महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-90, verse-32

अथ चेद्वेदवित्सर्वैः पङ्क्तिदोषैर्विवर्जितः ।
न च स्यात्पतितो राजन्पङ्क्तिपावन एव सः ॥३२॥

32. atha cedvedavitsarvaiḥ paṅktidoṣairvivarjitaḥ ,
na ca syātpatito rājanpaṅktipāvana eva saḥ.

32. atha cet vedavit sarvaiḥ paṅktidoṣaiḥ vivarjitaḥ
na ca syāt patitaḥ rājan paṅktipāvanaḥ eva saḥ

32. atha rājan cet vedavit sarvaiḥ paṅktidoṣaiḥ
vivarjitaḥ ca patitaḥ na syāt saḥ eva paṅktipāvanaḥ

32. But if, O king, a knower of the Vedas is free from all defects that might affect the assembly (paṅkti), and he is not a fallen person, then he is indeed a purifier of the assembly.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, but, on the other hand

• चेत् (cet) - if

• वेदवित् (vedavit) - a knower of the Vedas

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all

• पङ्क्तिदोषैः (paṅktidoṣaiḥ) - by the faults of the row/assembly

• विवर्जितः (vivarjitaḥ) - free from, devoid of

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be

• पतितः (patitaḥ) - fallen, degraded

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• पङ्क्तिपावनः (paṅktipāvanaḥ) - purifier of the row/assembly

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• सः (saḥ) - he

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

वेदवित् (vedavit) - a knower of the Vedas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vedavid

vedavid - knower of the Vedas

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (veda+vid)

• veda – knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vid – knower, learned
  noun (masculine)
  From root `vid` (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

पङ्क्तिदोषैः (paṅktidoṣaiḥ) - by the faults of the row/assembly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paṅktidoṣa

paṅktidoṣa - fault of a row, defect of an assembly

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (paṅkti+doṣa)

• paṅkti – a row, line, series, an assembly of Brahmins
  noun (feminine)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, error
  noun (masculine)
  From root `duṣ` (to be corrupt)
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

विवर्जितः (vivarjitaḥ) - free from, devoid of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivarjita

vivarjita - abandoned, avoided, excluded, free from

Past Passive Participle

From `vi-vṛj` (to abandon, exclude).

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛj (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

पतितः (patitaḥ) - fallen, degraded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, degraded, outcast

Past Passive Participle

From `pat` (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

पङ्क्तिपावनः (paṅktipāvanaḥ) - purifier of the row/assembly

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṅktipāvana

paṅktipāvana - purifier of an assembly, one who consecrates a line of persons

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (paṅkti+pāvana)

• paṅkti – a row, line, series, an assembly of Brahmins
  noun (feminine)
• pāvana – purifying, purificatory; a purifier
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root `pū` (to purify)
  Root: pū (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it