महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-259, verse-14

यदा पुरोहितं वा ते पर्येयुः शरणैषिणः ।
करिष्यामः पुनर्ब्रह्मन्न पापमिति वादिनः ॥१४॥

14. yadā purohitaṁ vā te paryeyuḥ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ ,
kariṣyāmaḥ punarbrahmanna pāpamiti vādinaḥ.

14. yadā purohitam vā te paryeyuḥ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ
kariṣyāmaḥ punaḥ brahman na pāpam iti vādinaḥ

14. yadā śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ te "brahman,
punaḥ pāpam na kariṣyāmaḥ" iti vādinaḥ purohitam vā paryeyuḥ [tadā]

14. When those offenders, seeking refuge, approach the royal priest (purohita) or another [authority], saying, 'O Brahmin, we will not commit such an evil (pāpam) again...'

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when

• पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - the royal priest, one placed in front

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• ते (te) - those offenders (they)

• पर्येयुः (paryeyuḥ) - they should approach, they should resort to, they should go around

• शरणैषिणः (śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ) - seeking refuge, desiring protection

• करिष्यामः (kariṣyāmaḥ) - we will do, we shall make

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, moreover

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin, O priest

• न (na) - not, no

• पापम् (pāpam) - evil (pāpam) (sin, evil, wickedness)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, as follows (marks direct speech or thought)

• वादिनः (vādinaḥ) - saying, speaking, speakers

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - the royal priest, one placed in front

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purohita

purohita - royal priest, family priest, one placed in front

Formed from puras (in front) + hita (placed, beneficial)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those offenders (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पर्येयुः (paryeyuḥ) - they should approach, they should resort to, they should go around

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of parye

Optative 3rd Person Plural

Root i (to go) with prefix pari, conjugated in optative, 3rd person plural

Prefix: pari

Root: i (class 2)

शरणैषिणः (śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ) - seeking refuge, desiring protection

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaraṇaiṣin

śaraṇaiṣin - seeking refuge, desiring protection

Agent noun (nominalization of desiderative verbal root)

Compound of śaraṇa (refuge) and eṣin (seeking), from root iṣ (to seek, desire)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaraṇa+eṣin)

• śaraṇa – refuge, shelter, protection, asylum
  noun (neuter)
• eṣin – seeking, desiring, wishing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root iṣ (to seek, desire)
  Agent noun suffix -in
  Root: iṣ (class 4)

करिष्यामः (kariṣyāmaḥ) - we will do, we shall make

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future Active Indicative

Root kṛ, conjugated in future active, 1st person plural

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, moreover

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin, O priest

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, religious person

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पापम् (pāpam) - evil (pāpam) (sin, evil, wickedness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness, vice, bad

इति (iti) - thus, so, as follows (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

वादिनः (vādinaḥ) - saying, speaking, speakers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vādin

vādin - speaking, saying, speaker, advocate, litigant

Agent noun

Derived from root vad (to speak) + suffix -in

Root: vad (class 1)