महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-265, verse-11

एकशीलाश्च मित्रत्वं भजन्ते पापकर्मिणः ।
स नेह सुखमाप्नोति कुत एव परत्र वै ॥११॥

11. ekaśīlāśca mitratvaṁ bhajante pāpakarmiṇaḥ ,
sa neha sukhamāpnoti kuta eva paratra vai.

11. ekaśīlāḥ ca mitratvam bhajante pāpakārmiṇaḥ
saḥ na iha sukham āpnoti kutaḥ eva paratra vai

11. pāpakārmiṇaḥ ca ekaśīlāḥ mitratvam bhajante
saḥ iha sukham na āpnoti paratra kutaḥ eva vai

11. Evil-doers form friendships only with those of similar character. Such a person does not attain happiness in this world, much less in the next.

Words meanings summery:

• एकशीलाः (ekaśīlāḥ) - those of similar character, of one nature, uniform in conduct

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• मित्रत्वम् (mitratvam) - friendship, companionship

• भजन्ते (bhajante) - they resort to, they cultivate, they serve, they frequent

• पापकार्मिणः (pāpakārmiṇaḥ) - evil-doers, those who perform sinful actions (karma)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - in this earthly existence (here, in this world, at this place)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, ease, pleasure

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - he obtains, he attains, he reaches, he gets

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (can he obtain) (whence, from where, how, why)

• एव (eva) - even, certainly (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• परत्र (paratra) - in the afterlife (in the other world, hereafter, elsewhere)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, truly

Words meanings and morphology

एकशीलाः (ekaśīlāḥ) - those of similar character, of one nature, uniform in conduct

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekaśīla

ekaśīla - of one character, of similar conduct, uniform

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+śīla)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral/adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• śīla – nature, character, conduct, habit
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Refers to individuals sharing the same 'śīla'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'ekaśīlāḥ' with 'pāpakārmiṇaḥ'.

मित्रत्वम् (mitratvam) - friendship, companionship

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mitratva

mitratva - friendship, companionship

Abstract noun from `mitra` (friend) + suffix `-tva`.

Note: Also nominative singular neuter.

भजन्ते (bhajante) - they resort to, they cultivate, they serve, they frequent

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhaj

present tense

Root `bhaj` (1st class) ātmanepada.

Root: bhaj (class 1)

पापकार्मिणः (pāpakārmiṇaḥ) - evil-doers, those who perform sinful actions (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpakārmin

pāpakārmin - one who performs evil deeds, sinful

Agent noun from `pāpa` (sin) and `karman` (action).

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāpa+karman)

• pāpa – sin, evil, bad
  noun (neuter)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to people who commit sinful actions.

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Nominative masculine singular of `tad`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

इह (iha) - in this earthly existence (here, in this world, at this place)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place and time.

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, ease, pleasure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, ease, pleasure, comfortable

Note: Also nominative singular neuter.

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - he obtains, he attains, he reaches, he gets

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āp

present tense

Root `āp` (5th class) with prefix `ā-`.

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (can he obtain) (whence, from where, how, why)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of interrogation.

एव (eva) - even, certainly (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis.

परत्र (paratra) - in the afterlife (in the other world, hereafter, elsewhere)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place. From `para` (other) + suffix `-tra`.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, truly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.