महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-237, verse-9

नैव पश्येन्न शृणुयादवाच्यं जातु कस्यचित् ।
ब्राह्मणानां विशेषेण नैव ब्रूयात्कथंचन ॥९॥

9. naiva paśyenna śṛṇuyādavācyaṁ jātu kasyacit ,
brāhmaṇānāṁ viśeṣeṇa naiva brūyātkathaṁcana.

9. na eva paśyet na śṛṇuyāt avācyam jātu kasyacit
brāhmaṇānām viśeṣeṇa na eva brūyāt kathaṃcana

9. kasyacit avācyam jātu na eva paśyet,
na śṛṇuyāt; viśeṣeṇa brāhmaṇānām (avācyam) kathaṃcana na eva brūyāt

9. One should never see or hear anything improper concerning anyone. Especially regarding Brahmins, one should never speak such things in any way.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the negation ('never') (indeed, certainly, only)

• पश्येत् (paśyet) - one should see

• न (na) - not, no

• शृणुयात् (śṛṇuyāt) - one should hear

• अवाच्यम् (avācyam) - anything improper or offensive (unutterable, not to be spoken, improper)

• जातु (jātu) - emphasizes the negation ('never') (ever, at any time)

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone, of someone

• ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of Brahmins, of priests

• विशेषेण (viśeṣeṇa) - especially, particularly, by distinction

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the negation ('never') (indeed, certainly, only)

• ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - one should speak, one should say

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, under any circumstances

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the negation ('never') (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

पश्येत् (paśyet) - one should see

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of dṛś

present stem paśya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शृणुयात् (śṛṇuyāt) - one should hear

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

अवाच्यम् (avācyam) - anything improper or offensive (unutterable, not to be spoken, improper)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avācya

avācya - unutterable, not to be spoken, improper, censurable

Gerundive

from a-vac (not to speak) + ṇyat (gerundive suffix)

Prefix: a

Root: vac (class 2)

जातु (jātu) - emphasizes the negation ('never') (ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone, of someone

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain person/thing

indefinite pronoun, from kim + cid

ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of Brahmins, of priests

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class

विशेषेण (viśeṣeṇa) - especially, particularly, by distinction

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, particularity, special feature

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the negation ('never') (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - one should speak, one should say

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, under any circumstances

(indeclinable)

from katham + cana