महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-10, verse-67

उपदेशो न कर्तव्यः कदाचिदपि कस्यचित् ।
उपदेशाद्धि तत्पापं ब्राह्मणः समवाप्नुयात् ॥६७॥

67. upadeśo na kartavyaḥ kadācidapi kasyacit ,
upadeśāddhi tatpāpaṁ brāhmaṇaḥ samavāpnuyāt.

67. upadeśaḥ na kartavyaḥ kadācit api kasyacit
upadeśāt hi tat pāpam brāhmaṇaḥ samavāpnuyāt

67. Advice should never be given to anyone. For indeed, a brahmin may incur that very sin from giving advice.

Words meanings summery:

• उपदेशः (upadeśaḥ) - instruction, advice, teaching

• न (na) - not

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - should be done, ought to be performed/given

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time, sometimes

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - to anyone, of anyone

• उपदेशात् (upadeśāt) - from advice, by instruction

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• तत् (tat) - that, that very

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, bad deed

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin, a priest, a learned man

• समवाप्नुयात् (samavāpnuyāt) - may obtain, might incur, would reach

Words meanings and morphology

उपदेशः (upadeśaḥ) - instruction, advice, teaching

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upadeśa

upadeśa - instruction, advice, teaching, precept

Formed from prefix 'upa-' + root 'diś' ('to point out, instruct') + 'a' suffix.

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - should be done, ought to be performed/given

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, proper to be done, duty

Gerundive (kṛtya)

Formed from root 'kṛ' ('to do') + 'tavya' suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'upadeśaḥ'.

कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time, sometimes

(indeclinable)

From 'kadā' (when) + 'cit' (a particle forming indefinites).

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - to anyone, of anyone

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain one

From 'kim' (what) + 'cit' (a particle).

Note: The neuter form `kiñcit` (or `kimcit`) is often used, and the masculine/neuter genitive singular form is `kasyacit`.

उपदेशात् (upadeśāt) - from advice, by instruction

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of upadeśa

upadeśa - instruction, advice, teaching, precept

Formed from prefix 'upa-' + root 'diś' ('to point out, instruct') + 'a' suffix.

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, that very

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the 'sin' (pāpam).

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, bad deed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, vice, bad deed

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin, a priest, a learned man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, belonging to a Brahmin, relating to Brahman or the Vedas

Derived from brahman (sacred knowledge, ultimate reality).

Root: bṛh (class 1)

समवाप्नुयात् (samavāpnuyāt) - may obtain, might incur, would reach

(verb)

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

Optative Active

Formed from prefixes 'sam-' and 'ava-' + root 'āp' ('to obtain').

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: āp (class 5)