महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-24, verse-3

न तु ते ब्राह्मणं हन्तुं कार्या बुद्धिः कथंचन ।
अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां ब्राह्मणो ह्यनलोपमः ॥३॥

3. na tu te brāhmaṇaṁ hantuṁ kāryā buddhiḥ kathaṁcana ,
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ brāhmaṇo hyanalopamaḥ.

3. na tu te brāhmaṇam hantum kāryā buddhiḥ kathaṃcana
avadhyaḥ sarva-bhūtānām brāhmaṇaḥ hi anala-upamaḥ

3. But you should never make up your mind to kill a Brāhmaṇa. For a Brāhmaṇa is like fire, unkillable by any living being.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• ते (te) - by you (implied agent for kāryā) (to you, by you)

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brāhmaṇa

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill (to kill, to strike)

• कार्या (kāryā) - should be made (referring to 'buddhiḥ') (to be done, should be done, should be made)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - mind, intention (mind, intellect, understanding, intention)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - never (by any means, in any way; (with na) never, by no means)

• अवध्यः (avadhyaḥ) - unkillable (not to be killed, inviolable, immune from death penalty)

• सर्व-भूतानाम् (sarva-bhūtānām) - of any living being (of all beings, of all creatures)

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brāhmaṇa

• हि (hi) - for (indeed, for, surely)

• अनल-उपमः (anala-upamaḥ) - like fire

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you (implied agent for kāryā) (to you, by you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here used as agent in passive construction: 'the mind should be made by you'.

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brāhmaṇa

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly caste

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill (to kill, to strike)

(verb)

infinitive

Infinitive of han

Root: han (class 2)

कार्या (kāryā) - should be made (referring to 'buddhiḥ') (to be done, should be done, should be made)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, practicable, proper; duty, business, action

future passive participle (gerundive)

Future passive participle of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with buddhiḥ.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - mind, intention (mind, intellect, understanding, intention)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, mind, reason, intention

Root: budh (class 1)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - never (by any means, in any way; (with na) never, by no means)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to express 'never'.

अवध्यः (avadhyaḥ) - unkillable (not to be killed, inviolable, immune from death penalty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avadhya

avadhya - not to be slain or killed, inviolable, immune from death penalty

future passive participle (gerundive)

Future passive participle of han with negative prefix 'a-'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vadhya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vadhya – to be killed, deserving death
  adjective (masculine)
  future passive participle
  Future passive participle of han
  Root: han (class 2)

सर्व-भूतानाम् (sarva-bhūtānām) - of any living being (of all beings, of all creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarva-bhūta

sarva-bhūta - all beings, every creature

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element; become, past
  noun (neuter)
  past participle
  Past passive participle of bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brāhmaṇa

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly caste

हि (hi) - for (indeed, for, surely)

(indeclinable)

अनल-उपमः (anala-upamaḥ) - like fire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anala-upama

anala-upama - similar to fire, comparable to fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anala+upama)

• anala – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparison, simile, likeness; like, equal to
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa