महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-222, verse-9

उक्ताश्च न विवक्षन्ति वक्तारमहिते रतम् ।
प्रतिहन्तुं न चेच्छन्ति हन्तारं वै मनीषिणः ॥९॥

9. uktāśca na vivakṣanti vaktāramahite ratam ,
pratihantuṁ na cecchanti hantāraṁ vai manīṣiṇaḥ.

9. uktāḥ ca na vivakṣanti vaktāram ahite ratam
pratihantum na ca icchanti hantāram vai manīṣiṇaḥ

9. manīṣiṇaḥ uktāḥ ca ahite ratam vaktāram na
vivakṣanti ca hantāram na pratihantum icchanti vai

9. Wise individuals (manīṣiṇaḥ), when addressed, do not wish to respond to a speaker who delights in causing harm. And indeed, they do not desire to strike back at an aggressor.

Words meanings summery:

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - spoken to, addressed

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• विवक्षन्ति (vivakṣanti) - they wish to speak, they desire to reply

• वक्तारम् (vaktāram) - the speaker, the one who speaks

• अहिते (ahite) - in harm, in evil, in that which is not beneficial

• रतम् (ratam) - engaged in, devoted to, delighting in

• प्रतिहन्तुम् (pratihantum) - to strike back, to retaliate

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire, they wish

• हन्तारम् (hantāram) - the killer, the striker, the aggressor

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise persons, thoughtful people

Words meanings and morphology

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - spoken to, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, uttered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -kta.

Root: vac (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विवक्षन्ति (vivakṣanti) - they wish to speak, they desire to reply

(verb)

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

Desiderative verb

Desiderative stem of root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

वक्तारम् (vaktāram) - the speaker, the one who speaks

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaktṛ

vaktṛ - speaker, orator, reciter

Agent noun from root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

अहिते (ahite) - in harm, in evil, in that which is not beneficial

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahita

ahita - not beneficial, harmful, evil; harm, evil (as noun)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hita)

• a – un-, non- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• hita – beneficial, good, placed, suitable
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dhā (to place, to put).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used substantively as 'in what is harmful'.

रतम् (ratam) - engaged in, devoted to, delighting in

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rata

rata - delighted, pleased, engaged in, devoted to

Past Passive Participle

From root ram (to delight, to sport).

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vaktāram'.

प्रतिहन्तुम् (pratihantum) - to strike back, to retaliate

(verb)

infinitive of pratihan

Infinitive

Infinitive form of verb prati-han.

Prefix: prati

Root: han (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire, they wish

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 6)

हन्तारम् (hantāram) - the killer, the striker, the aggressor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hantṛ

hantṛ - killer, slayer, destroyer, striker

Agent noun from root han (to strike, to kill).

Root: han (class 2)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise persons, thoughtful people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, thoughtful, sagacious; a wise man, sage

Derived from manas (mind) + īṣ (to seek) + -in suffix.