महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-137, verse-21

पूजन्युवाच ।
सकृत्कृतापराधस्य तत्रैव परिलम्बतः ।
न तद्बुधाः प्रशंसन्ति श्रेयस्तत्रापसर्पणम् ॥२१॥

21. pūjanyuvāca ,
sakṛtkṛtāparādhasya tatraiva parilambataḥ ,
na tadbudhāḥ praśaṁsanti śreyastatrāpasarpaṇam.

21. pūjani uvāca sakṛt kṛtāparādhasya tatra eva parilambhataḥ
na tat budhāḥ praśaṃsanti śreyaḥ tatra apasarpaṇam

21. pūjani uvāca budhāḥ sakṛt kṛtāparādhasya tatra eva
parilambhataḥ tat na praśaṃsanti tatra apasarpaṇam śreyaḥ

21. Pūjanī said: 'The wise (budhāḥ) do not commend someone who, having committed a transgression (aparādha) once, then lingers in that very spot. Departing from there is indeed better.'

Words meanings summery:

• पूजनि (pūjani) - Pūjanī

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, once only, at once

• कृतापराधस्य (kṛtāparādhasya) - of one who has committed an offense

• तत्र (tatra) - in that very spot (there, in that place)

• एव (eva) - very (emphasizing 'there') (alone, only, indeed, just)

• परिलम्भतः (parilambhataḥ) - of one who lingers, of one who delays, of one who remains

• न (na) - not

• तत् (tat) - that person (who lingers) (that, him)

• बुधाः (budhāḥ) - wise ones, intelligent people

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - praise, commend, approve

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - better, more excellent, welfare, good

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अपसर्पणम् (apasarpaṇam) - departing, going away, retreat

Words meanings and morphology

पूजनि (pūjani) - Pūjanī

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūjanī

pūjanī - worshipful, revered, venerable (feminine proper noun)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, once only, at once

(indeclinable)

कृतापराधस्य (kṛtāparādhasya) - of one who has committed an offense

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṛtāparādha

kṛtāparādha - having committed a transgression/offense

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṛtaḥ aparādhaḥ yena saḥ (he by whom an offense is committed)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kṛta+aparādha)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• aparādha – offense, transgression, fault
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: rādh (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - in that very spot (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - very (emphasizing 'there') (alone, only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

परिलम्भतः (parilambhataḥ) - of one who lingers, of one who delays, of one who remains

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of parilambhat

parilambhat - lingering, delaying, remaining

Present Active Participle

From the root labh (to cling to, to obtain) with prefix pari- in the ātmanepada.

Prefix: pari

Root: labh (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that person (who lingers) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बुधाः (budhāḥ) - wise ones, intelligent people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of budha

budha - wise, intelligent, learned (person)

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - praise, commend, approve

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of praśaṃs

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - better, more excellent, welfare, good

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, more excellent, welfare, good

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अपसर्पणम् (apasarpaṇam) - departing, going away, retreat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apasarpaṇa

apasarpaṇa - going away, retreating, departure

Action Noun

Derived from the root sṛp (to creep, to go) with prefix apa- and suffix -ana.

Prefix: apa

Root: sṛp (class 1)