महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-73, verse-17

अहो नाशंससे किंचित्पुंस्त्वं क्लीब इवात्मनि ।
कश्मलेनाभिपन्नोऽसि तेन ते विकृतं मनः ॥१७॥

17. aho nāśaṁsase kiṁcitpuṁstvaṁ klība ivātmani ,
kaśmalenābhipanno'si tena te vikṛtaṁ manaḥ.

17. aho na āśaṃsase kiṃcit puṃstvam klībaḥ iva ātmani
| kaśmalena abhipannaḥ asi tena te vikṛtam manaḥ

17. Oh, you do not affirm any manliness in your own (ātman) self, like an impotent person. You have been overcome by delusion, and therefore your mind is distorted.

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - Oh, alas, indeed

• न (na) - not, no

• आशंससे (āśaṁsase) - you do not affirm or boast about (you praise, you hope for, you affirm)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something

• पुंस्त्वम् (puṁstvam) - manliness, virility, masculinity

• क्लीबः (klībaḥ) - impotent person, eunuch

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in your own (ātman) self (in the self, in oneself)

• कश्मलेन (kaśmalena) - by delusion, by faintness, by impurity, by weakness

• अभिपन्नः (abhipannaḥ) - overcome, afflicted, approached

• असि (asi) - you are

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

• ते (te) - your, to you, for you

• विकृतम् (vikṛtam) - distorted, altered, perverse, deformed

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - Oh, alas, indeed

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आशंससे (āśaṁsase) - you do not affirm or boast about (you praise, you hope for, you affirm)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ā-√śaṃs

Present Middle

root √śaṃs (1st class, Atmanepada) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used adverbially or as indefinite pronoun.

पुंस्त्वम् (puṁstvam) - manliness, virility, masculinity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṃstva

puṁstva - manliness, virility, masculinity

Derived from puman (man)

क्लीबः (klībaḥ) - impotent person, eunuch

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of klība

klība - impotent, eunuch, timid, cowardly

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in your own (ātman) self (in the self, in oneself)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

कश्मलेन (kaśmalena) - by delusion, by faintness, by impurity, by weakness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kaśmala

kaśmala - faintness, delusion, impurity, weakness, confusion

अभिपन्नः (abhipannaḥ) - overcome, afflicted, approached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhipanna

abhipanna - overcome, afflicted, approached, attained

Past Passive Participle

from abhi-√pad

Prefix: abhi

Root: pad (class 4)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √as

Present Active

root √as (2nd class, Parasmaipada)

Root: as (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverbial meaning 'therefore', instrumental form.

ते (te) - your, to you, for you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

विकृतम् (vikṛtam) - distorted, altered, perverse, deformed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vikṛta

vikṛta - changed, altered, distorted, perverse, deformed

Past Passive Participle

from vi-√kṛ

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness, mental faculty

from √man

Root: man (class 4)