महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-58, verse-23

ये नो न बहु मन्यन्ते न प्रवर्तन्ति चापरे ।
पुत्रवत्परिपाल्यास्ते नमस्तेभ्यस्तथाभयम् ॥२३॥

23. ye no na bahu manyante na pravartanti cāpare ,
putravatparipālyāste namastebhyastathābhayam.

23. ye naḥ na bahu manyante na pravartanti ca apare
putravat paripālyāḥ te namaḥ tebhyaḥ tathā abhayam

23. Those who do not hold us in high esteem, and others who do not take aggressive action, should be protected by us like sons. Salutations to them, and assurance of safety from us.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - who, which

• नः (naḥ) - us

• न (na) - not

• बहु (bahu) - highly (in terms of regard) (much, many, highly, greatly)

• मन्यन्ते (manyante) - they hold in esteem (they think, they believe, they regard)

• न (na) - not, nor

• प्रवर्तन्ति (pravartanti) - they initiate hostilities, they take aggressive action (they proceed, they act, they engage in)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपरे (apare) - others

• पुत्रवत् (putravat) - like a son, as if sons

• परिपाल्याः (paripālyāḥ) - to be protected, to be guarded

• ते (te) - they, those

• नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, obeisance

• तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - to them, for them

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and also

• अभयम् (abhayam) - assurance of safety (from us) (fearlessness, safety, security)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ya

ya - who, which, that

Note: Relative pronoun introducing the subject of the sentence.

नः (naḥ) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Direct object of 'manyante'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

बहु (bahu) - highly (in terms of regard) (much, many, highly, greatly)

(indeclinable)

मन्यन्ते (manyante) - they hold in esteem (they think, they believe, they regard)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root verb, 4th class, Ātmanepada (Ā)

Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

प्रवर्तन्ति (pravartanti) - they initiate hostilities, they take aggressive action (they proceed, they act, they engage in)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pravṛt

Root verb, 1st class, Ātmanepada (Ā), with prefix pra- (forward, forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunctive particle.

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

Note: Refers to another group of people.

पुत्रवत् (putravat) - like a son, as if sons

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable formed with the suffix -vat, indicating 'like' or 'as'.

परिपाल्याः (paripālyāḥ) - to be protected, to be guarded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paripālya

paripālya - to be protected, to be guarded, to be maintained

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from the root pā (to protect) with the prefix pari- and the suffix -ya.

Prefix: pari

Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'te'.

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Correlative pronoun, referring to 'ye' and 'apare'.

नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, obeisance

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with dative case.

तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - to them, for them

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Used with 'namaḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and also

(indeclinable)

अभयम् (abhayam) - assurance of safety (from us) (fearlessness, safety, security)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhaya

abhaya - fearlessness, safety, security, freedom from danger

Compound of 'a-' (negation) and 'bhaya' (fear).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+bhaya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• bhaya – fear, dread, danger
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root bhī (to fear).
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Implied object of an action, 'we grant safety'.