महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-1, verse-21

श्रूयतां चाभिधास्यामो गुणदोषान्नरर्षभाः ।
शुभाशुभाधिवासेन संसर्गं कुरुते यथा ॥२१॥

21. śrūyatāṁ cābhidhāsyāmo guṇadoṣānnararṣabhāḥ ,
śubhāśubhādhivāsena saṁsargaṁ kurute yathā.

21. śrūyatām ca abhidhāsyāmaḥ guṇadoṣān nararṣabhāḥ
śubhāśubha adhivāsena saṃsargam kurute yathā

21. O best among men, listen, and we shall explain the merits and demerits, just as association (saṃsarga) creates them through contact with what is auspicious and inauspicious.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard, listen

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभिधास्यामः (abhidhāsyāmaḥ) - we shall speak, we shall explain

• गुणदोषान् (guṇadoṣān) - merits and demerits, good and bad qualities

• नरर्षभाः (nararṣabhāḥ) - O best among men

• शुभाशुभ (śubhāśubha) - auspicious and inauspicious, good and bad

• अधिवासेन (adhivāsena) - by contact, by association (by dwelling, by inhabiting, by contact, by pervading influence)

• संसर्गम् (saṁsargam) - association, contact, connection

• कुरुते (kurute) - creates, brings about (does, makes, performs, creates)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard, listen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of śru

imperative, passive voice, 3rd person singular

root śru, passive voice, imperative mood, 3rd person singular, middle ending -tām

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

अभिधास्यामः (abhidhāsyāmaḥ) - we shall speak, we shall explain

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of abhidhā

future active, 1st person plural

root dhā (3rd class) with upasarga abhi, future tense, active voice, 1st person plural

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

गुणदोषान् (guṇadoṣān) - merits and demerits, good and bad qualities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇadoṣa

guṇadoṣa - merits and demerits, good and bad qualities

dvandva compound of guṇa and doṣa

Compound type : dvandva (guṇa+doṣa)

• guṇa – merit, good quality, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• doṣa – demerit, fault, defect, bad quality
  noun (masculine)

नरर्षभाः (nararṣabhāḥ) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - best among men, chief of men, eminent man

karmadhāraya compound: nara + ṛṣabha (excellent bull, metaphorically chief)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent, best
  noun (masculine)

शुभाशुभ (śubhāśubha) - auspicious and inauspicious, good and bad

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - auspicious and inauspicious, good and bad

dvandva compound of śubha and aśubha

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)
• aśubha – inauspicious, bad, evil
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'adhivāsena' within the compound 'śubhāśubhādhivāsena'.

अधिवासेन (adhivāsena) - by contact, by association (by dwelling, by inhabiting, by contact, by pervading influence)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of adhivāsa

adhivāsa - dwelling, habitation, residence, contact, pervading influence, impregnation with scent

derived from adhi + √vas (to dwell)

Prefix: adhi

Root: vas (class 1)

संसर्गम् (saṁsargam) - association, contact, connection

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsarga

saṁsarga - association, contact, connection, intercourse

derived from sam-√sṛj (to mix, to join)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛj (class 6)

कुरुते (kurute) - creates, brings about (does, makes, performs, creates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present middle, 3rd person singular

root kṛ (8th class), present tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

adverb