महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-276, verse-51

अशुचीन्यत्र पश्येत ब्राह्मणान्वृत्तिकर्शितान् ।
त्यजेत्तद्राष्ट्रमासन्नमुपसृष्टमिवामिषम् ॥५१॥

51. aśucīnyatra paśyeta brāhmaṇānvṛttikarśitān ,
tyajettadrāṣṭramāsannamupasṛṣṭamivāmiṣam.

51. aśucīn yatra paśyet brāhmaṇān vṛttikarśitān
tyajet tat rāṣṭram āsannam upasṛṣṭam iva āmiṣam

51. yatra aśucīn vṛttikarśitān brāhmaṇān paśyet,
tat āsannam rāṣṭram upasṛṣṭam āmiṣam iva tyajet

51. Where one observes Brahmins who are impure (aśucīn) and afflicted by a lack of livelihood, one should abandon that country, just as one would abandon nearby meat that has been defiled.

Words meanings summery:

• अशुचीन् (aśucīn) - impure, unholy, defiled

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• पश्येत् (paśyet) - one should see, one should observe

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins, learned persons

• वृत्तिकर्शितान् (vṛttikarśitān) - distressed by livelihood, emaciated by want of subsistence

• त्यजेत् (tyajet) - one should abandon, one should forsake

• तत् (tat) - that, that (country)

• राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - country, kingdom, nation

• आसन्नम् (āsannam) - nearby (country) (near, close, approaching)

• उपसृष्टम् (upasṛṣṭam) - defiled (meat) (touched, polluted, defiled, afflicted)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - meat (as an example of something to be discarded if defiled) (meat, flesh, food, object of desire)

Words meanings and morphology

अशुचीन् (aśucīn) - impure, unholy, defiled

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aśuci

aśuci - impure, unclean, unholy

'a' (not) + 'śuci' (pure)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śuci)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• śuci – pure, clean, holy
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇān'.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

पश्येत् (paśyet) - one should see, one should observe

(verb)

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

optative mood

3rd person singular optative active from root '√dṛś' (to see), which uses 'paśya' as its present stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins, learned persons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, one learned in the Vedas

from 'brahman' + 'aṇ' suffix

Note: Object of 'paśyet'.

वृत्तिकर्शितान् (vṛttikarśitān) - distressed by livelihood, emaciated by want of subsistence

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛttikarśita

vṛttikarśita - distressed by livelihood, impoverished, emaciated due to lack of means

Tatpurusha compound: 'vṛtti' (livelihood) + 'karśita' (emaciated, distressed)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛtti+karśita)

• vṛtti – livelihood, subsistence, conduct, profession
  noun (feminine)
  from root √vṛt (to be, exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• karśita – emaciated, distressed, reduced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  past passive participle from root √kṛś (to make thin, reduce)
  Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇān'.

त्यजेत् (tyajet) - one should abandon, one should forsake

(verb)

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

optative mood

3rd person singular optative active from root '√tyaj' (to abandon)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, that (country)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Qualifies 'rāṣṭram'.

राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - country, kingdom, nation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - country, kingdom, nation

from root √rāj (to rule)

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Object of 'tyajet'.

आसन्नम् (āsannam) - nearby (country) (near, close, approaching)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āsanna

āsanna - near, close, imminent

Past Passive Participle

from prefix 'ā' + root '√sad' (to sit, approach)

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'rāṣṭram'.

उपसृष्टम् (upasṛṣṭam) - defiled (meat) (touched, polluted, defiled, afflicted)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of upasṛṣṭa

upasṛṣṭa - touched, infected, defiled, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

from prefix 'upa' + root '√sṛj' (to throw, emit), but here related to being 'sṛṣṭa' (created/placed) in a specific way by 'upa', often meaning touched/afflicted

Prefix: upa

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'āmiṣam'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the simile.

आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - meat (as an example of something to be discarded if defiled) (meat, flesh, food, object of desire)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āmiṣa

āmiṣa - meat, flesh, food, prey, object of enjoyment

Note: Object of comparison.