महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-125, verse-10

नूनं मित्राणि ते रक्षः साधूपचरितान्यपि ।
स्वदोषादपरज्यन्ते तेनासि हरिणः कृशः ॥१०॥

10. nūnaṁ mitrāṇi te rakṣaḥ sādhūpacaritānyapi ,
svadoṣādaparajyante tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ.

10. nūnam mitrāṇi te rakṣaḥ sādhu upacaritāni api
svadoṣāt aparajyante tena asi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ

10. rakṣaḥ nūnam te mitrāṇi sādhu upacaritāni api
svadoṣāt aparajyante tena hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ asi

10. O demon, surely your friends, even though properly attended to, become estranged due to their own faults. Therefore, you are emaciated like a deer.

Words meanings summery:

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

• मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends, allies

• ते (te) - your

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - O demon (implying the addressee is a demon or acts like one) (O demon, O protector)

• साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, correctly

• उपचरितानि (upacaritāni) - treated, attended to, honored

• अपि (api) - although (even, also, although)

• स्वदोषात् (svadoṣāt) - due to their own faults (referring to the friends) (from one's own fault, due to one's own defects)

• अपरज्यन्ते (aparajyante) - they become disaffected, they become estranged, they turn away

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

• असि (asi) - you are

• हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - a deer

• कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin, emaciated, lean

Words meanings and morphology

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends, allies

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, sun

Note: Subject of 'aparajyante'

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Genitive singular or Dative singular of yuşmad.

Note: Possessive adjective for 'mitrāṇi'.

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - O demon (implying the addressee is a demon or acts like one) (O demon, O protector)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, evil spirit

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Addressed to the implied subject of the verse.

साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, correctly

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'upacaritāni'.

उपचरितानि (upacaritāni) - treated, attended to, honored

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of upacarita

upacarita - treated, attended to, honored, served

past passive participle

From root 'car' (to move) with 'upa' and suffix 'kta' (ita)

Prefix: upa

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Null for tense_mode and lakara as it's a participle.

अपि (api) - although (even, also, although)

(indeclinable)

स्वदोषात् (svadoṣāt) - due to their own faults (referring to the friends) (from one's own fault, due to one's own defects)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svadoṣa

svadoṣa - one's own fault, one's own defect

Compound of 'sva' (own) and 'doṣa' (fault)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+doṣa)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Indicates cause.

अपरज्यन्ते (aparajyante) - they become disaffected, they become estranged, they turn away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of aparaj

present indicative

From root 'rañj' (to be colored, pleased) with 'apa' (away, off), in passive sense.

Prefix: apa

Root: rañj (class 1)

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Acts as an adverb 'therefore'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

present indicative

2nd class verb, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - a deer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariṇa

hariṇa - deer, antelope

Note: Predicate nominative for 'asi'

कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin, emaciated, lean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, emaciated, lean, weak

Note: Modifies the implied subject and 'hariṇaḥ'