महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-155, verse-16

तदपश्यमहं भ्रातुरसांप्रतमनुव्रजन् ।
विमर्शं संकरादाने नायं कुर्यात्कथंचन ॥१६॥

16. tadapaśyamahaṁ bhrāturasāṁpratamanuvrajan ,
vimarśaṁ saṁkarādāne nāyaṁ kuryātkathaṁcana.

16. tat apaśyam aham bhrātuḥ asaṃpratam anuvrajan
vimarśam saṃkarādāne na ayam kuryāt kathaṃcana

16. As I followed my brother, I saw that improper act of his. He should certainly not be considering accepting something impure.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

• असंप्रतम् (asaṁpratam) - improper, unsuitable, untimely

• अनुव्रजन् (anuvrajan) - following, accompanying

• विमर्शम् (vimarśam) - deliberation, consideration

• संकरादाने (saṁkarādāne) - in accepting impurity/mixed things

• न (na) - not

• अयम् (ayam) - this (he)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - he should do, he might do

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, at all

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

असंप्रतम् (asaṁpratam) - improper, unsuitable, untimely

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asaṃprata

asaṁprata - improper, unsuitable, untimely, disagreeable

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃprata)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• saṃprata – proper, suitable, timely, agreeable
  adjective

अनुव्रजन् (anuvrajan) - following, accompanying

(verbal derivative)

विमर्शम् (vimarśam) - deliberation, consideration

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vimarśa

vimarśa - deliberation, consideration, doubt, examination

संकरादाने (saṁkarādāne) - in accepting impurity/mixed things

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkarādāna

saṁkarādāna - accepting impure things, taking a mixed item, acquisition of impurity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃkara+ādāna)

• saṃkara – mixing, impurity, mixture, confusion
  noun (masculine)
• ādāna – taking, receiving, acceptance, seizure
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it (proximal pronoun)

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - he should do, he might do

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, at all

(indeclinable)