महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-133, verse-17

अपरे स्तम्भिनो नित्यं मानिनः पापतो रताः ।
आसनार्हस्य ये पीठं न प्रयच्छन्त्यचेतसः ॥१७॥

17. apare stambhino nityaṁ māninaḥ pāpato ratāḥ ,
āsanārhasya ye pīṭhaṁ na prayacchantyacetasaḥ.

17. apare stambhinaḥ nityaṃ māninaḥ pāpataḥ ratāḥ
āsanārhasya ye pīṭhaṃ na prayacchanti acetasaḥ

17. apare ye acetasaḥ nityaṃ stambhinaḥ māninaḥ
pāpataḥ ratāḥ āsanārhasya pīṭhaṃ na prayacchanti

17. Others, who are constantly arrogant and proud, indulge in sinful acts. These foolish people do not offer a seat to one who is worthy of it.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - others, other ones

• स्तम्भिनः (stambhinaḥ) - arrogant, obstinate

• नित्यं (nityaṁ) - constantly, always, perpetually

• मानिनः (māninaḥ) - proud, conceited

• पापतः (pāpataḥ) - engaged in sin, sinful (from sin, by means of sin, sinfully)

• रताः (ratāḥ) - engaged in sinful acts (delighted, engaged in, attached to)

• आसनार्हस्य (āsanārhasya) - of one who deserves a seat, to one deserving a seat

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• पीठं (pīṭhaṁ) - a seat, stool

• न (na) - not

• प्रयच्छन्ति (prayacchanti) - they give, offer

• अचेतसः (acetasaḥ) - senseless, foolish, without consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - others, other ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

स्तम्भिनः (stambhinaḥ) - arrogant, obstinate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of stambhin

stambhin - stiff, arrogant, obstinate

from stambha (a pillar, stiffness)

Root: stambh (class 5)

नित्यं (nityaṁ) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

मानिनः (māninaḥ) - proud, conceited

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānin

mānin - proud, conceited, thinking much of oneself

from māna (pride, honor)

Root: man (class 4)

पापतः (pāpataḥ) - engaged in sin, sinful (from sin, by means of sin, sinfully)

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas (ablative/adverbial)

रताः (ratāḥ) - engaged in sinful acts (delighted, engaged in, attached to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rata

rata - pleased, delighted, attached to, devoted to

Past Passive Participle

from root ram (to delight)

Root: ram (class 1)

आसनार्हस्य (āsanārhasya) - of one who deserves a seat, to one deserving a seat

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of āsanārha

āsanārha - deserving a seat

compound of āsana (seat) and arha (deserving)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āsana+arha)

• āsana – seat, sitting
  noun (neuter)
  from root ās (to sit)
  Root: ās (class 2)
• arha – deserving, worthy, fit
  adjective (masculine)
  from root arh (to deserve)
  Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Genitive used in place of dative to indicate 'to whom'.

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

relative pronoun

पीठं (pīṭhaṁ) - a seat, stool

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pīṭha

pīṭha - seat, stool, bench

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

negative particle

प्रयच्छन्ति (prayacchanti) - they give, offer

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yam

present active

from root yam with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

अचेतसः (acetasaḥ) - senseless, foolish, without consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of acetas

acetas - unconscious, senseless, foolish

compound of a (not) and cetas (consciousness)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+cetas)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• cetas – consciousness, mind, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  from root cit (to perceive, think)
  Root: cit (class 1)