महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-47, verse-36

अथ चेदन्यथा कुर्याद्यदि कामाद्युधिष्ठिर ।
यथा ब्राह्मणचण्डालः पूर्वदृष्टस्तथैव सः ॥३६॥

36. atha cedanyathā kuryādyadi kāmādyudhiṣṭhira ,
yathā brāhmaṇacaṇḍālaḥ pūrvadṛṣṭastathaiva saḥ.

36. atha cet anyathā kuryāt yadi kāmāt yudhiṣṭhira
yathā brāhmaṇacaṇḍālaḥ pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ tathā eva saḥ

36. yudhiṣṭhira atha cet yadi kāmāt anyathā kuryāt
saḥ yathā pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ brāhmaṇacaṇḍālaḥ tathā eva

36. Now, O Yudhishthira, if one were to act otherwise due to desire, he would be just like a Brāhmaṇa-caṇḍāla, as has been observed before.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - contrary to the prescribed natural law (dharma) (otherwise, in a different way)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would act (should do, would do)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, due to desire

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in what manner

• ब्राह्मणचण्डालः (brāhmaṇacaṇḍālaḥ) - a Brahmin who has become a caṇḍāla (outcaste)

• पूर्वदृष्टः (pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ) - seen before, previously observed

• तथा (tathā) - just like (so, thus, similarly)

• एव (eva) - just (only, just, indeed)

• सः (saḥ) - the one who acts otherwise (he)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

(indeclinable)

Auspicious particle, often indicates beginning of a new topic or consequence

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Particle used in conditional sentences, often after 'yadi'

Note: Often combined with yadi.

अन्यथा (anyathā) - contrary to the prescribed natural law (dharma) (otherwise, in a different way)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form from anya (other)

Note: Refers to acting contrary to what was prescribed.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would act (should do, would do)

(verb)

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

optative mood

Optative active 3rd person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used in a conditional clause.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Conditional particle

कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, due to desire

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love

From root kam (to desire)

Root: kam

Note: Indicates the cause or motivation.

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (proper name, 'steadfast in battle')

Compound type : aluk tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh (battle) used adverbially
  Root: yudh
• sthira – firm, steady, steadfast
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā

Note: Addressed directly.

यथा (yathā) - just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb of manner

Note: Introduces a comparison.

ब्राह्मणचण्डालः (brāhmaṇacaṇḍālaḥ) - a Brahmin who has become a caṇḍāla (outcaste)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇacaṇḍāla

brāhmaṇacaṇḍāla - a Brahmin who has fallen to the state of a caṇḍāla, an outcaste Brahmin

Compound, a Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) who is like a caṇḍāla (outcaste)

Compound type : karmadharaya (brāhmaṇa+caṇḍāla)

• brāhmaṇa – a Brahmin, member of the priestly class
  noun (masculine)
• caṇḍāla – an outcaste, untouchable
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to someone who has degraded himself.

पूर्वदृष्टः (pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ) - seen before, previously observed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrvadṛṣṭa

pūrvadṛṣṭa - seen before, previously observed

Past Passive Participle

Compound meaning 'seen (dṛṣṭa) previously (pūrva)'

Compound type : tatpurusha (pūrva+dṛṣṭa)

• pūrva – prior, former, previous
  adjective (masculine)
• dṛṣṭa – seen, observed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'brāhmaṇacaṇḍālaḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - just like (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to yathā

Note: Correlative to 'yathā'.

एव (eva) - just (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

Note: Emphatic particle.

सः (saḥ) - the one who acts otherwise (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular nominative

Note: Refers to the person who acts otherwise.