महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-59, verse-13

अपि ते प्रतिगृह्णीयुः श्रद्धापूतं युधिष्ठिर ।
कार्यमित्येव मन्वाना धर्मज्ञाः सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः ॥१३॥

13. api te pratigṛhṇīyuḥ śraddhāpūtaṁ yudhiṣṭhira ,
kāryamityeva manvānā dharmajñāḥ sūkṣmadarśinaḥ.

13. api te pratigṛhṇīyuḥ śraddhāpūtam yudhiṣṭhira
kāryam iti eva manvānāḥ dharmajñāḥ sūkṣmadarśinaḥ

13. yudhiṣṭhira api te dharmajñāḥ sūkṣmadarśinaḥ
'kāryam' iti eva manvānāḥ śraddhāpūtam pratigṛhṇīyuḥ

13. O Yudhishthira, they (the Brahmins) will indeed accept (your offering) – an offering purified by faith – considering it simply as 'what must be done,' for they are knowers of (dharma) (natural law) and possess subtle discernment.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - indeed (emphasizing acceptance) (also, even, indeed; (introduces interrogative or emphasizes))

• ते (te) - they (the Brahmins) (they, those)

• प्रतिगृह्णीयुः (pratigṛhṇīyuḥ) - will indeed accept (may accept, should accept, would accept)

• श्रद्धापूतम् (śraddhāpūtam) - an offering purified by faith (purified by faith, consecrated by reverence)

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - what must be done, duty (what must be done, duty, action, business)

• इति (iti) - thus, 'that this is' (thus, so, in this manner (introduces direct or indirect speech, or specifies an idea))

• एव (eva) - simply, just (only, just, merely, indeed)

• मन्वानाः (manvānāḥ) - considering (it to be) (thinking, considering, believing)

• धर्मज्ञाः (dharmajñāḥ) - knowers of (dharma) (natural law) (knowers of `dharma`, those who know righteousness/duty/natural law)

• सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः (sūkṣmadarśinaḥ) - possess subtle discernment (keen-sighted, subtle-perceiving, keenly discerning)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - indeed (emphasizing acceptance) (also, even, indeed; (introduces interrogative or emphasizes))

(indeclinable)

Particle.

ते (te) - they (the Brahmins) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Nominative plural masculine.

Note: Subject of `pratigṛhṇīyuḥ`.

प्रतिगृह्णीयुः (pratigṛhṇīyuḥ) - will indeed accept (may accept, should accept, would accept)

(verb)

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

optative mood

3rd person plural, optative mood, active voice. From root `grah` (to seize, take) with prefix `prati`.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

श्रद्धापूतम् (śraddhāpūtam) - an offering purified by faith (purified by faith, consecrated by reverence)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śraddhāpūta

śraddhāpūta - purified by faith, consecrated by reverence

Compound: `śraddhā` (faith) + `pūta` (purified).

Compound type : tatpurusha (śraddhā+pūta)

• śraddhā – faith, trust, confidence, reverence
  noun (feminine)
• pūta – purified, cleansed, clear
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root pū (to purify).
  Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Acts as an object or modifier of the implied offering.

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

Compound: `yudhi` (in battle) + `sthira` (firm).

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
• sthira – firm, steady, constant
  adjective
  From root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - what must be done, duty (what must be done, duty, action, business)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - what must be done, duty, action, business

gerundive (future passive participle)

From root `kṛ` (to do, make) + suffix `ṇyat`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicative to an implied "this is".

इति (iti) - thus, 'that this is' (thus, so, in this manner (introduces direct or indirect speech, or specifies an idea))

(indeclinable)

Particle.

एव (eva) - simply, just (only, just, merely, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

मन्वानाः (manvānāḥ) - considering (it to be) (thinking, considering, believing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manvāna

manvāna - thinking, considering, believing

present participle (middle voice)

From root `man` (to think) + `śānac` suffix. Masculine nominative plural.

Root: man (class 4)

धर्मज्ञाः (dharmajñāḥ) - knowers of (dharma) (natural law) (knowers of `dharma`, those who know righteousness/duty/natural law)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of `dharma`, righteous, wise in law

Compound: `dharma` (duty, natural law) + `jña` (knower).

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  From root jñā (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Refers to the Brahmins.

सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः (sūkṣmadarśinaḥ) - possess subtle discernment (keen-sighted, subtle-perceiving, keenly discerning)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūkṣmadarśin

sūkṣmadarśin - keen-sighted, subtle-perceiving, having subtle discernment

Compound: `sūkṣma` (subtle) + `darśin` (seeing, perceiving).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūkṣma+darśin)

• sūkṣma – subtle, minute, fine, delicate
  adjective
• darśin – seeing, perceiving, knowing, a seer
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  From root dṛś (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Brahmins.