महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-25, verse-9

अदन्ह्यविद्वानन्नानि ममत्वेनोपपद्यते ।
आत्मार्थं पाचयन्नित्यं ममत्वेनोपहन्यते ॥९॥

9. adanhyavidvānannāni mamatvenopapadyate ,
ātmārthaṁ pācayannityaṁ mamatvenopahanyate.

9. adan hi avidvān annāni mamatvena upapadyate
ātmārtham pācayan nityam mamatvena upahanyate

9. hi avidvān adan annāni mamatvena upapadyate
nityam ātmārtham pācayan mamatvena upahanyate

9. Indeed, an ignorant person who eats food with a sense of possessiveness (mamatva) incurs negative consequences. One who constantly cooks food for their own self (ātman) is ruined by possessiveness (mamatva).

Words meanings summery:

• अदन् (adan) - eating, consuming

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• अविद्वान् (avidvān) - ignorant, unwise, unlearned

• अन्नानि (annāni) - foods, meals, grains

• ममत्वेन (mamatvena) - with a sense of possessiveness (mamatva) (with possessiveness, due to attachment, by egoistic ownership)

• उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - incurs negative consequences (he attains, he becomes affected, he incurs)

• आत्मार्थम् (ātmārtham) - for their own self (ātman) (for oneself, for one's own sake)

• पाचयन् (pācayan) - cooking, causing to ripen

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• ममत्वेन (mamatvena) - by possessiveness (mamatva) (with possessiveness, due to attachment, by egoistic ownership)

• उपहन्यते (upahanyate) - he is harmed, he is ruined, he is destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

अदन् (adan) - eating, consuming

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adat

adat - eating, consuming

present active participle

From root ad (2nd class), present active participle (śatṛ), nominative singular masculine.

Root: ad (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

अविद्वान् (avidvān) - ignorant, unwise, unlearned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avidvat

avidvat - ignorant, unwise, not knowing

Negative particle a- prefixed to vidvat (present participle of vid).

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+vidvat)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vidvat – knowing, learned, wise
  participle (masculine)
  present active participle
  From root vid (2nd class), present active participle (śatṛ).
  Root: vid (class 2)

अन्नानि (annāni) - foods, meals, grains

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of anna

anna - food, boiled rice, grain

Root: ad (class 2)

ममत्वेन (mamatvena) - with a sense of possessiveness (mamatva) (with possessiveness, due to attachment, by egoistic ownership)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mamatva

mamatva - sense of ownership, possessiveness, egoism ('mine-ness')

From mama ('my') + tva (abstract suffix).

उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - incurs negative consequences (he attains, he becomes affected, he incurs)

(verb)

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

present tense

From root pad (4th class) with upasarga upa, present tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

आत्मार्थम् (ātmārtham) - for their own self (ātman) (for oneself, for one's own sake)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmārtha

ātmārtha - one's own purpose, for oneself

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+artha)

• ātman – self, soul, supreme self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object, sake
  noun (masculine)

पाचयन् (pācayan) - cooking, causing to ripen

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pācayat

pācayat - cooking, causing to ripen

present active participle

From root pac (1st class) in causative sense, present active participle (śatṛ), nominative singular masculine.

Root: pac (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

ममत्वेन (mamatvena) - by possessiveness (mamatva) (with possessiveness, due to attachment, by egoistic ownership)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mamatva

mamatva - sense of ownership, possessiveness, egoism ('mine-ness')

From mama ('my') + tva (abstract suffix).

उपहन्यते (upahanyate) - he is harmed, he is ruined, he is destroyed

(verb)

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

present passive tense

From root han (2nd class) with upasarga upa, present tense, passive voice, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: upa

Root: han (class 2)