महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-21, verse-16

यदि वा दोषजातं त्वं परदारेषु पश्यसि ।
आत्मानं स्पर्शयाम्यद्य पाणिं गृह्णीष्व मे द्विज ॥१६॥

16. yadi vā doṣajātaṁ tvaṁ paradāreṣu paśyasi ,
ātmānaṁ sparśayāmyadya pāṇiṁ gṛhṇīṣva me dvija.

16. yadi vā doṣajātam tvam paradāreṣu paśyasi
ātmānam sparśayāmi adya pāṇim gṛhṇīṣva me dvija

16. tvam paradāreṣu doṣajātam paśyasi yadi vā adya
ātmānam me sparśayāmi dvija me pāṇim gṛhṇīṣva

16. If you see any fault in other men's wives, then I offer myself to you today. Take my hand, O brahmin (dvija).

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either, on the other hand)

• दोषजातम् (doṣajātam) - fault (fault, defect, sin, born of fault)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• परदारेषु (paradāreṣu) - in other men's wives (in others' wives, concerning wives of others)

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see (you see, you look)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself, my person (self, soul, spirit, person, oneself)

• स्पर्शयामि (sparśayāmi) - I offer myself (I cause to touch, I make touch, I offer)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• पाणिम् (pāṇim) - hand

• गृह्णीष्व (gṛhṇīṣva) - take (my hand) (take, seize, grasp, accept)

• मे (me) - my (my, of me, to me)

• द्विज (dvija) - O brahmin (dvija) (twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

दोषजातम् (doṣajātam) - fault (fault, defect, sin, born of fault)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of doṣajāta

doṣajāta - born of fault, fault, defect, sin

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (doṣa+jāta)

• doṣa – fault, defect, sin
  noun (masculine)
• jāta – born, produced, caused
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

परदारेषु (paradāreṣu) - in other men's wives (in others' wives, concerning wives of others)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of paradāra

paradāra - wife of another

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+dāra)

• para – other, another, foreign
  adjective (masculine)
• dāra – wife
  noun (masculine)

Note: Plural form used for 'wives'

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see (you see, you look)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Active

3rd class verb, present stem paśya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself, my person (self, soul, spirit, person, oneself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, person

Note: Refers to the speaker's own person.

स्पर्शयामि (sparśayāmi) - I offer myself (I cause to touch, I make touch, I offer)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of spṛś

Causative Present Active

Causative stem (sparśaya) of √spṛś, 6th class verb. Conjugated in present active.

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: The 'I offer myself' interpretation stems from the causative with ātman as object.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

पाणिम् (pāṇim) - hand

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

गृह्णीष्व (gṛhṇīṣva) - take (my hand) (take, seize, grasp, accept)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of grah

Imperative Middle Voice

9th class verb. Conjugated in 2nd person singular imperative middle voice.

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: This is an instruction or plea.

मे (me) - my (my, of me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

enclitic form of asmad

Note: Genitive case indicating possession.

द्विज (dvija) - O brahmin (dvija) (twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth

compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+jan)

• dvi – two, twice
  numeral
• jan – to be born, to produce
  verb
  root
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Addressed to Aṣṭāvakra.