महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-222, verse-8

निन्दत्सु च समो नित्यं प्रशंसत्सु च देवल ।
निह्नुवन्ति च ये तेषां समयं सुकृतं च ये ॥८॥

8. nindatsu ca samo nityaṁ praśaṁsatsu ca devala ,
nihnuvanti ca ye teṣāṁ samayaṁ sukṛtaṁ ca ye.

8. nindatsu ca samaḥ nityam praśaṃsatsu ca devala
nihnuvanti ca ye teṣām samayam sukṛtam ca ye

8. devala nityam nindatsu ca praśaṃsatsu ca ye
teṣām samayam sukṛtam ca ye nihnuvanti samaḥ

8. O Devala, you are always impartial (sama) among those who criticize and among those who praise. And (you are impartial among) those who deny their sacred vow or their meritorious actions (sukṛtam).

Words meanings summery:

• निन्दत्सु (nindatsu) - among those who criticize (among those who blame, in those who criticize)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• समः (samaḥ) - impartial (equal, impartial, same, level)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

• प्रशंसत्सु (praśaṁsatsu) - among those who praise (among those who praise, in those who eulogize)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• देवल (devala) - O Devala (addressing the questioner) (O Devala)

• निह्नुवन्ति (nihnuvanti) - they deny (they deny, they conceal, they hide)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• ये (ye) - those who (who, which (masculine plural nominative))

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the qualities/vows of the people being denied) (of them, their (masculine/neuter plural genitive))

• समयम् (samayam) - sacred vow, pledge (agreement, vow, promise, convention, doctrine)

• सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - meritorious actions (sukṛtam) (good deed, meritorious action, virtuous act)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• ये (ye) - those who (who, which (masculine plural nominative))

Words meanings and morphology

निन्दत्सु (nindatsu) - among those who criticize (among those who blame, in those who criticize)

(participle)

Locative, masculine, plural of nindat

nindat - blaming, criticizing, finding fault

Present Active Participle

Root nind + śatṛ suffix (active participle)

Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Acts adverbially, indicating a situation or group.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

समः (samaḥ) - impartial (equal, impartial, same, level)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sama

sama - equal, impartial, same, level, tranquil

नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

From ni + tya suffix. Adverbial use.

Note: Adverbial use.

प्रशंसत्सु (praśaṁsatsu) - among those who praise (among those who praise, in those who eulogize)

(participle)

Locative, masculine, plural of praśaṃsat

praśaṁsat - praising, eulogizing, commending

Present Active Participle

From pra-śaṃs (to praise, commend). Root śaṃs + śatṛ suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

Note: Acts adverbially, indicating a situation or group.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

देवल (devala) - O Devala (addressing the questioner) (O Devala)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of devala

devala - Name of a sage

Note: The interlocutor.

निह्नुवन्ति (nihnuvanti) - they deny (they deny, they conceal, they hide)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nihnu

From ni-hnu (to hide, to deny). Root hnu, Class 2, Active voice, Present tense.

Prefix: ni

Root: hnu (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'ye' (those who).

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - those who (who, which (masculine plural nominative))

(relative pronoun)

Note: Subject of nihnuvanti.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the qualities/vows of the people being denied) (of them, their (masculine/neuter plural genitive))

(demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Possessive, referring to the nindat or praśaṃsat or simply 'people in general'.

समयम् (samayam) - sacred vow, pledge (agreement, vow, promise, convention, doctrine)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - agreement, vow, promise, convention, doctrine, time, sacred engagement

From sam-i (to come together, agree).

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - meritorious actions (sukṛtam) (good deed, meritorious action, virtuous act)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukṛta

sukṛta - good deed, meritorious action, virtuous act, well-done

Past Passive Participle (often nominalized)

Compound of su (good) and kṛta (done).

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (su+kṛta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix.
• kṛta – done, made, performed, deed
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - those who (who, which (masculine plural nominative))

(relative pronoun)

Note: Subject of nihnuvanti.