महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-303, verse-15

अन्य एव तथा मत्स्यस्तथान्यदुदकं स्मृतम् ।
न चोदकस्य स्पर्शेन मत्स्यो लिप्यति सर्वशः ॥१५॥

15. anya eva tathā matsyastathānyadudakaṁ smṛtam ,
na codakasya sparśena matsyo lipyati sarvaśaḥ.

15. anyaḥ eva tathā matsyaḥ tathā anyat udakam smṛtam
na ca udakasya sparśena matsyaḥ lipyati sarvaśaḥ

15. tathā matsyaḥ anyaḥ eva smṛtam tathā udakam anyat
ca matsyaḥ udakasya sparśena sarvaśaḥ na lipyati

15. Similarly, the fish is indeed distinct, and so too is water considered distinct. And the fish is not at all affected by the contact of water.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - distinct (other, distinct, different)

• एव (eva) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

• तथा (tathā) - and so too (so, thus, similarly)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - distinct (other, distinct, different)

• उदकम् (udakam) - water

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is considered (to be) (remembered, recollected, considered)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• उदकस्य (udakasya) - of water

• स्पर्शेन (sparśena) - by the contact (by touch, by contact)

• मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

• लिप्यति (lipyati) - is affected, is stained (is smeared, adheres, is attached, is affected)

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - at all, in every respect (in every way, entirely, completely)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - distinct (other, distinct, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, distinct

Note: modifies matsyaḥ

एव (eva) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: emphasizes the distinctness

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: introduces the comparison

मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matsya

matsya - fish

Note: subject of implied 'is distinct'

तथा (tathā) - and so too (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: introduces the second part of the statement, parallel to the first 'tathā'

अन्यत् (anyat) - distinct (other, distinct, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, distinct

Note: modifies udakam

उदकम् (udakam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

Note: subject of 'smṛtam'

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is considered (to be) (remembered, recollected, considered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, considered, taught

Past Passive Participle

from root smṛ 'to remember'

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: predicate for 'udakam'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: negates 'lipyati'

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: connects the two clauses

उदकस्य (udakasya) - of water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

Note: possessive, modifies 'sparśena'

स्पर्शेन (sparśena) - by the contact (by touch, by contact)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sparśa

sparśa - touch, contact, sensation of touch

from root spṛś 'to touch'

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: means by which the fish is not affected

मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matsya

matsya - fish

Note: subject of 'lipyati'

लिप्यति (lipyati) - is affected, is stained (is smeared, adheres, is attached, is affected)

(verb)

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

Present Active/Middle Indicative

root lip, Class 4 (Divādi) middle voice or Class 6 (Tudādi) parasmaipada active voice.

Root: lip (class 4)

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - at all, in every respect (in every way, entirely, completely)

(indeclinable)

from sarva + suffix -śas

Note: modifies 'lipyati', emphasizing the non-attachment