महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-261, verse-22

चतुर्द्वारं पुरुषं चतुर्मुखं चतुर्धा चैनमुपयाति निन्दा ।
बाहुभ्यां वाच उदरादुपस्थात्तेषां द्वारं द्वारपालो बुभूषेत् ॥२२॥

22. caturdvāraṁ puruṣaṁ caturmukhaṁ; caturdhā cainamupayāti nindā ,
bāhubhyāṁ vāca udarādupasthā;tteṣāṁ dvāraṁ dvārapālo bubhūṣet.

22. caturdvāram puruṣam caturmukham
caturdhā ca enam upayāti nindā
bāhubhyām vācaḥ udarāt upasthāt
teṣām dvāram dvārapālaḥ bubhūṣet

22. puruṣam caturdvāram caturmukham
ca nindā enam caturdhā upayāti
bāhubhyām vācaḥ udarāt upasthāt
teṣām dvāram dvārapālaḥ bubhūṣet

22. A person (puruṣa) has four doors and four faces. Reproach approaches him in four ways: through his arms, his speech, his belly, and his genitals. One should desire to be the doorkeeper of these entrances.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्द्वारम् (caturdvāram) - four-doored, having four doors

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - person (puruṣa) (person, human being, spirit, self)

• चतुर्मुखम् (caturmukham) - four-faced, having four mouths/faces

• चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - in four ways, fourfold

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनम् (enam) - him (him, this (masculine accusative singular))

• उपयाति (upayāti) - approaches, comes near

• निन्दा (nindā) - reproach (blame, reproach, censure)

• बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - through his arms (by or from the two arms)

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - from speech (from speech; of speech)

• उदरात् (udarāt) - from his belly (from the belly, from the stomach)

• उपस्थात् (upasthāt) - from his genitals (from the genitals, from the lap)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of these (referring to the four entrances) (of them, to them)

• द्वारम् (dvāram) - entrance (door) (door, gate, entrance)

• द्वारपालः (dvārapālaḥ) - doorkeeper (doorkeeper, gatekeeper)

• बुभूषेत् (bubhūṣet) - should desire to be, should wish to become

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्द्वारम् (caturdvāram) - four-doored, having four doors

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of caturdvāra

caturdvāra - four-doored, having four doors

Compound of catur (four) and dvāra (door).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+dvāra)

• catur – four
  numeral
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - person (puruṣa) (person, human being, spirit, self)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person, human being, spirit, the cosmic person, the self

चतुर्मुखम् (caturmukham) - four-faced, having four mouths/faces

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of caturmukha

caturmukha - four-faced, having four mouths or faces

Compound of catur (four) and mukha (face/mouth).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+mukha)

• catur – four
  numeral
• mukha – mouth, face, opening, principal
  noun (neuter)

चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - in four ways, fourfold

(indeclinable)

Derived from catur (four) with the suffix -dhā.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (him, this (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, he, she, it

उपयाति (upayāti) - approaches, comes near

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of upayā

Prefix: upa

Root: yā (class 2)

निन्दा (nindā) - reproach (blame, reproach, censure)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nindā

nindā - blame, reproach, censure, scorn

From root √nind (to blame, censure).

Root: nind (class 1)

बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - through his arms (by or from the two arms)

(noun)

masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm

वाचः (vācaḥ) - from speech (from speech; of speech)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word

Root: vac (class 2)

उदरात् (udarāt) - from his belly (from the belly, from the stomach)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of udara

udara - belly, stomach, interior

उपस्थात् (upasthāt) - from his genitals (from the genitals, from the lap)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of upastha

upastha - lap, private parts, genitals

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of these (referring to the four entrances) (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्वारम् (dvāram) - entrance (door) (door, gate, entrance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvāra

dvāra - door, gate, entrance

द्वारपालः (dvārapālaḥ) - doorkeeper (doorkeeper, gatekeeper)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvārapāla

dvārapāla - doorkeeper, gatekeeper

Compound of dvāra (door) and pāla (protector).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvāra+pāla)

• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)
• pāla – protector, guardian, keeper
  noun (masculine)
  From root √pā (to protect).
  Root: pā (class 2)

बुभूषेत् (bubhūṣet) - should desire to be, should wish to become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bubhūṣ

Desiderative verb formation

Desiderative stem of √bhū (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)