महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-5, verse-7

तथैव सुहृदं प्राज्ञं कुर्वाणं कर्म पापकम् ।
प्राज्ञाः संप्रतिषेधन्ते यथाशक्ति पुनः पुनः ॥७॥

7. tathaiva suhṛdaṁ prājñaṁ kurvāṇaṁ karma pāpakam ,
prājñāḥ saṁpratiṣedhante yathāśakti punaḥ punaḥ.

7. tathā eva suhṛdam prājñam kurvāṇam karma pāpakam
prājñāḥ sampratiṣedhante yathāśakti punaḥ punaḥ

7. prājñāḥ tathā eva suhṛdam prājñam pāpakam karma
kurvāṇam yathāśakti punaḥ punaḥ sampratiṣedhante

7. Similarly, wise people repeatedly restrain a wise friend who is performing a sinful act, doing so to the best of their ability.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

• सुहृदम् (suhṛdam) - friend, benefactor

• प्राज्ञम् (prājñam) - wise, intelligent

• कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - doing, performing

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work, ritual

• पापकम् (pāpakam) - sinful, evil, wicked

• प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - wise ones, intelligent people

• सम्प्रतिषेधन्ते (sampratiṣedhante) - they restrain, they forbid, they counteract

• यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to power, to the best of one's ability

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

सुहृदम् (suhṛdam) - friend, benefactor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suhṛd

suhṛd - friend, well-wisher, benefactor

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+hṛd)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• hṛd – heart, mind
  noun (neuter)

प्राज्ञम् (prājñam) - wise, intelligent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, knowing, discerning

कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - doing, performing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kurvāṇa

kurvāṇa - doing, performing, making, acting

Present Middle Participle

Derived from the root kṛ (to do, make) with the suffix -āṇa (middle participle ending).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work, ritual

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of actions (karma)

Root: kṛ

पापकम् (pāpakam) - sinful, evil, wicked

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpaka

pāpaka - sinful, evil, wicked, bad

प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - wise ones, intelligent people

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, knowing, discerning

Note: Used here as a substantive noun meaning 'wise people'.

सम्प्रतिषेधन्ते (sampratiṣedhante) - they restrain, they forbid, they counteract

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of sampratiṣidh

Present Tense, Middle Voice

Derived from root sidh (to ward off, repel) with prefixes sam (together, completely) and prati (against).

Prefixes: sam+prati

Root: sidh (class 1)

यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to power, to the best of one's ability

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śakti)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• śakti – power, strength, ability, energy, divine power (śakti)
  noun (feminine)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

(indeclinable)