महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-146, verse-29

अवध्याः स्त्रिय इत्याहुर्धर्मज्ञा धर्मनिश्चये ।
धर्मज्ञान्राक्षसानाहुर्न हन्यात्स च मामपि ॥२९॥

29. avadhyāḥ striya ityāhurdharmajñā dharmaniścaye ,
dharmajñānrākṣasānāhurna hanyātsa ca māmapi.

29. avadhyāḥ striyaḥ iti āhuḥ dharmajñāḥ dharmaniścaye
dharmajñān rākṣasān āhuḥ na hanyāt saḥ ca mām api

29. Those who understand natural law (dharma) declare, in their ascertainment of what is righteous (dharma), that women are not to be slain. They even acknowledge rākṣasas as knowers of natural law (dharma). Therefore, he should not kill me either.

Words meanings summery:

• अवध्याः (avadhyāḥ) - not to be killed, inviolable, immune from slaying

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• धर्मज्ञाः (dharmajñāḥ) - knowers of dharma, those who understand righteousness

• धर्मनिश्चये (dharmaniścaye) - in the ascertainment of dharma, in the decision of righteousness

• धर्मज्ञान् (dharmajñān) - knowers of dharma, those who understand righteousness

• राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - demons, rākṣasas

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• न (na) - not

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - he should kill, one should kill

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• च (ca) - and, also

• माम् (mām) - me

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

Words meanings and morphology

अवध्याः (avadhyāḥ) - not to be killed, inviolable, immune from slaying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of avadhya

avadhya - not to be killed, inviolable, immune from slaying

Gerundive

Derived from the root vadh (to strike, kill) with the negative prefix a- and kṛtya suffix -ya.

Prefix: a

Root: vadh (class 1)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect tense 3rd person plural of a defective root, often supplanted by forms of brū or vac.

Root: brū/vac

धर्मज्ञाः (dharmajñāḥ) - knowers of dharma, those who understand righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of natural law (dharma), one who understands righteousness, an expert in law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, knower, expert
  adjective (masculine)
  nominal agent from root
  Derived from the root jñā (to know) with the suffix -a.
  Root: jñā (class 9)

धर्मनिश्चये (dharmaniścaye) - in the ascertainment of dharma, in the decision of righteousness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharmaniścaya

dharmaniścaya - ascertainment of natural law (dharma), decision of righteousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+niścaya)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
• niścaya – ascertainment, firm conviction, decision, certainty
  noun (masculine)
  nominal derivative
  Derived from the root ci (to gather, ascertain) with the prefix nis-.
  Prefix: nis
  Root: ci (class 5)

धर्मज्ञान् (dharmajñān) - knowers of dharma, those who understand righteousness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of natural law (dharma), one who understands righteousness, an expert in law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, knower, expert
  adjective (masculine)
  nominal agent from root
  Derived from the root jñā (to know) with the suffix -a.
  Root: jñā (class 9)

राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - demons, rākṣasas

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, evil spirit, rākṣasa (a class of mythical beings)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect tense 3rd person plural of a defective root, often supplanted by forms of brū or vac.

Root: brū/vac

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - he should kill, one should kill

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)