महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-92, verse-2

यो न जानाति निर्हन्तुं वस्त्राणां रजको मलम् ।
रक्तानि वा शोधयितुं यथा नास्ति तथैव सः ॥२॥

2. yo na jānāti nirhantuṁ vastrāṇāṁ rajako malam ,
raktāni vā śodhayituṁ yathā nāsti tathaiva saḥ.

2. yaḥ na jānāti nirhantuṃ vastrāṇām rajakaḥ malam
raktāni vā śodhayituṃ yathā na asti tathā eva saḥ

2. yathā yaḥ rajakaḥ vastrāṇām malam nirhantuṃ vā raktāni śodhayituṃ na jānāti,
(saḥ) na asti,
tathā eva saḥ

2. Just as a washerman who does not know how to remove stains from garments or to cleanse dyed clothes is considered incompetent, so too is such a person.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• जानाति (jānāti) - knows (knows, understands)

• निर्हन्तुं (nirhantuṁ) - to remove (to remove, to destroy, to get rid of)

• वस्त्राणाम् (vastrāṇām) - of garments (of clothes, of garments)

• रजकः (rajakaḥ) - washerman (washerman, dyer)

• मलम् (malam) - stains (dirt, stain, impurity)

• रक्तानि (raktāni) - dyed (garments) (colored, dyed; red)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• शोधयितुं (śodhayituṁ) - to cleanse (to cleanse, to purify)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (incompetent) (is, exists)

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

• एव (eva) - too, indeed (indeed, just, only)

• सः (saḥ) - that person (he, that)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

जानाति (jānāti) - knows (knows, understands)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of jñā

present active

root class 9 (kriyādi), parasmaipada

Root: jñā (class 9)

निर्हन्तुं (nirhantuṁ) - to remove (to remove, to destroy, to get rid of)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

derived from root hṛ with prefix nis

Prefix: nis

Root: hṛ (class 1)

वस्त्राणाम् (vastrāṇām) - of garments (of clothes, of garments)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of vastra

vastra - garment, cloth, clothing

रजकः (rajakaḥ) - washerman (washerman, dyer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rajaka

rajaka - washerman, dyer

मलम् (malam) - stains (dirt, stain, impurity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, stain, filth

रक्तानि (raktāni) - dyed (garments) (colored, dyed; red)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of rakta

rakta - colored, dyed, red; attached, fond of

Past Passive Participle

derived from root rañj (to dye, color)

Root: rañj (class 1)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

शोधयितुं (śodhayituṁ) - to cleanse (to cleanse, to purify)

(indeclinable)

infinitive (causative)

derived from root śudh (to purify) with causal suffix -i and infinitive suffix -tum

Root: śudh (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is (incompetent) (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

present active

root class 2 (adādi), parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - too, indeed (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that person (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it