महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-202, verse-19

इन्द्रियाणां प्रसङ्गेन दोषमृच्छत्यसंशयम् ।
संनियम्य तु तान्येव ततः सिद्धिमवाप्नुते ॥१९॥

19. indriyāṇāṁ prasaṅgena doṣamṛcchatyasaṁśayam ,
saṁniyamya tu tānyeva tataḥ siddhimavāpnute.

19. indriyāṇām prasaṅgena doṣam ṛcchati asaṃśayam
saṃniyamya tu tāni eva tataḥ siddhim avāpnute

19. A person certainly incurs fault or harm through excessive indulgence in the senses. But by fully restraining those very senses, one thereafter attains perfection or success.

19. מי שמתמסר לחושים נכשל ללא ספק, ומי שמרסן אותם משיג לאחר מכן סִידְּהִי (הישג רוחני).

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्रियाणाम् (indriyāṇām) - of the senses

• प्रसङ्गेन (prasaṅgena) - by attachment, by indulgence

• दोषम् (doṣam) - fault, harm, defect

• ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - attains, incurs, reaches

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

• संनियम्य (saṁniyamya) - having completely controlled, having restrained

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

• तानि (tāni) - referring to the senses (those, them)

• एव (eva) - emphasizing 'those very senses' (indeed, only, very)

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, from that, thence

• सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection, success, accomplishment

• अवाप्नुते (avāpnute) - attains, obtains

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रियाणाम् (indriyāṇām) - of the senses

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense

Root: ind

प्रसङ्गेन (prasaṅgena) - by attachment, by indulgence

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prasaṅga

prasaṅga - attachment, connection, indulgence, occasion

Derived from sam-√sañj (to adhere, attach) with prefix pra.

Prefixes: pra+sam

Root: sañj (class 1)

दोषम् (doṣam) - fault, harm, defect

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, blemish, harm, evil

Root: duṣ (class 4)

ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - attains, incurs, reaches

(verb)

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

Present indicative

Third person singular, parasmaipada. From √ṛ.

Root: ṛcch (class 6)

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

(indeclinable)

Negation (a) of saṃśaya (doubt).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃśaya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-śī.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī

Note: Functions adverbially.

संनियम्य (saṁniyamya) - having completely controlled, having restrained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from sam-ni-yam, with -ya suffix for absolutive when prefixed.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: yam (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

तानि (tāni) - referring to the senses (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

एव (eva) - emphasizing 'those very senses' (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, from that, thence

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivation from tad.

सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection, success, accomplishment

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of siddhi

siddhi - success, accomplishment, perfection, supernatural power

Derived from √sidh.

Root: sidh (class 1)

अवाप्नुते (avāpnute) - attains, obtains

(verb)

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

Present indicative

Third person singular, ātmanepada. From ava-√āp.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

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