महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-32

ज्ञानान्वितेषु मुख्येषु शास्त्रज्ञेषु कृतात्मसु ।
न तेषु सज्जते स्नेहः पद्मपत्रेष्विवोदकम् ॥३२॥

32. jñānānviteṣu mukhyeṣu śāstrajñeṣu kṛtātmasu ,
na teṣu sajjate snehaḥ padmapatreṣvivodakam.

32. jñānānviteṣu mukhyeṣu śāstrajñeṣu kṛtātmasu na
teṣu sajjate snehaḥ padmapatreṣu iva udakam

32. Affection (sneha) does not cling to those who are endowed with knowledge (jñāna), who are prominent, who are learned in the scriptures, and who have disciplined their self (ātman), just as water does not cling to lotus leaves.

Words meanings summery:

• ज्ञानान्वितेषु (jñānānviteṣu) - among those endowed with knowledge (jñāna) (among those endowed with knowledge, full of knowledge)

• मुख्येषु (mukhyeṣu) - among the prominent ones (among the principal, among the chief, among the prominent)

• शास्त्रज्ञेषु (śāstrajñeṣu) - among those learned in the scriptures (among those knowing the scriptures, among the learned in sacred texts)

• कृतात्मसु (kṛtātmasu) - among those who have disciplined their self (ātman) (among those who have disciplined their mind/self, perfected souls, self-controlled)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• तेषु (teṣu) - to them, in them (referring to the wise and disciplined) (in them, among them, to them)

• सज्जते (sajjate) - clings, attaches (it clings, attaches, sticks to, adheres)

• स्नेहः (snehaḥ) - affection, attachment (sneha) (affection, attachment, love, tenderness, oiliness)

• पद्मपत्रेषु (padmapatreṣu) - on lotus leaves

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• उदकम् (udakam) - water

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञानान्वितेषु (jñānānviteṣu) - among those endowed with knowledge (jñāna) (among those endowed with knowledge, full of knowledge)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of jñānānvita

jñānānvita - endowed with knowledge, full of knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+anvita)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• anvita – accompanied by, possessed of, endowed with, connected with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from anu-i + kta
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying 'teṣu'.

मुख्येषु (mukhyeṣu) - among the prominent ones (among the principal, among the chief, among the prominent)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of mukhya

mukhya - principal, chief, foremost, prominent

Derived from mukha + ya

Note: Adjective modifying 'teṣu'.

शास्त्रज्ञेषु (śāstrajñeṣu) - among those learned in the scriptures (among those knowing the scriptures, among the learned in sacred texts)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of śāstrajña

śāstrajña - knowing the scriptures, learned in sacred texts

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+jña)

• śāstra – scripture, sacred text, treatise, science
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from śās + tra
  Root: śās (class 2)
• jña – knowing, acquainted with, skilled in
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from jñā + a
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Adjective modifying 'teṣu'.

कृतात्मसु (kṛtātmasu) - among those who have disciplined their self (ātman) (among those who have disciplined their mind/self, perfected souls, self-controlled)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of kṛtātman

kṛtātman - one who has disciplined his mind/self, perfected soul, self-controlled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+ātman)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from kṛ + kta
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying 'teṣu'.

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

तेषु (teṣu) - to them, in them (referring to the wise and disciplined) (in them, among them, to them)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the people described by the preceding adjectives.

सज्जते (sajjate) - clings, attaches (it clings, attaches, sticks to, adheres)

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular

From root sajj (सज्), a variant of sañj (सञ्ज्)

Root: sañj (class 1)

स्नेहः (snehaḥ) - affection, attachment (sneha) (affection, attachment, love, tenderness, oiliness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sneha

sneha - affection, attachment, love, tenderness, oil, unctuousness

Derived from snih + a

Root: snih (class 4)

Note: Subject of sajjate.

पद्मपत्रेषु (padmapatreṣu) - on lotus leaves

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of padmapatra

padmapatra - lotus leaf

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padma+patra)

• padma – lotus, lotus flower
  noun (neuter)
• patra – leaf, feather, letter
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

उदकम् (udakam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

Note: Subject of the simile.