महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-107, verse-99

पतितैस्तु कथां नेच्छेद्दर्शनं चापि वर्जयेत् ।
संसर्गं च न गच्छेत तथायुर्विन्दते महत् ॥९९॥

99. patitaistu kathāṁ neccheddarśanaṁ cāpi varjayet ,
saṁsargaṁ ca na gaccheta tathāyurvindate mahat.

99. patitaiḥ tu kathām na icchet darśanam ca api varjayet
saṃsargam ca na gaccheta tathā āyuḥ vindate mahat

99. patitaiḥ tu kathām na icchet ca darśanam api varjayet
ca saṃsargam na gaccheta tathā mahat āyuḥ vindate

99. One should not desire conversation with outcasts, and should also avoid seeing them. One should not associate with them; by doing so, one obtains a long life.

Words meanings summery:

• पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - with the fallen ones, with outcasts

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, conversation

• न (na) - not, no

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - one should desire, wish for

• दर्शनम् (darśanam) - seeing, sight, view

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should avoid, shun

• संसर्गम् (saṁsargam) - contact, association

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not, no

• गच्छेत (gaccheta) - one should go, enter into

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, lifetime

• विन्दते (vindate) - one obtains, finds

• महत् (mahat) - long (great, large, long)

Words meanings and morphology

पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - with the fallen ones, with outcasts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, outcast, degraded

past passive participle

From root pat 'to fall'

Root: pat (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

कथाम् (kathām) - story, conversation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, conversation, discourse

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इच्छेत् (icchet) - one should desire, wish for

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of iṣ

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Root: iṣ (class 6)

दर्शनम् (darśanam) - seeing, sight, view

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, sight, perception, view, philosophy

Nominalization of root dṛś with suffix -ana

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should avoid, shun

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vṛj

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, causative stem

Root: vṛj (class 10)

संसर्गम् (saṁsargam) - contact, association

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsarga

saṁsarga - contact, association, intercourse

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛj (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गच्छेत (gaccheta) - one should go, enter into

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of gam

Optative mood, Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, lifetime

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, vitality, duration of life

Note: Can be nominative or accusative.

विन्दते (vindate) - one obtains, finds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present tense, Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

Root: vid (class 6)

महत् (mahat) - long (great, large, long)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, noble

Note: Agrees with 'āyuḥ'.