महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-155, verse-17

दृष्ट्वा फलस्य नापश्यद्दोषा येऽस्यानुबन्धिकाः ।
विविनक्ति न शौचं यः सोऽन्यत्रापि कथं भवेत् ॥१७॥

17. dṛṣṭvā phalasya nāpaśyaddoṣā ye'syānubandhikāḥ ,
vivinakti na śaucaṁ yaḥ so'nyatrāpi kathaṁ bhavet.

17. dṛṣṭvā phalasya na apaśyat doṣāḥ ye asya anubandhikāḥ
vivinakti na śaucam yaḥ saḥ anyatra api katham bhavet

17. He saw the fruit but failed to perceive the faults associated with it. How can someone who does not discern purity (śauca) be capable of discerning it in other matters?

Words meanings summery:

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• फलस्य (phalasya) - of the fruit

• न (na) - not

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he did not see

• दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults, defects

• ये (ye) - which (masculine plural)

• अस्य (asya) - of it, its

• अनुबन्धिकाः (anubandhikāḥ) - accompanying, connected with, consequential

• विविनक्ति (vivinakti) - distinguishes, separates, discerns

• न (na) - not

• शौचम् (śaucam) - purity, cleanliness

• यः (yaḥ) - who

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, in other matters

• अपि (api) - also, even

• कथम् (katham) - how

• भवेत् (bhavet) - he might be, he should be

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(verbal derivative)

फलस्य (phalasya) - of the fruit

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he did not see

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults, defects

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin, error

ये (ye) - which (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

अस्य (asya) - of it, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

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

अनुबन्धिकाः (anubandhikāḥ) - accompanying, connected with, consequential

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anubandhika

anubandhika - connected with, following, consequential, attached to

विविनक्ति (vivinakti) - distinguishes, separates, discerns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vi-vic

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शौचम् (śaucam) - purity, cleanliness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śauca

śauca - purity, cleanliness, ritual purity, purification

यः (yaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, in other matters

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - he might be, he should be

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)