महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-97, verse-8

अनीकयोः संहतयोर्यदीयाद्ब्राह्मणोऽन्तरा ।
शान्तिमिच्छन्नुभयतो न योद्धव्यं तदा भवेत् ।
मर्यादां शाश्वतीं भिन्द्याद्ब्राह्मणं योऽभिलङ्घयेत् ॥८॥

8. anīkayoḥ saṁhatayoryadīyādbrāhmaṇo'ntarā ,
śāntimicchannubhayato na yoddhavyaṁ tadā bhavet ,
maryādāṁ śāśvatīṁ bhindyādbrāhmaṇaṁ yo'bhilaṅghayet.

8. anīkayoḥ saṃhatayoḥ yat īyāt brāhmaṇaḥ
antarā śāntim icchan ubhayataḥ na
yoddhavyam tadā bhavet maryādām śāśvatīm
bhindyāt brāhmaṇam yaḥ abhilaṅghayet

8. yat brāhmaṇaḥ saṃhatayoḥ anīkayoḥ antarā īyāt ubhayataḥ śāntim icchan,
tadā na yoddhavyam bhavet.
yaḥ brāhmaṇam abhilaṅghayet saḥ śāśvatīm maryādām bhindyāt.

8. If a Brahmin comes between two armies that have joined in battle formation, desiring peace for both, then fighting should not occur. Whoever disregards a Brahmin (as an envoy of peace) would break an eternal boundary (maryādā).

Words meanings summery:

• अनीकयोः (anīkayoḥ) - of the two armies

• संहतयोः (saṁhatayoḥ) - of the two joined, of the two united, of the two compacted

• यत् (yat) - if, that which, who

• ईयात् (īyāt) - should go, should come

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin, a priest

• अन्तरा (antarā) - between, in the middle of

• शान्तिम् (śāntim) - peace, tranquility

• इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring, wishing

• उभयतः (ubhayataḥ) - from both sides, on both sides, for both

• न (na) - not, no

• योद्धव्यम् (yoddhavyam) - should be fought (neuter)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, might be, would happen

• मर्यादाम् (maryādām) - boundary, limit, rule, convention

• शाश्वतीम् (śāśvatīm) - eternal, perpetual, permanent

• भिन्द्यात् (bhindyāt) - should break, would violate

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brahmin (accusative)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• अभिलङ्घयेत् (abhilaṅghayet) - should transgress, should disregard, should violate

Words meanings and morphology

अनीकयोः (anīkayoḥ) - of the two armies

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of anīka

anīka - army, host, troop, front of an army

संहतयोः (saṁhatayoḥ) - of the two joined, of the two united, of the two compacted

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, dual of saṃhata

saṁhata - joined, united, compacted, dense, coherent, ready (for battle)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: han (class 2)

यत् (yat) - if, that which, who

(indeclinable)

ईयात् (īyāt) - should go, should come

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of i

Optative form of root 'i'

From root 'i' (to go)

Root: i (class 2)

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin, a priest

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin (member of the priestly class), relating to Brahman, sacred

Root: bṛh (class 1)

अन्तरा (antarā) - between, in the middle of

(indeclinable)

शान्तिम् (śāntim) - peace, tranquility

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, calm, cessation, appeasement

Derived from root 'śam'

Root: śam (class 4)

इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring, wishing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of icchat

icchat - desiring, wishing, wanting

Present Active Participle

From root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

उभयतः (ubhayataḥ) - from both sides, on both sides, for both

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

योद्धव्यम् (yoddhavyam) - should be fought (neuter)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yoddhavya

yoddhavya - to be fought, fit to be fought, worth fighting

Gerundive (Kartavya / Kritya)

Derived from root 'yudh' with suffix '-tavya'

Root: yudh (class 4)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, might be, would happen

(verb)

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

Optative form of root 'bhū'

From root 'bhū' (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

मर्यादाम् (maryādām) - boundary, limit, rule, convention

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maryādā

maryādā - boundary, limit, rule, convention, moral standard, respect

शाश्वतीम् (śāśvatīm) - eternal, perpetual, permanent

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant, ever-lasting

भिन्द्यात् (bhindyāt) - should break, would violate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhid

Optative form of root 'bhid'

From root 'bhid' (to break)

Root: bhid (class 7)

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brahmin (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin (member of the priestly class), relating to Brahman, sacred

Root: bṛh (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

अभिलङ्घयेत् (abhilaṅghayet) - should transgress, should disregard, should violate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of abhilaṅgh

root 'laṅgh' with prefix 'abhi'

Optative form of 'abhilaṅgh' (abhi + laṅgh)

Prefix: abhi

Root: laṅgh (class 1)