महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-37

यथैधः स्वसमुत्थेन वह्निना नाशमृच्छति ।
तथाकृतात्मा लोभेन सहजेन विनश्यति ॥३७॥

37. yathaidhaḥ svasamutthena vahninā nāśamṛcchati ,
tathākṛtātmā lobhena sahajena vinaśyati.

37. yathā edhaḥ svasamutthena vahninā nāśam ṛcchati
tathā akṛtātmā lobhena sahajena vināśyati

37. Just as fuel is consumed by a fire that has arisen from itself, so too, an undeveloped individual (ātman) perishes due to innate greed.

37. כמו שעצי הסקה נכלים באש שנולדה מהם עצמם, כך אדם שאינו מזוכך אובד בגלל החמדנות שנולדה עמו.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• एधः (edhaḥ) - fuel, wood, faggots

• स्वसमुत्थेन (svasamutthena) - arisen from itself, self-generated, spontaneously generated

• वह्निना (vahninā) - by fire

• नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin

• ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - reaches, obtains, goes to, falls into

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• अकृतात्मा (akṛtātmā) - one whose self is not cultivated, an undeveloped soul

• लोभेन (lobhena) - by greed, by covetousness

• सहजेन (sahajena) - innate, natural, inborn

• विनाश्यति (vināśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

एधः (edhaḥ) - fuel, wood, faggots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of edhas

edhas - fuel, wood, faggots

स्वसमुत्थेन (svasamutthena) - arisen from itself, self-generated, spontaneously generated

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svasamuttha

svasamuttha - arisen from itself, self-generated, spontaneously generated

from sva (own) + sam-ut-tha (arisen)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+samuttha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• samuttha – arisen, generated (past passive participle-like)
  adjective (masculine)
  from sam-ud-sthā (to stand up, arise)
  Prefixes: sam+ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to `vahninā`.

वह्निना (vahninā) - by fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni

from root vah (to carry, convey)

Root: vah (class 1)

नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss

from root naś (to perish, disappear)

Root: naś (class 4)

ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - reaches, obtains, goes to, falls into

(verb)

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

Root: ṛc (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

अकृतात्मा (akṛtātmā) - one whose self is not cultivated, an undeveloped soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṛtātman

akṛtātman - one whose self (ātman) is not cultivated or perfected, undeveloped soul

negative prefix 'a' + kṛta (done, made) + ātman (self)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kṛta+ātman)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kṛta – done, made, accomplished (past passive participle)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound as a noun denoting a person.

लोभेन (lobhena) - by greed, by covetousness

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of lobha

lobha - greed, covetousness, avarice

from root lubh (to covet)

Root: lubh (class 4)

सहजेन (sahajena) - innate, natural, inborn

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sahaja

sahaja - innate, natural, inborn

from saha (with) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saha+ja)

• saha – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to `lobhena`.

विनाश्यति (vināśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

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