महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-186, verse-7

नार्द्रपाणिः समुत्तिष्ठेन्नार्द्रपादः स्वपेन्निशि ।
देवर्षिनारदप्रोक्तमेतदाचारलक्षणम् ॥७॥

7. nārdrapāṇiḥ samuttiṣṭhennārdrapādaḥ svapenniśi ,
devarṣināradaproktametadācāralakṣaṇam.

7. na ārdrapāṇiḥ samuttiṣṭhet na ārdrapādaḥ svapet
niśi | devarṣināradaproktam etat ācāralakṣaṇam

7. ārdrapāṇiḥ na samuttiṣṭhet ārdrapādaḥ niśi na svapet
etat devarṣināradaproktam ācāralakṣaṇam (asti)

7. One should not rise with wet hands, nor should one sleep at night with wet feet. This is the definition of proper conduct (ācāra) as declared by the divine sage (devarṣi) Nārada.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• आर्द्रपाणिः (ārdrapāṇiḥ) - with wet hands

• समुत्तिष्ठेत् (samuttiṣṭhet) - one should rise, one should get up

• न (na) - not, no

• आर्द्रपादः (ārdrapādaḥ) - with wet feet

• स्वपेत् (svapet) - one should sleep

• निशि (niśi) - at night

• देवर्षिनारदप्रोक्तम् (devarṣināradaproktam) - declared by the divine sage Nārada

• एतत् (etat) - this

• आचारलक्षणम् (ācāralakṣaṇam) - definition of conduct, characteristic of conduct

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आर्द्रपाणिः (ārdrapāṇiḥ) - with wet hands

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārdrapāṇi

ārdrapāṇi - wet-handed, having wet hands

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ārdra+pāṇi)

• ārdra – wet, moist
  adjective (masculine)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

समुत्तिष्ठेत् (samuttiṣṭhet) - one should rise, one should get up

(verb)

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

Optative Active

From root 'sthā' with upasargas 'sam' and 'ud', 3rd person singular optative active, parasmaipada

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आर्द्रपादः (ārdrapādaḥ) - with wet feet

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārdrapāda

ārdrapāda - wet-footed, having wet feet

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ārdra+pāda)

• ārdra – wet, moist
  adjective (masculine)
• pāda – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)

स्वपेत् (svapet) - one should sleep

(verb)

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

Optative Active

3rd person singular optative active, parasmaipada

Root: svap (class 2)

निशि (niśi) - at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

देवर्षिनारदप्रोक्तम् (devarṣināradaproktam) - declared by the divine sage Nārada

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of devarṣināradaprokta

devarṣināradaprokta - spoken or declared by Devarṣi Nārada

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (devarṣi+nārada+prokta)

• devarṣi – divine sage
  noun (masculine)
• nārada – Nārada (a renowned divine sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• prokta – spoken, declared, told
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vac' (to speak) with upasarga 'pra', past passive participle
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun

आचारलक्षणम् (ācāralakṣaṇam) - definition of conduct, characteristic of conduct

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ācāralakṣaṇa

ācāralakṣaṇa - definition/characteristic of proper conduct

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ācāra+lakṣaṇa)

• ācāra – conduct, custom, practice, tradition
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun
  From root 'car' (to move, to behave) with upasarga 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, definition
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root 'lakṣ' (to perceive, to mark) + '-ana' (action/instrument suffix)
  Root: lakṣ (class 10)