महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-149, verse-98

यदि जम्बुकवाक्यानि निष्फलान्यनृतानि च ।
श्रोष्यथ भ्रष्टविज्ञानास्ततः सर्वे विनङ्क्ष्यथ ॥९८॥

98. yadi jambukavākyāni niṣphalānyanṛtāni ca ,
śroṣyatha bhraṣṭavijñānāstataḥ sarve vinaṅkṣyatha.

98. yadi jambukavākyāni niṣphalāni anṛtāni ca
śroṣyatha bhraṣṭavijñānāḥ tataḥ sarve vinakṣyatha

98. bhraṣṭavijñānāḥ yadi jambukavākyāni niṣphalāni anṛtāni ca śroṣyatha,
tataḥ sarve vinakṣyatha

98. If you, having lost your discernment, heed the jackal's words, which are both fruitless and untrue, then all of you will surely perish.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if, when

• जम्बुकवाक्यानि (jambukavākyāni) - jackal's words, speeches of a jackal

• निष्फलानि (niṣphalāni) - fruitless, useless, unproductive

• अनृतानि (anṛtāni) - untrue, false, dishonest

• च (ca) - and, also

• श्रोष्यथ (śroṣyatha) - you will hear, you will listen

• भ्रष्टविज्ञानाः (bhraṣṭavijñānāḥ) - whose wisdom is lost, whose discernment is corrupted

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore, from that

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• विनक्ष्यथ (vinakṣyatha) - you will perish, you will be destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if, when

(indeclinable)

जम्बुकवाक्यानि (jambukavākyāni) - jackal's words, speeches of a jackal

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jambukavākya

jambukavākya - words of a jackal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jambuka+vākya)

• jambuka – jackal
  noun (masculine)
• vākya – speech, word, sentence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Also could be accusative plural.

निष्फलानि (niṣphalāni) - fruitless, useless, unproductive

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of niṣphala

niṣphala - fruitless, useless, without result

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+phala)

• nis – without, out, away
  prefix
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Also could be accusative plural.

अनृतानि (anṛtāni) - untrue, false, dishonest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anṛta

anṛta - untrue, false; falsehood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+ṛta)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  Negative prefix
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)

Note: Also could be accusative plural.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

श्रोष्यथ (śroṣyatha) - you will hear, you will listen

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of śru

Future Tense

Root śru (5th class, śṛṇoti/śṛṇute) in future tense

Root: śru (class 5)

भ्रष्टविज्ञानाः (bhraṣṭavijñānāḥ) - whose wisdom is lost, whose discernment is corrupted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhraṣṭavijñāna

bhraṣṭavijñāna - one whose knowledge or wisdom is lost/corrupted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhraṣṭa+vijñāna)

• bhraṣṭa – fallen, lost, corrupt
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhraś (to fall)
  Root: bhraś (class 1)
• vijñāna – discernment, knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: This adjective refers to 'you' (implied, the recipients of the jackal's words).

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Functions as an adjective here, referring to the implied subjects.

विनक्ष्यथ (vinakṣyatha) - you will perish, you will be destroyed

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of naś

Future Tense

Root naś (1st/4th class, naśyati/naśyati) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)