महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-98, verse-17

यदि ते कृतमाज्ञाय नमस्कुर्युः सदैव तम् ।
युक्तं न्याय्यं च कुर्युस्ते न च तद्वर्तते तथा ॥१७॥

17. yadi te kṛtamājñāya namaskuryuḥ sadaiva tam ,
yuktaṁ nyāyyaṁ ca kuryuste na ca tadvartate tathā.

17. yadi te kṛtam ājñāya namaskuryuḥ sadaiva tam |
yuktam nyāyyam ca kuryuḥ te na ca tat vartate tathā

17. yadi te kṛtam ājñāya tam sadaiva namaskuryuḥ ca yuktam nyāyyam kuryuḥ,
(tadāpi) na ca tat tathā vartate.

17. If they, recognizing what he has done, were always to honor him and perform what is proper and just, but that does not happen in such a way.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• ते (te) - they

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - what has been done (by him) (done, made, deed, action)

• आज्ञाय (ājñāya) - recognizing (having known, having understood, having recognized)

• नमस्कुर्युः (namaskuryuḥ) - would salute, should honor, would pay homage

• सदैव (sadaiva) - always, ever

• तम् (tam) - him

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - what is proper (proper, fitting, right, joined, suitable)

• न्याय्यम् (nyāyyam) - what is just (just, fair, righteous, lawful)

• च (ca) - and, also

• कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - would do, should make, would perform

• ते (te) - they

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - but (and, but)

• तत् (tat) - that (situation) (that, it)

• वर्तते (vartate) - happens, exists, prevails, occurs

• तथा (tathā) - in such a way (thus, so, in that manner)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कृतम् (kṛtam) - what has been done (by him) (done, made, deed, action)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, deed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as a noun.

आज्ञाय (ājñāya) - recognizing (having known, having understood, having recognized)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root jñā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

नमस्कुर्युः (namaskuryuḥ) - would salute, should honor, would pay homage

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of namaskṛ

optative mood

3rd person plural, active voice (compound verb with namas)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सदैव (sadaiva) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'sada' (always) and 'eva' (indeed)

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

युक्तम् (yuktam) - what is proper (proper, fitting, right, joined, suitable)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, fitted, proper, right, engaged in

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Used as an adjective/noun (what is proper).

न्याय्यम् (nyāyyam) - what is just (just, fair, righteous, lawful)

(gerundive)

Note: Used as an adjective/noun (what is just).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - would do, should make, would perform

(verb)

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

optative mood

3rd person plural, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - but (and, but)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (situation) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

वर्तते (vartate) - happens, exists, prevails, occurs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

present tense

3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - in such a way (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)