महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-81, verse-36

आत्मानमेव जानाति निकृतं बान्धवैरपि ।
तेषु सन्ति गुणाश्चैव नैर्गुण्यं तेषु लक्ष्यते ॥३६॥

36. ātmānameva jānāti nikṛtaṁ bāndhavairapi ,
teṣu santi guṇāścaiva nairguṇyaṁ teṣu lakṣyate.

36. ātmānam eva jānāti nikṛtam bāndhavaiḥ api teṣu
santi guṇāḥ ca eva nairguṇyam teṣu lakṣyate

36. bāndhavaiḥ api nikṛtam ātmānam eva jānātiteṣu guṇāḥ ca eva santi,
teṣu nairguṇyam lakṣyate (ca)।

36. One knows one's own self (ātman) to be wronged even by kinsmen. Indeed, virtues exist in them, yet worthlessness is also observed in them.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - one's own self, soul, spirit

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• जानाति (jānāti) - knows, perceives

• निकृतम् (nikṛtam) - wronged, humiliated, disgraced

• बान्धवैः (bāndhavaiḥ) - by relatives, by kinsmen

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - virtues, qualities

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• नैर्गुण्यम् (nairguṇyam) - worthlessness, absence of good qualities, vice

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them

• लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is observed, is perceived, appears

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - one's own self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual soul (ātman), essence, nature, mind, body

Root: an (class 2)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

जानाति (jānāti) - knows, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

निकृतम् (nikṛtam) - wronged, humiliated, disgraced

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nikṛta

nikṛta - wronged, humiliated, disgraced; done, performed, injured

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root kṛ with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛ (class 8)

बान्धवैः (bāndhavaiḥ) - by relatives, by kinsmen

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - kinsman, relative, friend, relation

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

तेषु (teṣu) - in them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - virtues, qualities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, excellence, attribute, merit; thread, strand

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

नैर्गुण्यम् (nairguṇyam) - worthlessness, absence of good qualities, vice

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nairguṇya

nairguṇya - absence of good qualities, worthlessness, vice; freedom from (material) qualities (guṇas)

Derived from nirguṇa (without qualities) + -ya suffix to form abstract noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nir+guṇa)

• nir – without, free from, devoid of (prefix)
  indeclinable
• guṇa – quality, virtue, excellence, attribute
  noun (masculine)

तेषु (teṣu) - in them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is observed, is perceived, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of lakṣ

Root: lakṣ (class 1)