महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-69, verse-6

विरूपो यावदादर्शे नात्मनः पश्यते मुखम् ।
मन्यते तावदात्मानमन्येभ्यो रूपवत्तरम् ॥६॥

6. virūpo yāvadādarśe nātmanaḥ paśyate mukham ,
manyate tāvadātmānamanyebhyo rūpavattaram.

6. virūpaḥ yāvat ādarśe na ātmanaḥ paśyate mukham
manyate tāvat ātmānaṃ anyebhyaḥ rūpavattaram

6. As long as an unattractive person does not see his own face in a mirror, he considers himself more handsome than others.

Words meanings summery:

• विरूपः (virūpaḥ) - ugly, misshapen, deformed (person)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• आदर्शे (ādarśe) - in a mirror (in a mirror, in an example)

• न (na) - not

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of himself, his own

• पश्यते (paśyate) - sees, beholds (for himself)

• मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth, front

• मन्यते (manyate) - he thinks, he considers, he believes

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, at that time

• आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - himself

• अन्येभ्यः (anyebhyaḥ) - than others (in comparison) (than others, from others, to others)

• रूपवत्तरम् (rūpavattaram) - more beautiful, more endowed with form

Words meanings and morphology

विरूपः (virūpaḥ) - ugly, misshapen, deformed (person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virūpa

virūpa - deformed, ugly, ill-shaped, monstrous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+rūpa)

• vi – apart, asunder, badly
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, shape, beauty, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used substantively to mean 'an ugly person'.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds with tāvat.

आदर्शे (ādarśe) - in a mirror (in a mirror, in an example)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādarśa

ādarśa - mirror, reflection, model, example

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates paśyate.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of himself, his own

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Possessive of mukham.

पश्यते (paśyate) - sees, beholds (for himself)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of paśyate

Present Middle

Root dṛś (1st class) with transformation to paśya in present stem, middle voice

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth, front

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, opening, front, chief

Note: Object of paśyate.

मन्यते (manyate) - he thinks, he considers, he believes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of manyate

Present Middle

Root man (4th class), middle voice

Root: man (class 4)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds with yāvat.

आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - himself

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Object of manyate, indicating the person himself.

अन्येभ्यः (anyebhyaḥ) - than others (in comparison) (than others, from others, to others)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Used with comparative (rūpavattaram) to denote comparison.

रूपवत्तरम् (rūpavattaram) - more beautiful, more endowed with form

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rūpavattara

rūpavatta - endowed with form, beautiful

Comparative degree of rūpavat (derived from rūpa with matup suffix)

Note: Agrees with ātmānaṃ. Comparative suffix -tara.