महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-138, verse-45

अशङ्क्यमपि शङ्केत नित्यं शङ्केत शङ्कितात् ।
भयं हि शङ्किताज्जातं समूलमपि कृन्तति ॥४५॥

45. aśaṅkyamapi śaṅketa nityaṁ śaṅketa śaṅkitāt ,
bhayaṁ hi śaṅkitājjātaṁ samūlamapi kṛntati.

45. aśaṅkyam api śaṅketa nityam śaṅketa śaṅkitāt
bhayam hi śaṅkitāt jātam samūlam api kṛntati

45. aśaṅkyam api śaṅketa nityam śaṅkitāt śaṅketa
hi śaṅkitāt jātam bhayam samūlam api kṛntati

45. One should always be wary even of that which seems beyond suspicion, and constantly suspicious of those who are themselves suspicious. Indeed, fear that arises from a suspicious person can destroy everything, even to its very roots.

Words meanings summery:

• अशङ्क्यम् (aśaṅkyam) - that which is not to be feared, unsuspected, improbable

• अपि (api) - even, also, although, too

• शङ्केत (śaṅketa) - one should suspect, one should fear, one should doubt

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• शङ्केत (śaṅketa) - one should suspect, one should fear, one should doubt

• शङ्कितात् (śaṅkitāt) - from a suspicious person, from one who is suspected, from a feared one

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread, danger

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for, because

• शङ्कितात् (śaṅkitāt) - from a suspicious person, from one who is suspected, from a feared one

• जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen, produced

• समूलम् (samūlam) - with roots, with the base, entirely, completely

• अपि (api) - even, also, although, too

• कृन्तति (kṛntati) - cuts off, severs, eradicates, destroys

Words meanings and morphology

अशङ्क्यम् (aśaṅkyam) - that which is not to be feared, unsuspected, improbable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśaṅkya

aśaṅkya - not to be feared, unsuspected, improbable, impossible to be suspected

Gerundive (karmaṇi prayogya)

Formed from √śaṅk (to doubt, fear) with the suffix -ya (kṛtya pratyaya) and the negative prefix a-.

Prefix: a

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, although, too

(indeclinable)

शङ्केत (śaṅketa) - one should suspect, one should fear, one should doubt

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √śaṅk

Optative

Root śaṅk in the optative mood, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of the accusative singular neuter form.

Note: Used adverbially.

शङ्केत (śaṅketa) - one should suspect, one should fear, one should doubt

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √śaṅk

Optative

Root śaṅk in the optative mood, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

शङ्कितात् (śaṅkitāt) - from a suspicious person, from one who is suspected, from a feared one

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śaṅkita

śaṅkita - doubted, suspected, feared, timid, suspicious

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √śaṅk (to doubt, fear) with the suffix -ta.

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

Note: Used as a substantive.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread, danger

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, alarm, danger, peril

From √bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for, because

(indeclinable)

शङ्कितात् (śaṅkitāt) - from a suspicious person, from one who is suspected, from a feared one

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śaṅkita

śaṅkita - doubted, suspected, feared, timid, suspicious

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √śaṅk (to doubt, fear) with the suffix -ta.

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

Note: Used as a substantive.

जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened, existing

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √jan (to be born, produced) with the suffix -ta.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'bhayam'.

समूलम् (samūlam) - with roots, with the base, entirely, completely

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samūla

samūla - with roots, rooted, having roots; entire, complete

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sa+mūla)

• sa – with, together with, possessing
  indeclinable
  Prefix meaning 'with'.
• mūla – root, basis, foundation, origin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'entirely' or 'completely'.

अपि (api) - even, also, although, too

(indeclinable)

कृन्तति (kṛntati) - cuts off, severs, eradicates, destroys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √kṛnt

Present Indicative

Root kṛnt (class 6, kr̥ntati).

Root: kṛnt (class 6)