महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-38, verse-37

न स रात्रौ सुखं शेते ससर्प इव वेश्मनि ।
यः कोपयति निर्दोषं सदोषोऽभ्यन्तरं जनम् ॥३७॥

37. na sa rātrau sukhaṁ śete sasarpa iva veśmani ,
yaḥ kopayati nirdoṣaṁ sadoṣo'bhyantaraṁ janam.

37. na saḥ rātrau sukhaṃ śete sa-sarpaḥ iva veśmani
yaḥ kopayati nirdoṣam sa-doṣaḥ abhyaṃtaram janam

37. A person who, being himself at fault, provokes an innocent individual close to him, does not sleep peacefully at night, just like someone living in a house infested with snakes.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the one who provokes) (he, that)

• रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily, peacefully (happiness, comfortably, happily)

• शेते (śete) - sleeps (sleeps, lies down)

• स-सर्पः (sa-sarpaḥ) - like one having a snake (in the house) (having a snake, with a snake)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as if)

• वेश्मनि (veśmani) - in a house (in a house, in a dwelling)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (the one who provokes) (who, which)

• कोपयति (kopayati) - provokes, angers (causes to become angry, provokes, angers)

• निर्दोषम् (nirdoṣam) - an innocent (person) (faultless, innocent, blameless)

• स-दोषः (sa-doṣaḥ) - being himself at fault, guilty (faulty, guilty, with fault)

• अभ्यंतरम् (abhyaṁtaram) - an individual close to him, dependent (internal, inner, intimate, dependent, close)

• जनम् (janam) - an individual (person, people, individual)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he (the one who provokes) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Form of the pronoun 'tad'.

रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

सुखम् (sukham) - happily, peacefully (happiness, comfortably, happily)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, ease, comfortable

Note: Used adverbially.

शेते (śete) - sleeps (sleeps, lies down)

(verb)

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

Conjugation of root śī (2nd class, Ātmanepada).

Root: śī (class 2)

स-सर्पः (sa-sarpaḥ) - like one having a snake (in the house) (having a snake, with a snake)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sa-sarpa

sa-sarpa - having a snake, with a snake

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+sarpa)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• sarpa – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the person who does not sleep, implicitly comparing him to one whose house has a snake.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

वेश्मनि (veśmani) - in a house (in a house, in a dwelling)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of veśman

veśman - house, dwelling, abode

यः (yaḥ) - who (the one who provokes) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun introducing the clause about the one who angers.

कोपयति (kopayati) - provokes, angers (causes to become angry, provokes, angers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kup

Causative stem

Causative formation of root kup (4th class, Parasmaipada).

Root: kup (class 4)

निर्दोषम् (nirdoṣam) - an innocent (person) (faultless, innocent, blameless)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirdoṣa

nirdoṣa - faultless, innocent, blameless

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nir+doṣa)

• nir – without, free from, out
  indeclinable
• doṣa – fault, defect, sin
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'janam'.

स-दोषः (sa-doṣaḥ) - being himself at fault, guilty (faulty, guilty, with fault)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sa-doṣa

sa-doṣa - with fault, faulty, guilty

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+doṣa)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• doṣa – fault, defect, sin
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with the implicit subject of 'kopayati' (yaḥ).

अभ्यंतरम् (abhyaṁtaram) - an individual close to him, dependent (internal, inner, intimate, dependent, close)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhyaṃtara

abhyaṁtara - internal, inner, dependent, close, private

Note: Modifies 'janam'.

जनम् (janam) - an individual (person, people, individual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature