महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-2, verse-18

अश्रद्दधानो दुर्मेधा लुप्तस्मृतिरसि ध्रुवम् ।
मैवं भव न ते युक्तमिदमज्ञानमीदृशम् ॥१८॥

18. aśraddadhāno durmedhā luptasmṛtirasi dhruvam ,
maivaṁ bhava na te yuktamidamajñānamīdṛśam.

18. aśraddadhānaḥ durmedhāḥ luptasmṛtiḥ asi dhruvam
mā evam bhava na te yuktam idam ajñānam īdṛśam

18. dhruvam tvam aśraddadhānaḥ durmedhāḥ luptasmṛtiḥ
asi evam mā bhava īdṛśam idam ajñānam te na yuktam

18. You are certainly faithless, dull-witted, and your memory is lost. Do not be like this; such ignorance is not befitting for you.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्रद्दधानः (aśraddadhānaḥ) - faithless, devoid of faith (śraddhā), skeptical

• दुर्मेधाः (durmedhāḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, ignorant

• लुप्तस्मृतिः (luptasmṛtiḥ) - having lost memory, forgetful

• असि (asi) - you are

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, undoubtedly

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• भव (bhava) - be, become (imperative)

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - for you, to you

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, fitting, right

• इदम् (idam) - this, this here

• अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - ignorance, nescience

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, such a kind, of this sort

Words meanings and morphology

अश्रद्दधानः (aśraddadhānaḥ) - faithless, devoid of faith (śraddhā), skeptical

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśraddadhāna

aśraddadhāna - lacking faith, unbelieving, distrustful

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Negation 'a' + root śrad-dhā (to have faith, believe) in present active participle form (śānac)

Prefix: śrad

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Describes the implied subject 'you'.

दुर्मेधाः (durmedhāḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, ignorant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durmedhā

durmedhā - dull-witted, foolish, having poor intellect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+medhā)

• dur – bad, evil, difficult, ill
  prefix
• medhā – intellect, wisdom, understanding, mental power
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with implied subject 'you'.

लुप्तस्मृतिः (luptasmṛtiḥ) - having lost memory, forgetful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of luptasmṛti

luptasmṛti - having lost memory, forgetful, one whose memory is lost

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lupta+smṛti)

• lupta – lost, vanished, disappeared, cut off
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root lup (to break, cut off, lose) + kta suffix
  Root: lup (class 6)
• smṛti – memory, recollection, tradition
  noun (feminine)
  From root smṛ (to remember) + ktin suffix
  Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied subject 'you'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root: as (class 2)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, undoubtedly

(indeclinable)

Root: dhru (class 1)

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

Note: Prohibitive particle.

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

भव (bhava) - be, become (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: With 'mā', forms a prohibitive command.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

ते (te) - for you, to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Dative of interest, 'for you' or 'befitting you'.

युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, fitting, right

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, fit, proper, right, engaged in

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join) + kta suffix

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with ajñānam.

इदम् (idam) - this, this here

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Agrees with ajñānam.

अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - ignorance, nescience

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, lack of knowledge, nescience

Negation 'a' + 'jñāna' (knowledge)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  From root jñā (to know) + lyuṭ suffix
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Subject of the clause 'this is not proper'.

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, such a kind, of this sort

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

From idam (this) + dṛś (suffix indicating 'like, looking')

Note: Agrees with ajñānam.