महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-149, verse-12

श्रेयांस्तु सहदारस्य विनाशोऽद्य मम स्वयम् ।
ब्राह्मणस्य वधं नाहमनुमंस्ये कथंचन ॥१२॥

12. śreyāṁstu sahadārasya vināśo'dya mama svayam ,
brāhmaṇasya vadhaṁ nāhamanumaṁsye kathaṁcana.

12. śreyān tu saha dārasya vināśaḥ adya mama svayam
brāhmaṇasya vadham na aham anumansye kathaṃcana

12. Indeed, my own demise today, along with my wife, would be preferable. I will never, by any means, consent to the killing of a brahmin.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रेयान् (śreyān) - better, more excellent, preferable

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, on the other hand

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• दारस्य (dārasya) - of the wife

• विनाशः (vināśaḥ) - destruction, ruin, demise

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, spontaneously

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brahmin

• वधम् (vadham) - killing, slaughter, murder

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अनुमन्स्ये (anumansye) - I will consent, I will approve

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, ever (with na: never)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रेयान् (śreyān) - better, more excellent, preferable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, more excellent, superior, welfare, prosperity

Comparative

Nominative singular masculine form of the comparative adjective śreyas, derived from śrī

Root: śrī (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

दारस्य (dārasya) - of the wife

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dāra

dāra - wife

Genitive singular form. Often used in plural (dārāḥ) to mean 'wife'

विनाशः (vināśaḥ) - destruction, ruin, demise

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vināśa

vināśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance

Derived from root naś (to perish) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Genitive singular form of the first person pronoun asmad

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

Accusative of svan (self) used adverbially

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brahmin

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, member of the priestly class

Genitive singular form

Root: bṛh (class 1)

वधम् (vadham) - killing, slaughter, murder

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, murder

Accusative singular form. From root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Nominative singular form of the first person pronoun asmad

अनुमन्स्ये (anumansye) - I will consent, I will approve

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of anuman

Future tense, 1st person singular, middle voice

Future tense form of root man (to think) with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: man (class 4)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, ever (with na: never)

(indeclinable)

Combination of katham and cana