महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-33, verse-71

षडिमे षट्सु जीवन्ति सप्तमो नोपलभ्यते ।
चोराः प्रमत्ते जीवन्ति व्याधितेषु चिकित्सकाः ॥७१॥

71. ṣaḍime ṣaṭsu jīvanti saptamo nopalabhyate ,
corāḥ pramatte jīvanti vyādhiteṣu cikitsakāḥ.

71. ṣaṭ ime ṣaṭsu jīvanti saptamaḥ na upalabhyate
corāḥ pramatte jīvanti vyādhiteṣu cikitsakāḥ

71. Six types of people thrive among six other groups; a seventh is not found. Thieves thrive among the negligent, and physicians among the sick.

Words meanings summery:

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

• इमे (ime) - these

• षट्सु (ṣaṭsu) - in six, among six

• जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they thrive

• सप्तमः (saptamaḥ) - seventh

• न (na) - not, no

• उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is found, is obtained, is perceived

• चोराः (corāḥ) - thieves

• प्रमत्ते (pramatte) - among the negligent, among the careless

• जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they thrive

• व्याधितेषु (vyādhiteṣu) - among the sick, among the diseased

• चिकित्सकाः (cikitsakāḥ) - physicians, doctors

Words meanings and morphology

षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

(numeral)

Note: Refers to six types of people.

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Declined as masculine plural nominative to agree with implied 'types of people' or the following 'ṣaṭ'.

षट्सु (ṣaṭsu) - in six, among six

(numeral)

Note: Refers to six groups or categories.

जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they thrive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

सप्तमः (saptamaḥ) - seventh

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saptama

saptama - seventh

Derived from sapta (seven) with -ma suffix for ordinal number.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is found, is obtained, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of upalabh

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: From root 'labh' with prefix 'upa'.

चोराः (corāḥ) - thieves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cora

cora - thief, robber

From root cur (to steal).

Root: cur (class 10)

प्रमत्ते (pramatte) - among the negligent, among the careless

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of pramatta

pramatta - negligent, careless, intoxicated, mad

Past Passive Participle

From prefix pra- and root mad (to be mad, intoxicated).

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they thrive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

व्याधितेषु (vyādhiteṣu) - among the sick, among the diseased

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of vyādhita

vyādhita - sick, diseased, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

From prefix vi- and root ā-dhā (to place upon, afflict).

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

चिकित्सकाः (cikitsakāḥ) - physicians, doctors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cikitsaka

cikitsaka - physician, healer

From desiderative stem of root cit (to perceive, know) or kit (to treat, heal).

Root: kit (class 1)