महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-89, verse-15

न केनचिद्याचितव्यः कश्चित्किंचिदनापदि ।
इति व्यवस्था भूतानां पुरस्तान्मनुना कृता ॥१५॥

15. na kenacidyācitavyaḥ kaścitkiṁcidanāpadi ,
iti vyavasthā bhūtānāṁ purastānmanunā kṛtā.

15. na kenacit yācitavyaḥ kaścit kiñcit anāpadi
iti vyavasthā bhūtānām purastāt manunā kṛtā

15. anāpadi kaścit kenacit kiñcit na yācitavyaḥ
iti bhūtānām vyavasthā purastāt manunā kṛtā

15. No one should ask anything from anyone unless in distress. This rule (vyavasthā) for all beings was established by Manu in ancient times.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• केनचित् (kenacit) - by someone, by anyone

• याचितव्यः (yācitavyaḥ) - that which should be asked for, to be begged

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything

• अनापदि (anāpadi) - in a state of not being in distress, in prosperity, in a normal situation

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

• व्यवस्था (vyavasthā) - rule, regulation, arrangement, system, established order

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures, of elements, of living things

• पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - formerly, in front, before, in ancient times, eastward

• मनुना (manunā) - by Manu

• कृता (kṛtā) - made, done, performed

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

केनचित् (kenacit) - by someone, by anyone

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone

Formed from interrogative pronoun kim and indeclinable cit.

याचितव्यः (yācitavyaḥ) - that which should be asked for, to be begged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yācitavya

yācitavya - to be begged, to be asked, that which should be requested

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Formed from root yāc (to ask, beg) with suffix -tavya.

Root: yāc (class 1)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone

Formed from interrogative pronoun kim and indeclinable cit.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - something, anything

Formed from interrogative pronoun kim and indeclinable cit.

अनापदि (anāpadi) - in a state of not being in distress, in prosperity, in a normal situation

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of anāpad

anāpad - non-distress, absence of misfortune, prosperity

Negative compound (Nañ-tatpuruṣa) of āpad.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+āpad)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
  negative particle
• āpad – calamity, distress, misfortune, emergency
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pad (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

व्यवस्था (vyavasthā) - rule, regulation, arrangement, system, established order

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyavasthā

vyavasthā - rule, regulation, arrangement, system, established order, settled state

From root sthā with prefixes vi and ava.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures, of elements, of living things

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - a being, creature, ghost, element, anything that has been or is

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

From root bhū (to be, exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - formerly, in front, before, in ancient times, eastward

(indeclinable)

Formed from purā with suffix -tāt.

मनुना (manunā) - by Manu

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of manu

manu - Manu (a primordial man, lawgiver, progenitor)

Root: man

कृता (kṛtā) - made, done, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed, finished

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)