महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-79, verse-36

कार्यं कुर्यान्न वा कुर्यात्संवार्यो वा भवेन्न वा ।
न स्म शस्त्रं ग्रहीतव्यमन्यत्र क्षत्रबन्धुतः ॥३६॥

36. kāryaṁ kuryānna vā kuryātsaṁvāryo vā bhavenna vā ,
na sma śastraṁ grahītavyamanyatra kṣatrabandhutaḥ.

36. kāryam kuryāt na vā kuryāt saṃvāryaḥ vā bhavet na vā
na sma śastram grahītavyam anyatra kṣatrabandhutaḥ

36. (janaḥ) kāryam vā kuryāt na vā kuryāt,
saṃvāryaḥ vā bhavet na vā.
śastram kṣatrabandhutaḥ anyatra na sma grahītavyam.

36. Whether a duty (karma) is performed or not, whether one is to be protected or not, a weapon should certainly not be taken up by anyone other than one belonging to the warrior class (kṣatrabandhu).

Words meanings summery:

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - a duty (karma) (duty, work, action, affair)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, may do, might do

• न (na) - not, no

• वा (vā) - or, either, as if

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, may do, might do

• संवार्यः (saṁvāryaḥ) - to be protected (to be warded off, to be protected, to be concealed)

• वा (vā) - or, either, as if

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be, might be

• न (na) - not, no

• वा (vā) - or, either, as if

• न (na) - not, no

• स्म (sma) - certainly (emphasizing the prohibition) (indeed, certainly (particle indicating past tense with present verbs, or emphasis))

• शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, instrument, tool

• ग्रहीतव्यम् (grahītavyam) - to be taken, to be seized, to be accepted

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - except for, other than (elsewhere, otherwise, except for, apart from)

• क्षत्रबन्धुतः (kṣatrabandhutaḥ) - by one belonging to the warrior class (kṣatrabandhu) (from a kṣatriya, by a kṣatriya, from a nominal kṣatriya)

Words meanings and morphology

कार्यम् (kāryam) - a duty (karma) (duty, work, action, affair)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be performed; a duty, an action, a work, an affair

Gerundive

From root kṛ (to do) + -ya suffix, meaning 'to be done'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, may do, might do

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either, as if

(indeclinable)

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, may do, might do

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

संवार्यः (saṁvāryaḥ) - to be protected (to be warded off, to be protected, to be concealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvārya

saṁvārya - to be covered, to be closed, to be concealed, to be warded off, to be protected

Gerundive

From root vṛ (to cover) with upasarga saṃ-, + -ya suffix, meaning 'to be covered/protected'

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛ (class 5)

वा (vā) - or, either, as if

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either, as if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - certainly (emphasizing the prohibition) (indeed, certainly (particle indicating past tense with present verbs, or emphasis))

(indeclinable)

शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, instrument, tool

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, instrument, tool, knife

From root śas (to cut) + -tra suffix

Root: śas

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

ग्रहीतव्यम् (grahītavyam) - to be taken, to be seized, to be accepted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of grahītavya

grahītavya - to be taken, to be seized, to be accepted, proper to be taken

Gerundive

From root grah (to take) + -tavya suffix, meaning 'to be taken'

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - except for, other than (elsewhere, otherwise, except for, apart from)

(indeclinable)

क्षत्रबन्धुतः (kṣatrabandhutaḥ) - by one belonging to the warrior class (kṣatrabandhu) (from a kṣatriya, by a kṣatriya, from a nominal kṣatriya)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣatrabandhu

kṣatrabandhu - a kṣatriya, a nominal kṣatriya, a degraded kṣatriya, a kṣatriya's relative

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatra+bandhu)

• kṣatra – rule, dominion, power; the warrior or royal class
  noun (neuter)
• bandhu – kinsman, relative, friend, relation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bandh (class 1)

Note: The -taḥ suffix implies 'from' or 'by means of'. With anyatra, it typically denotes the excluded item.