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.

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)