महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-128, verse-8

एवमुक्त्वा प्रहस्यैनं निश्चित्य पुनरब्रवीत् ।
मा भैः प्राणभयाद्राजन्क्षमिणो ब्राह्मणा वयम् ॥८॥

8. evamuktvā prahasyainaṁ niścitya punarabravīt ,
mā bhaiḥ prāṇabhayādrājankṣamiṇo brāhmaṇā vayam.

8. evam uktvā prahasya enam niścitya punaḥ abravīt mā
bhaiḥ prāṇabhayāt rājan kṣamiṇaḥ brāhmaṇāḥ vayam

8. Having said this, Drona laughed at him and, after a moment's thought, spoke again: "O King, do not fear for your life. We Brahmins (brāhmaṇa) are naturally forgiving."

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• प्रहस्य (prahasya) - having laughed, having smiled

• एनम् (enam) - to Drupada (him, to him)

• निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having resolved (his course of action) (having ascertained, having resolved, having decided)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, said

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• भैः (bhaiḥ) - fear, be afraid

• प्राणभयात् (prāṇabhayāt) - from fear of life, out of fear for life

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• क्षमिणः (kṣamiṇaḥ) - forgiving, patient, enduring

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins (brāhmaṇa)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रहस्य (prahasya) - having laughed, having smiled

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From √has (class 1) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

एनम् (enam) - to Drupada (him, to him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that (demonstrative pronoun)

निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having resolved (his course of action) (having ascertained, having resolved, having decided)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From √ci (class 5) with prefixes ni-ś

Prefixes: ni+ś

Root: ci (class 5)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of abravīt

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular imperfect active of √brū

Root: brū (class 2)

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

भैः (bhaiḥ) - fear, be afraid

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist injunctive (luṅ (with prohibitive mā)) of bhī

Aorist Injunctive

2nd person singular aorist injunctive active of √bhī (class 3). Used with 'mā' for prohibition.

Root: bhī (class 3)

प्राणभयात् (prāṇabhayāt) - from fear of life, out of fear for life

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of prāṇabhaya

prāṇabhaya - fear of life

Tatpuruṣa compound: prāṇa (life) + bhaya (fear)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+bhaya)

• prāṇa – life, vital breath, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, terror, dread
  noun (neuter)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

क्षमिणः (kṣamiṇaḥ) - forgiving, patient, enduring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣamin

kṣamin - forgiving, patient, enduring

Derived from √kṣam (to endure, to forgive)

Root: kṣam (class 1)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins (brāhmaṇa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me