Shloka 18.3Unverified draft

मित्रभावेन सम्प्राप्तं न त्यजेयं कथञ्चन । दोषो यद्यपि तस्य स्यात्सतामेतदगर्हितम् ।।6.18.3।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
mitrabhāvena samprāptaṃ na tyajeyaṃ kathañcanaमित्रभावेन सम्प्राप्तं न त्यजेयं कथञ्चनone who has come in friendship I would never abandoninstrumental compound + accusative participle + negation + optative verb + adverb
doṣo yadyapi tasya syātsatāmetadagarhitamदोषो यद्यपि तस्य स्यात्सतामेतदगर्हितम्even if he has a fault; this is not blamed by the good'nominative + conjunction + genitive pronoun + optative verb + genitive plural + nominative pronoun + nominative participle

Reference: 6.18.3 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa