महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-288, verse-23

न तथा वक्तुमिच्छन्ति कल्याणान्पुरुषे गुणान् ।
यथैषां वक्तुमिच्छन्ति नैर्गुण्यमनुयुञ्जकाः ॥२३॥

23. na tathā vaktumicchanti kalyāṇānpuruṣe guṇān ,
yathaiṣāṁ vaktumicchanti nairguṇyamanuyuñjakāḥ.

23. na tathā vaktum icchanti kalyāṇān puruṣe guṇān
yathā eṣām vaktum icchanti nairguṇyam anuyuñjakāḥ

23. anuyuñjakāḥ puruṣe kalyāṇān guṇān tathā vaktum na icchanti,
yathā eṣām nairguṇyam vaktum icchanti.

23. Those who find fault (anuyuñjakāḥ) are not as eager to speak of the good qualities in a person as they are to speak of their flaws (nirguṇya).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to tell

• इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they wish, they desire, they want

• कल्याणान् (kalyāṇān) - good qualities (auspicious, good, virtuous (accusative plural))

• पुरुषे (puruṣe) - in a person (in a man, in a person, in the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

• गुणान् (guṇān) - good qualities (qualities, virtues, attributes, strands of prakṛti)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• एषाम् (eṣām) - their (referring to people's) (of these, their (masculine/neuter))

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to tell

• इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they wish, they desire, they want

• नैर्गुण्यम् (nairguṇyam) - flaws, lack of good qualities (absence of qualities, fault, defect)

• अनुयुञ्जकाः (anuyuñjakāḥ) - those who find fault, critics, blame-finders

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to tell

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive of root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they wish, they desire, they want

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

कल्याणान् (kalyāṇān) - good qualities (auspicious, good, virtuous (accusative plural))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kalyāṇa

kalyāṇa - auspicious, beautiful, virtuous, good

Note: Modifies guṇān

पुरुषे (puruṣe) - in a person (in a man, in a person, in the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

गुणान् (guṇān) - good qualities (qualities, virtues, attributes, strands of prakṛti)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, strand, secondary quality

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - their (referring to people's) (of these, their (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to tell

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive of root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they wish, they desire, they want

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

नैर्गुण्यम् (nairguṇyam) - flaws, lack of good qualities (absence of qualities, fault, defect)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nairguṇya

nairguṇya - absence of qualities, fault, defect, worthlessness

Derived from nirguṇa (without qualities) + ya (suf)

अनुयुञ्जकाः (anuyuñjakāḥ) - those who find fault, critics, blame-finders

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anuyuñjaka

anuyuñjaka - one who finds fault, a critic, a blamer

Derived from root yuj (to join) with upasarga anu and the causative suffix ṇic + aka

Prefix: anu

Root: yuj (class 7)