महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-24, verse-18

अनुयोक्ता च यो विप्रो अनुयुक्तश्च भारत ।
नार्हतस्तावपि श्राद्धं ब्रह्मविक्रयिणौ हि तौ ॥१८॥

18. anuyoktā ca yo vipro anuyuktaśca bhārata ,
nārhatastāvapi śrāddhaṁ brahmavikrayiṇau hi tau.

18. anuyoktā ca yaḥ vipraḥ anuyuktaḥ ca bhārata na
arhataḥ tau api śrāddham brahma-vikrayiṇau hi tau

18. bhārata yaḥ vipraḥ anuyoktā ca anuyuktaḥ ca tau
api śrāddham na arhataḥ hi tau brahma-vikrayiṇau

18. O Bhārata, the brahmin who interrogates and the brahmin who is interrogated both do not deserve an invitation to a śrāddha (ritual), for they are indeed sellers of sacred knowledge (brahman).

Words meanings summery:

• अनुयोक्ता (anuyoktā) - a brahmin who interrogates (for payment/gain) (an interrogator, one who questions)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a brahmin (a brahmin, inspired, wise)

• अनुयुक्तः (anuyuktaḥ) - one who is questioned (a brahmin) (questioned, interrogated, joined)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative address to a Kuru prince like Yudhiṣṭhira or Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अर्हतः (arhataḥ) - they both deserve, are entitled to (they two deserve, are worthy of)

• तौ (tau) - those two (referring to the interrogator and the interrogated) (those two)

• अपि (api) - even, also (also, even, too)

• श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - an offering to ancestors, a śrāddha (ritual) (śrāddha (funeral rites, offering to ancestors), faith)

• ब्रह्म-विक्रयिणौ (brahma-vikrayiṇau) - two sellers of sacred knowledge (brahman) (sellers of sacred knowledge (Brahman))

• हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, for, because)

• तौ (tau) - those two (referring to the interrogator and the interrogated) (those two)

Words meanings and morphology

अनुयोक्ता (anuyoktā) - a brahmin who interrogates (for payment/gain) (an interrogator, one who questions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuyoktṛ

anuyoktṛ - an interrogator, a questioner, one who urges

Agent noun from ANU + YUJ (to join, to apply)

Prefix: anu

Root: yuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a brahmin (a brahmin, inspired, wise)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - a brahmin, inspired, wise, a sage

From root VIP (to tremble, to vibrate, to inspire).

Root: vip (class 6)

अनुयुक्तः (anuyuktaḥ) - one who is questioned (a brahmin) (questioned, interrogated, joined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuyukta

anuyukta - questioned, interrogated, engaged, connected, appointed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of ANU + YUJ (to join, to apply).

Prefix: anu

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to the interrogated person.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative address to a Kuru prince like Yudhiṣṭhira or Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - a descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, an Indian

Root: bhṛ

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अर्हतः (arhataḥ) - they both deserve, are entitled to (they two deserve, are worthy of)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present active 3rd person dual

Root: arh (class 1)

तौ (tau) - those two (referring to the interrogator and the interrogated) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

अपि (api) - even, also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - an offering to ancestors, a śrāddha (ritual) (śrāddha (funeral rites, offering to ancestors), faith)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrāddha

śrāddha - faith, trust, reverence, a funeral rite or offering to ancestors

From ŚRAT (faith) + DHĀ (to place).

ब्रह्म-विक्रयिणौ (brahma-vikrayiṇau) - two sellers of sacred knowledge (brahman) (sellers of sacred knowledge (Brahman))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of brahmavikrayin

brahmavikrayin - one who sells sacred knowledge, a seller of sacred texts or rites

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+vikrayin)

• brahman – sacred word, Veda, sacred knowledge, ultimate reality
  noun (neuter)
• vikrayin – a seller
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from VI + KRĪ (to buy).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: krī (class 9)

हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - those two (referring to the interrogator and the interrogated) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun