महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-50

एवं ज्ञात्वा कथं मां त्वं सदोषं सर्प मन्यसे ।
अथ चैवंगते दोषो मयि त्वमपि दोषवान् ॥५०॥

50. evaṁ jñātvā kathaṁ māṁ tvaṁ sadoṣaṁ sarpa manyase ,
atha caivaṁgate doṣo mayi tvamapi doṣavān.

50. evam jñātvā katham mām tvam sadoṣam sarpa manyase
atha ca evam gate doṣaḥ mayi tvam api doṣavān

50. sarpa evam jñātvā tvam mām sadoṣam katham manyase
atha ca evam gate mayi doṣaḥ tvam api doṣavān

50. O serpent, knowing this, how do you consider me faulty? And if there is fault in me in such a situation, then you yourself are also at fault.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• माम् (mām) - me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• सदोषम् (sadoṣam) - faulty, with fault, blameable

• सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

• च (ca) - and, also

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• गते (gate) - if things have happened thus (having gone, having happened, being so)

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, blame

• मयि (mayi) - in me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अपि (api) - also, even

• दोषवान् (doṣavān) - faulty, possessing fault

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known

(indeclinable)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सदोषम् (sadoṣam) - faulty, with fault, blameable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sadoṣa

sadoṣa - faulty, with fault, blameable

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'sa-' (with) + 'doṣa' (fault)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+doṣa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'mām'.

सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

From root sṛp (to creep, crawl)

Root: sṛp (class 1)

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in the locative absolute construction 'evam gate' (this being so).

गते (gate) - if things have happened thus (having gone, having happened, being so)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, become, being in a certain state

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction 'evam gate' meaning 'this being so' or 'if things are thus'.

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, blame

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, blame, error

Root: duṣ (class 4)

मयि (mayi) - in me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

दोषवान् (doṣavān) - faulty, possessing fault

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣavat

doṣavat - faulty, possessing fault, blameable

Derived with suffix 'matup/vatup' from 'doṣa' (fault)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam'.