महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-50, verse-23

शत्रुपक्षं समृध्यन्तं यो मोहात्समुपेक्षते ।
व्याधिराप्यायित इव तस्य मूलं छिनत्ति सः ॥२३॥

23. śatrupakṣaṁ samṛdhyantaṁ yo mohātsamupekṣate ,
vyādhirāpyāyita iva tasya mūlaṁ chinatti saḥ.

23. śatrupakṣam samṛdhyantam yaḥ mohāt samupekṣate
vyādhiḥ āpyāyitaḥ iva tasya mūlam chinatti saḥ

23. The person who, out of delusion (moha), overlooks a prospering enemy faction, that (neglect) cuts his very foundation, just as a disease that has been allowed to grow (or nourished) does.

Words meanings summery:

• शत्रुपक्षम् (śatrupakṣam) - the enemy's side, faction, party

• समृध्यन्तम् (samṛdhyantam) - prospering, growing, flourishing

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which (one who)

• मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of folly, ignorance

• समुपेक्षते (samupekṣate) - neglects, disregards, overlooks

• व्याधिः (vyādhiḥ) - a disease, illness

• आप्यायितः (āpyāyitaḥ) - nourished, fostered, made to grow

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that (person)

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root, foundation, origin

• छिनत्ति (chinatti) - cuts, severs

• सः (saḥ) - here referring to the neglect or the fostered disease metaphorically (he, that)

Words meanings and morphology

शत्रुपक्षम् (śatrupakṣam) - the enemy's side, faction, party

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śatrupakṣa

śatrupakṣa - enemy's side, hostile party, opposing faction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+pakṣa)

• śatru – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣa – side, party, faction, wing
  noun (masculine)

समृध्यन्तम् (samṛdhyantam) - prospering, growing, flourishing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samṛdhyat

samṛdhyat - prospering, flourishing, thriving

Present Active Participle

From verb sam-ṛdh (to prosper, flourish)

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛdh (class 4)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which (one who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of folly, ignorance

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, bewilderment, ignorance (moha)

समुपेक्षते (samupekṣate) - neglects, disregards, overlooks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of samupekṣ

Compound verb from root īkṣ with prefixes sam and upa.

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

व्याधिः (vyādhiḥ) - a disease, illness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyādhi

vyādhi - disease, ailment, sickness

आप्यायितः (āpyāyitaḥ) - nourished, fostered, made to grow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āpyāyita

āpyāyita - nourished, fattened, increased, caused to swell

Past Passive Participle

From verb ā-pyāy (to swell, increase, nourish)

Prefix: ā

Root: pyāy (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that (person)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मूलम् (mūlam) - root, foundation, origin

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, basis, origin, foundation

छिनत्ति (chinatti) - cuts, severs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

सः (saḥ) - here referring to the neglect or the fostered disease metaphorically (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it