महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-36

अनाद्यन्ता तु सा तृष्णा अन्तर्देहगता नृणाम् ।
विनाशयति संभूता अयोनिज इवानलः ॥३६॥

36. anādyantā tu sā tṛṣṇā antardehagatā nṛṇām ,
vināśayati saṁbhūtā ayonija ivānalaḥ.

36. anādyantā tu sā tṛṣṇā antardehagatā nṛṇām
vināśayati saṃbhūtā ayonijaḥ iva analaḥ

36. But that craving (tṛṣṇā) of human beings, which has no beginning or end and resides within the body, destroys when it intensifies, just like fire (anala) that originates without a specific source.

Words meanings summery:

• अनाद्यन्ता (anādyantā) - without beginning or end, beginningless and endless

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• सा (sā) - (feminine nominative singular, referring to `tṛṣṇā`) (that (feminine))

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - thirst, craving, desire

• अन्तर्देहगता (antardehagatā) - situated within the body, residing inside the body

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of human beings

• विनाशयति (vināśayati) - destroys, causes to perish

• संभूता (saṁbhūtā) - arisen, produced, fully developed, intensified

• अयोनिजः (ayonijaḥ) - born without a source/womb, self-generated

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनलः (analaḥ) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

अनाद्यन्ता (anādyantā) - without beginning or end, beginningless and endless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anādyanta

anādyanta - without beginning or end, beginningless and endless

negative prefix 'a' + ādi (beginning) + anta (end)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+ādi+anta)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• ādi – beginning, source
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to `tṛṣṇā`.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - (feminine nominative singular, referring to `tṛṣṇā`) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - thirst, craving, desire

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, craving, desire, longing

from root tṛṣ (to thirst)

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

अन्तर्देहगता (antardehagatā) - situated within the body, residing inside the body

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of antardehagata

antardehagata - situated within the body, residing inside the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antar+deha+gata)

• antar – within, inside
  indeclinable
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• gata – gone, situated, being in (past passive participle)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to `tṛṣṇā`.

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person, human being

विनाशयति (vināśayati) - destroys, causes to perish

(verb)

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

causative

causative of vi-naś (to perish)

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

संभूता (saṁbhūtā) - arisen, produced, fully developed, intensified

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃbhūta

saṁbhūta - arisen, produced, manifested, grown (past passive participle)

Past Passive Participle

from sam-bhū (to arise, be produced)

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to `tṛṣṇā`.

अयोनिजः (ayonijaḥ) - born without a source/womb, self-generated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ayonija

ayonija - born without a source/womb, self-generated, not womb-born

negative prefix 'a' + yoni (womb, source) + ja (born)

Compound type : nah-tatpuruṣa (a+yoni+ja)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• yoni – womb, origin, source
  noun (feminine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to `analaḥ`.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अनलः (analaḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, Agni

literally 'not-wind', but meaning fire. Or from root an (to breathe) with 'ala' suffix