महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-150, verse-27

यथा त्विदं न विन्देयुर्नरा नगरवासिनः ।
तथायं ब्राह्मणो वाच्यः परिग्राह्यश्च यत्नतः ॥२७॥

27. yathā tvidaṁ na vindeyurnarā nagaravāsinaḥ ,
tathāyaṁ brāhmaṇo vācyaḥ parigrāhyaśca yatnataḥ.

27. yathā tu idam na vindeyuḥ narā nagaravāsinaḥ |
tathā ayam brāhmaṇaḥ vācyaḥ parigrāhyaḥ ca yatnataḥ

27. So that the residents of the city (nara) do not learn of this, this Brahmin should be carefully reassured and protected.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, so that

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, yet

• इदम् (idam) - this

• न (na) - not, no

• विन्देयुः (vindeyuḥ) - they should know, they should find

• नरा (narā) - men, people, human beings

• नगरवासिनः (nagaravāsinaḥ) - city-dwellers, residents of the city

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one), he

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - Brahmin

• वाच्यः (vācyaḥ) - to be spoken, to be said, to be reassured

• परिग्राह्यः (parigrāhyaḥ) - to be protected, to be accepted, to be received

• च (ca) - and

• यत्नतः (yatnataḥ) - carefully, diligently, with effort

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, so that

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, yet

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विन्देयुः (vindeyuḥ) - they should know, they should find

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of vid

Optative mood, 3rd person plural

Root: vid (class 2)

नरा (narā) - men, people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

नगरवासिनः (nagaravāsinaḥ) - city-dwellers, residents of the city

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nagaravāsin

nagaravāsin - city-dweller, resident of a city

Compound of 'nagara' (city) and 'vāsin' (dweller)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nagara+vāsin)

• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, resident, inhabiting
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root 'vas' (to dwell) with suffix -in
  Root: vas (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - Brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

Derived from 'brahman'

वाच्यः (vācyaḥ) - to be spoken, to be said, to be reassured

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vācya

vācya - to be spoken, speakable, fit to be said

Gerundive (karmaṇi prayogya)

Derived from root 'vac' with suffix -ya

Root: vac (class 2)

परिग्राह्यः (parigrāhyaḥ) - to be protected, to be accepted, to be received

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parigrāhya

parigrāhya - to be protected, to be held, to be accepted, to be taken care of

Gerundive (karmaṇi prayogya)

Derived from root 'grah' (to seize, take) with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यत्नतः (yatnataḥ) - carefully, diligently, with effort

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'yatna' (effort) with the suffix -tas