyena) - by wild (food), with wild (produce)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vanya

vanya - wild, produced in the forest, belonging to the forest

Derived from 'vana' (forest) with suffix 'ya'.

Note: Implied 'food' or 'produce' as the noun it modifies.

जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of one living, while subsisting

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, subsisting

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root √jīv.

Root: √jīv (class 1)

ममता (mamatā) - possessiveness, sense of 'mine'

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mamatā

mamatā - egoism, possessiveness, the state of 'mine-ness', attachment

Derived from 'mama' (my/mine) + 'tā' (abstract noun suffix).

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

द्रव्येषु (dravyeṣu) - in possessions, in substances, concerning wealth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of dravya

dravya - substance, wealth, money, thing, object, material

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, god of death, Yama

आस्ये (āsye) - in the mouth, in the jaws

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of āsya

āsya - mouth, face, jaws, entrance

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वर्तते (vartate) - resides, exists, abides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of √vṛt

Root: √vṛt (class 1)