महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-33, verse-52

द्वाविमौ कण्टकौ तीक्ष्णौ शरीरपरिशोषणौ ।
यश्चाधनः कामयते यश्च कुप्यत्यनीश्वरः ॥५२॥

52. dvāvimau kaṇṭakau tīkṣṇau śarīrapariśoṣaṇau ,
yaścādhanaḥ kāmayate yaśca kupyatyanīśvaraḥ.

52. dvau imau kaṇṭakau tīkṣṇau śarīrapariśoṣaṇau
yaḥ ca adhanaḥ kāmayate yaḥ ca kupyati anīśvaraḥ

52. These two sharp thorns, which exhaust the body, are: a person without wealth who harbors desires, and a person without power who gets angry.

Words meanings summery:

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• इमौ (imau) - these (two)

• कण्टकौ (kaṇṭakau) - thorns

• तीक्ष्णौ (tīkṣṇau) - sharp, keen, intense

• शरीरपरिशोषणौ (śarīrapariśoṣaṇau) - causing the body to waste away, exhausting the body

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• च (ca) - and

• अधनः (adhanaḥ) - without wealth, poor

• कामयते (kāmayate) - desires what he cannot attain (desires, wishes)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• च (ca) - and

• कुप्यति (kupyati) - becomes angry, is enraged

• अनीश्वरः (anīśvaraḥ) - without power, powerless, helpless

Words meanings and morphology

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

इमौ (imau) - these (two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

कण्टकौ (kaṇṭakau) - thorns

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kaṇṭaka

kaṇṭaka - thorn, prickle, enemy, trouble

Note: Used metaphorically for vexations or troubles.

तीक्ष्णौ (tīkṣṇau) - sharp, keen, intense

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, strong, fierce, pungent

Note: Qualifies "kaṇṭakau".

शरीरपरिशोषणौ (śarīrapariśoṣaṇau) - causing the body to waste away, exhausting the body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śarīrapariśoṣaṇa

śarīrapariśoṣaṇa - causing the body to waste away, debilitating the body

From śarīra (body) + pariśoṣaṇa (causing to dry up/waste away)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+pariśoṣaṇa)

• śarīra – body, physical form
  noun (neuter)
• pariśoṣaṇa – drying up, emaciating, wasting away, causing to waste away
  adjective (masculine)
  Causative agent adjective/participle from root śuṣ
  From pari (around/completely) + śoṣaṇa (drying/exhausting)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies "kaṇṭakau".

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अधनः (adhanaḥ) - without wealth, poor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhana

adhana - without wealth, poor, destitute

Negation of dhana (wealth)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+dhana)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• dhana – wealth, property, riches
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies "yaḥ".

कामयते (kāmayate) - desires what he cannot attain (desires, wishes)

(verb)

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

Denominative verb from kāma (desire)

Derived from kāma, usually listed in 10th class, or as a denominative from kāma, meaning 'to desire'

Root: kam (class 10)

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कुप्यति (kupyati) - becomes angry, is enraged

(verb)

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

Root: kup (class 4)

अनीश्वरः (anīśvaraḥ) - without power, powerless, helpless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anīśvara

anīśvara - without a lord, without power, helpless, powerless

Negation of īśvara (lord, powerful)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+īśvara)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• īśvara – lord, master, powerful, capable
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Qualifies "yaḥ".