महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-49, verse-11

न लुब्धो बुध्यते दोषान्मोहाल्लोभः प्रवर्तते ।
मधु लिप्सुर्हि नापश्यं प्रपातमिदमीदृशम् ॥११॥

11. na lubdho budhyate doṣānmohāllobhaḥ pravartate ,
madhu lipsurhi nāpaśyaṁ prapātamidamīdṛśam.

11. na lubdhaḥ budhyate doṣān mohāt lobhaḥ pravartate
madhu lipsuḥ hi na apaśyam prapātam idam īdṛśam

11. lubdhaḥ doṣān na budhyate.
lobhaḥ mohāt pravartate.
hi madhu lipsuḥ (aham) idam īdṛśam prapātam na apaśyam.

11. A greedy person does not discern faults; greed arises from delusion (moha). Indeed, desiring honey, I did not see such a precipice as this.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• लुब्धः (lubdhaḥ) - greedy, avaricious person

• बुध्यते (budhyate) - discerns, understands, perceives

• दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, errors

• मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, due to ignorance

• लोभः (lobhaḥ) - greed, avarice, covetousness

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - arises, proceeds, occurs

• मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet thing

• लिप्सुः (lipsuḥ) - desiring to obtain, wishing to get

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• न (na) - not, no

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I did not see (I saw)

• प्रपातम् (prapātam) - precipice, fall, downfall

• इदम् (idam) - this

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

लुब्धः (lubdhaḥ) - greedy, avaricious person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lubdha

lubdha - greedy, avaricious, covetous; a greedy person

Past Passive Participle

From root 'lubh' (to covet, desire strongly).

Root: lubh (class 4)

बुध्यते (budhyate) - discerns, understands, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of budh

Present Tense

Root budh (class 4), present 3rd person singular, middle voice.

Root: budh (class 4)

दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, errors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, error, sin

मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, due to ignorance

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, illusion, bewilderment, ignorance

Root: muh (class 4)

लोभः (lobhaḥ) - greed, avarice, covetousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lobha

lobha - greed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity

Root: lubh (class 4)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - arises, proceeds, occurs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of pravṛt

Present Tense

Root vṛt (class 1) with prefix pra, present 3rd person singular, middle voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet thing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet, nectar, wine

लिप्सुः (lipsuḥ) - desiring to obtain, wishing to get

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lipsū

lipsū - desirous of obtaining, wishing to get

Desiderative Participle

From desiderative stem of root 'labh' (to obtain).

Root: labh (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I did not see (I saw)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect Tense

Root dṛś (class 1, often uses 'paś' stem), imperfect 1st person singular, active voice.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

प्रपातम् (prapātam) - precipice, fall, downfall

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prapāta

prapāta - a fall, jumping down, precipice, downfall, calamity

Prefix: pra

Root: pat (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this