रामायणम्
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यथा पूर्वं गजः स्नात्वा गृह्य हस्तेन वै रजः । दूषयत्यात्मनो देहं तथाऽनार्येषु सौहृदम् ।।6.16.13।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
yathā pūrvaṃ gajaḥ snātvā gṛhya hastena vai rajaḥयथा पूर्वं गजः स्नात्वा गृह्य हस्तेन वै रजःas an elephant, having first bathed, takes up dust with its trunkparticle + adverb + nominative + gerund + gerund + instrumental + particle + accusative
dūṣayatyātmano dehaṃ tathā'nāryeṣu sauhṛdamदूषयत्यात्मनो देहं तथाऽनार्येषु सौहृदम्and soils its own body, so is friendship with the ignoblecausative verb + genitive + accusative + adverb + locative plural adjective + nominative

Reference: 6.16.13 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa