महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-37, verse-31

अकर्मशीलं च महाशनं च लोकद्विष्टं बहुमायं नृशंसम् ।
अदेशकालज्ञमनिष्टवेषमेतान्गृहे न प्रतिवासयीत ॥३१॥

31. akarmaśīlaṁ ca mahāśanaṁ ca; lokadviṣṭaṁ bahumāyaṁ nṛśaṁsam ,
adeśakālajñamaniṣṭaveṣa;metāngṛhe na prativāsayīta.

31. akarmaśīlam ca mahāśanam ca lokadviṣṭam bahumāyam nṛśaṃsam
| adeśakālajñam aniṣṭaveṣam etān gṛhe na prativāsayīta

31. One should not allow the following types of people to reside in one's home: those who are habitually inactive, gluttonous, hated by others, very deceitful (māyā), cruel, ignorant of proper place and time, and dressed in an unwelcome manner.

31. אל יושיב בביתו את אלה: עצלן, זולל, שנוא על כולם, רמאי גדול, אכזר, מי שאינו מבין מקום וזמן, ומי שמתלבש בצורה בלתי הולמת.

Words meanings summery:

• अकर्मशीलम् (akarmaśīlam) - habitually inactive, lazy

• च (ca) - and, also

• महाशनम् (mahāśanam) - a glutton, great eater

• च (ca) - and, also

• लोकद्विष्टम् (lokadviṣṭam) - hated by people

• बहुमायम् (bahumāyam) - very deceitful, full of much illusion (māyā)

• नृशंसम् (nṛśaṁsam) - cruel, brutal, wicked

• अदेशकालज्ञम् (adeśakālajñam) - ignorant of proper place and time

• अनिष्टवेषम् (aniṣṭaveṣam) - of unwelcome appearance/dress

• एतान् (etān) - these (types of people) (these (masculine accusative plural))

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

• न (na) - not, no

• प्रतिवासयीत (prativāsayīta) - one should not allow to reside, one should not cause to dwell

Words meanings and morphology

अकर्मशीलम् (akarmaśīlam) - habitually inactive, lazy

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of akarmaśīla

akarmaśīla - habitually inactive, lazy, indolent

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+karmaśīla)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• karmaśīla – active, industrious, diligent
  adjective (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महाशनम् (mahāśanam) - a glutton, great eater

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāśana

mahāśana - eating much, gluttonous; a great eater, glutton

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+aśana)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  Root: aś (class 9)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

लोकद्विष्टम् (lokadviṣṭam) - hated by people

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lokadviṣṭa

lokadviṣṭa - hated by people, unpopular

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+dviṣṭa)

• loka – people, world, region
  noun (masculine)
• dviṣṭa – hated, disliked
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dviṣ (to hate)
  Root: dviṣ (class 2)

बहुमायम् (bahumāyam) - very deceitful, full of much illusion (māyā)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bahumāyā

bahumāyā - full of much illusion/deceit; very deceitful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+māyā)

• bahu – much, many, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• māyā – illusion, deceit, trick, supernatural power (māyā)
  noun (feminine)

नृशंसम् (nṛśaṁsam) - cruel, brutal, wicked

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nṛśaṃsa

nṛśaṁsa - cruel, brutal, wicked, mischievous

अदेशकालज्ञम् (adeśakālajñam) - ignorant of proper place and time

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adeśakālajña

adeśakālajña - not knowing place and time, ignorant of what is proper for the occasion

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+deśakālajña)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• deśakālajña – knowing place and time, knowing what is proper for the occasion
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

अनिष्टवेषम् (aniṣṭaveṣam) - of unwelcome appearance/dress

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aniṣṭaveṣa

aniṣṭaveṣa - having an unwelcome or disagreeable dress/appearance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+iṣṭaveṣa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• iṣṭaveṣa – having a desired or agreeable dress/appearance
  adjective (masculine)

एतान् (etān) - these (types of people) (these (masculine accusative plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

प्रतिवासयीत (prativāsayīta) - one should not allow to reside, one should not cause to dwell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of prativās

causative

Causative form (vāsay) of root vas (to dwell), with prefix prati.

Prefix: prati

Root: vas (class 1)

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