महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-155, verse-15

ज्येष्ठो भ्राता ममागृह्णाद्विचरन्वननिर्झरे ।
अपरिज्ञातशौचायां भूमौ निपतितं फलम् ॥१५॥

15. jyeṣṭho bhrātā mamāgṛhṇādvicaranvananirjhare ,
aparijñātaśaucāyāṁ bhūmau nipatitaṁ phalam.

15. jyeṣṭhaḥ bhrātā mama agṛhṇāt vicaran vananirjhare
aparijñātaśaucāyām bhūmau nipatitam phalam

15. My elder brother, while wandering near a forest waterfall, picked up a fruit that had fallen on the ground, whose purity (śauca) was uncertain.

Words meanings summery:

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - elder, eldest, greatest

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - he took, he seized, he picked up

• विचरन् (vicaran) - wandering, roaming

• वननिर्झरे (vananirjhare) - in a forest stream/waterfall

• अपरिज्ञातशौचायाम् (aparijñātaśaucāyām) - on which the purity was not known/ascertained

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• निपतितम् (nipatitam) - fallen

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit

Words meanings and morphology

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - elder, eldest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, chief, best, greatest

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)

अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - he took, he seized, he picked up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

विचरन् (vicaran) - wandering, roaming

(verbal derivative)

वननिर्झरे (vananirjhare) - in a forest stream/waterfall

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vananirjhara

vananirjhara - forest stream, forest waterfall

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+nirjhara)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• nirjhara – waterfall, cascade, stream
  noun (masculine)

अपरिज्ञातशौचायाम् (aparijñātaśaucāyām) - on which the purity was not known/ascertained

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of aparijñātaśauca

aparijñātaśauca - of unknown purity/cleanliness, whose purity is not ascertained

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+parijñāta+śauca)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• parijñāta – known, understood, ascertained
  verbal derivative
  past passive participle
  From root 'jñā' (9th class) with prefix 'pari-'
  Prefix: pari
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• śauca – purity, cleanliness, ritual purity
  noun (neuter)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

निपतितम् (nipatitam) - fallen

(verbal derivative)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit

(noun)

neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward