महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-179, verse-7

यद्येष दर्पाद्धर्षाद्वा यदि वा ब्रह्मचापलात् ।
प्रस्थितो धनुरायन्तुं वार्यतां साधु मा गमत् ॥७॥

7. yadyeṣa darpāddharṣādvā yadi vā brahmacāpalāt ,
prasthito dhanurāyantuṁ vāryatāṁ sādhu mā gamat.

7. yadi eṣaḥ darpāt harṣāt vā yadi vā brahmacāpalāt
prasthitaḥ dhanuḥ ā yantum vāryatām sādhu mā gamat

7. If this person has set out to bend the bow, whether from arrogance, excitement, or merely from the fickleness of a Brahmin (brāhmaṇacāpala), he should be properly restrained; let him not proceed.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (person)

• दर्पात् (darpāt) - from arrogance, due to pride

• हर्षात् (harṣāt) - from joy, due to excitement

• वा (vā) - or

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or

• ब्रह्मचापलात् (brahmacāpalāt) - from the fickleness of a Brahmin, due to Brahminical rashness

• प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - set out, started, proceeded

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• आ यन्तुम् (ā yantum) - to draw, to bend (a bow)

• वार्यताम् (vāryatām) - let him be stopped, let him be restrained

• साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, indeed

• मा (mā) - not (prohibitive)

• गमत् (gamat) - let him not go, may he not go

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to the boy attempting to string the bow.

दर्पात् (darpāt) - from arrogance, due to pride

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of darpa

darpa - arrogance, pride, haughtiness, conceit

Note: Indicates the cause.

हर्षात् (harṣāt) - from joy, due to excitement

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, excitement, thrill

Note: Indicates the cause.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मचापलात् (brahmacāpalāt) - from the fickleness of a Brahmin, due to Brahminical rashness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of brahmacāpala

brahmacāpala - fickleness or rashness pertaining to a Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+cāpala)

• brahman – a Brahmin, sacred knowledge, the Absolute (brahman)
  noun (masculine)
• cāpala – fickleness, unsteadiness, rashness, levity
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates the cause.

प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - set out, started, proceeded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasthita

prasthita - set out, departed, gone forth, begun

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √sthā (to stand, go) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā

Note: Qualifies 'eṣaḥ'.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

Note: Object of 'ā yantum'.

आ यन्तुम् (ā yantum) - to draw, to bend (a bow)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from the root √yam (to hold, restrain, extend) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: yam

वार्यताम् (vāryatām) - let him be stopped, let him be restrained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, Imperative (loṭ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 5)

साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, indeed

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

गमत् (gamat) - let him not go, may he not go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Injunctive (luṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)