महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-137, verse-12

वास एव यथा हि त्वं प्रावृण्वानोऽद्य मन्यसे ।
स्रजं त्यक्तामिव प्राप्य लोभाद्यौधिष्ठिरीं श्रियम् ॥१२॥

12. vāsa eva yathā hi tvaṁ prāvṛṇvāno'dya manyase ,
srajaṁ tyaktāmiva prāpya lobhādyaudhiṣṭhirīṁ śriyam.

12. vāsaḥ eva yathā hi tvam prāvṛṇvānaḥ adya manyase
srajam tyaktām iva prāpya lobhāt yāudhiṣṭhirīm śriyam

12. yathā hi tvam adya tyaktām srajam iva prāpya lobhāt
yāudhiṣṭhirīm śriyam vāsaḥ eva prāvṛṇvānaḥ manyase

12. Just as you now consider Yudhiṣṭhira's prosperity, which you obtained out of greed, as merely a garment you are putting on, like a discarded garland.

Words meanings summery:

• वासः (vāsaḥ) - garment, clothing

• एव (eva) - merely, only

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• प्रावृण्वानः (prāvṛṇvānaḥ) - putting on, clothing oneself with

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

• स्रजम् (srajam) - garland, wreath

• त्यक्ताम् (tyaktām) - discarded, abandoned, cast off

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having acquired

• लोभात् (lobhāt) - from greed, due to greed

• याउधिष्ठिरीम् (yāudhiṣṭhirīm) - relating to Yudhiṣṭhira, Yudhiṣṭhira's

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, glory, wealth

Words meanings and morphology

वासः (vāsaḥ) - garment, clothing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsa

vāsa - garment, clothing, dress

From √vas 'to wear'

Root: vas (class 2)

Note: Part of the simile, "like a garment".

एव (eva) - merely, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

Note: Emphasizes the triviality.

यथा (yathā) - just as, like

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

Emphatic or causal particle

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'manyase'.

प्रावृण्वानः (prāvṛṇvānaḥ) - putting on, clothing oneself with

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pra-√vṛ

pra-√vṛ - to cover, to put on (a garment)

Present Middle Participle

From pra- + √vṛ 'to cover, choose'

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'tvam'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

From 'idam' (this) + 'aha' (day) suffix

Note: Modifies 'prāvṛṇvānaḥ' and 'manyase'.

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Main verb of the clause.

स्रजम् (srajam) - garland, wreath

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sraj

sraj - garland, wreath, string of flowers

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Object of comparison, implied object of 'prāvṛṇvānaḥ'.

त्यक्ताम् (tyaktām) - discarded, abandoned, cast off

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, discarded, given up

Past Passive Participle

From √tyaj 'to abandon, give up'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'srajam'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

Note: Joins 'tyaktām srajam' to the main clause.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having acquired

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From pra- + √āp 'to obtain'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Action preceding 'manyase'.

लोभात् (lobhāt) - from greed, due to greed

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of lobha

lobha - greed, covetousness

From √lubh 'to covet'

Root: lubh (class 4)

Note: Indicates the cause for 'prāpya'.

याउधिष्ठिरीम् (yāudhiṣṭhirīm) - relating to Yudhiṣṭhira, Yudhiṣṭhira's

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yāudhiṣṭhiri

yāudhiṣṭhiri - belonging to Yudhiṣṭhira

Taddhita derivative from 'Yudhiṣṭhira'

Note: Modifies 'śriyam'.

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, glory, wealth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, glory, wealth, beauty, Lakshmi

Root: śrī

Note: Object of 'prāpya'.