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.

16. ראיתי זאת בעודי הולך אחרי אחי, וזה לא ראוי. הוא אינו נוהג לשקול כלל בלקיחת דברים מעורבבים בטומאה, והוא לא יעשה זאת בשום אופן.

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)

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