महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-61, verse-70

अर्धं हरति वै श्रेष्ठः पादो भवति कर्तृषु ।
पादश्चैव सभासत्सु ये न निन्दन्ति निन्दितम् ॥७०॥

70. ardhaṁ harati vai śreṣṭhaḥ pādo bhavati kartṛṣu ,
pādaścaiva sabhāsatsu ye na nindanti ninditam.

70. ardham harati vai śreṣṭhaḥ pādaḥ bhavati kartṛṣu
pādaḥ ca eva sabhāsatsu ye na nindanti ninditam

70. When assembly members fail to condemn that which deserves to be condemned, the chief (judge) indeed incurs half of the sin. A quarter of the sin falls upon the perpetrators, and indeed a quarter falls upon those very assembly members.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्धम् (ardham) - half (of the sin/fault) (half, a part)

• हरति (harati) - incurs (sin) (takes, carries, seizes)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the chief (judge or ruler) (chief, best, most excellent)

• पादः (pādaḥ) - a quarter (of the sin/fault) (a quarter, a foot)

• भवति (bhavati) - falls upon, accrues to (becomes, is, happens)

• कर्तृषु (kartṛṣu) - to the perpetrators (of the original wrongdoing) (among the doers, to the agents, to the creators)

• पादः (pādaḥ) - a quarter (of the sin/fault) (a quarter, a foot)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, even, only

• सभासत्सु (sabhāsatsu) - upon those assembly members (among the assembly members, in the assembly)

• ये (ye) - (those) who (who, which (plural))

• न (na) - not, no

• निन्दन्ति (nindanti) - they condemn, they blame, they criticize

• निन्दितम् (ninditam) - that which deserves to be condemned (the condemned, the blamed, the reprehensible)

Words meanings and morphology

अर्धम् (ardham) - half (of the sin/fault) (half, a part)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ardha

ardha - half, a part; a side

हरति (harati) - incurs (sin) (takes, carries, seizes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the chief (judge or ruler) (chief, best, most excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, chief, excellent, superior

Superlative of praśasya (excellent) or praśasta (praiseworthy)

पादः (pādaḥ) - a quarter (of the sin/fault) (a quarter, a foot)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter, part, verse quarter

भवति (bhavati) - falls upon, accrues to (becomes, is, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कर्तृषु (kartṛṣu) - to the perpetrators (of the original wrongdoing) (among the doers, to the agents, to the creators)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator, perpetrator

Agent noun from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पादः (pādaḥ) - a quarter (of the sin/fault) (a quarter, a foot)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter, part, verse quarter

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, even, only

(indeclinable)

सभासत्सु (sabhāsatsu) - upon those assembly members (among the assembly members, in the assembly)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sabhāsat

sabhāsat - one sitting in an assembly, an assembly member, a juror

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sabhā+sat)

• sabhā – assembly, council, court
  noun (feminine)
• sat – being, sitting, existing, a good person
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be) or sad (to sit)
  Root: as (class 2)

ये (ye) - (those) who (who, which (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निन्दन्ति (nindanti) - they condemn, they blame, they criticize

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of nind

Root: nind (class 1)

निन्दितम् (ninditam) - that which deserves to be condemned (the condemned, the blamed, the reprehensible)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nindita

nindita - blamed, censured, condemned, reprehensible

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root nind

Root: nind (class 1)