महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-251, verse-15

सर्वतः शङ्कते स्तेनो मृगो ग्राममिवेयिवान् ।
बहुधाचरितं पापमन्यत्रैवानुपश्यति ॥१५॥

15. sarvataḥ śaṅkate steno mṛgo grāmamiveyivān ,
bahudhācaritaṁ pāpamanyatraivānupaśyati.

15. sarvataḥ śaṅkate stenaḥ mṛgaḥ grāmam iva eyivān
bahudhā ācaritam pāpam anyatra eva anupaśyati

15. stenaḥ grāmam eyivān mṛgaḥ iva sarvataḥ śaṅkate.
ācaritam bahudhā pāpam anyatra eva anupaśyati.

15. A thief suspects danger from all sides, like a deer that has entered a village. He perceives his own manifold sin (pāpa) only in others.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere

• शङ्कते (śaṅkate) - suspects, fears, doubts

• स्तेनः (stenaḥ) - a thief

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer, a wild animal

• ग्रामम् (grāmam) - village

• इव (iva) - like, as

• एयिवान् (eyivān) - having entered (the village) (one who has gone, having entered)

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifold, various

• आचरितम् (ācaritam) - committed, performed, practiced

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wrong act

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, in another place, in others

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• अनुपश्यति (anupaśyati) - he sees, he perceives

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)

Note: Formed with suffix -tas, indicating 'from all sides'

शङ्कते (śaṅkate) - suspects, fears, doubts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of śaṅk

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

स्तेनः (stenaḥ) - a thief

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stena

stena - thief, robber

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer, a wild animal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, antelope, wild animal

ग्रामम् (grāmam) - village

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of grāma

grāma - village, rural community, multitude, collection

Note: Accusative case indicating destination of motion

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

एयिवान् (eyivān) - having entered (the village) (one who has gone, having entered)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of iyivas

iyivas - gone, having gone

Perfect Active Participle (kvasu)

Derived from root i (to go) + kvasu suffix, expressing completed action by the agent

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with mṛgaḥ

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifold, various

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

आचरितम् (ācaritam) - committed, performed, practiced

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ācarita

ācarita - done, performed, practiced, committed; conduct, behavior (as noun)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root car (to move, perform) with prefix ā + kta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Modifies pāpam

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wrong act

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, wicked; sin, vice, evil deed

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, in another place, in others

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

अनुपश्यति (anupaśyati) - he sees, he perceives

(verb)

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

Present stem paśya- from root dṛś

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)