महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-50, verse-6

अनर्थाचरितं तात परस्वस्पृहणं भृशम् ।
स्वसंतुष्टः स्वधर्मस्थो यः स वै सुखमेधते ॥६॥

6. anarthācaritaṁ tāta parasvaspṛhaṇaṁ bhṛśam ,
svasaṁtuṣṭaḥ svadharmastho yaḥ sa vai sukhamedhate.

6. anarthācaritam tāta parasvaspṛhaṇam bhṛśam
svasaṃtuṣṭaḥ svadharmasthaḥ yaḥ saḥ vai sukham edhate

6. My dear child, coveting the wealth of others leads to great misfortune. Indeed, whoever is content with their own lot and steadfast in their own natural law (svadharma) prospers happily.

Words meanings summery:

• अनर्थाचरितम् (anarthācaritam) - ill-conducted, leading to misfortune, harmful behavior

• तात (tāta) - dear child, father, darling

• परस्वस्पृहणम् (parasvaspṛhaṇam) - desiring others' wealth, covetousness of others' property

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, excessively, severely, much

• स्वसंतुष्टः (svasaṁtuṣṭaḥ) - self-satisfied, contented with oneself, content with one's own lot

• स्वधर्मस्थः (svadharmasthaḥ) - steadfast in one's own natural law (svadharma), situated in one's duty

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort; happily, easily

• एधते (edhate) - prospers, thrives, grows, increases

Words meanings and morphology

अनर्थाचरितम् (anarthācaritam) - ill-conducted, leading to misfortune, harmful behavior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anarthācarita

anarthācarita - ill-conducted, causing misfortune, harmful

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anartha+ācarita)

• anartha – misfortune, harm, nonsense, useless
  noun (neuter)
  from 'a' (not) + 'artha' (purpose/benefit)
• ācarita – performed, practiced, conducted, behavior
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root car with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Predicative, referring to parasvaspṛhaṇam

तात (tāta) - dear child, father, darling

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear child, dear one (vocative of affection)

परस्वस्पृहणम् (parasvaspṛhaṇam) - desiring others' wealth, covetousness of others' property

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parasvaspṛhaṇa

parasvaspṛhaṇa - desiring another's property, covetousness

gerundial noun

From parasva (another's property) and spṛhaṇa (desiring)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (parasva+spṛhaṇa)

• parasva – others' wealth, another's property
  noun (neuter)
• spṛhaṇa – desiring, longing, coveting
  noun (neuter)
  gerundial noun
  from root spṛh (to desire)
  Root: spṛh (class 10)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is' or 'becomes'

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, excessively, severely, much

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying anarthācaritam

स्वसंतुष्टः (svasaṁtuṣṭaḥ) - self-satisfied, contented with oneself, content with one's own lot

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svasaṃtuṣṭa

svasaṁtuṣṭa - self-content, satisfied with oneself

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+saṃtuṣṭa)

• sva – own, self, one's own
  pronoun
• saṃtuṣṭa – contented, satisfied, pleased
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root tuṣ with upasarga sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'yaḥ'

स्वधर्मस्थः (svadharmasthaḥ) - steadfast in one's own natural law (svadharma), situated in one's duty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svadharmastha

svadharmastha - standing in one's own duty or natural law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svadharma+stha)

• svadharma – one's own natural law (dharma), one's own duty, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated, steadfast
  adjective
  from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'yaḥ'

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

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

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yaḥ'

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

(indeclinable)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort; happily, easily

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here

एधते (edhate) - prospers, thrives, grows, increases

(verb)

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

present tense verb

Root: edh (class 1)