महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-9, verse-15

एवमेव च मां नित्यं ब्राह्मणाः संदिशन्ति वै ।
प्रतिश्रुत्य भवेद्देयं नाशा कार्या हि ब्राह्मणैः ॥१५॥

15. evameva ca māṁ nityaṁ brāhmaṇāḥ saṁdiśanti vai ,
pratiśrutya bhaveddeyaṁ nāśā kāryā hi brāhmaṇaiḥ.

15. evam eva ca mām nityam brāhmaṇāḥ saṃdiśanti vai
pratiśrutya bhavet deyam na āśā kāryā hi brāhmaṇaiḥ

15. ca vai brāhmaṇāḥ mām nityam evam eva saṃdiśanti: pratiśrutya deyam bhavet,
hi brāhmaṇaiḥ āśā na kāryā

15. And indeed, brahmins always instruct me in this very way: 'What has been promised must be given, for the hopes of brahmins should certainly not be left unfulfilled.'

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - in this very way (thus, so, in this manner)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very (emphasizing the manner) (only, just, indeed, very)

• च (ca) - and (connecting this instruction to the previous context) (and, also)

• माम् (mām) - me (the speaker) (me, to me)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always (these instructions are constant) (always, constantly, perpetually)

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - the brahmin priests/scholars (brahmins)

• संदिशन्ति (saṁdiśanti) - they give instructions to me (they instruct, they command)

• वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, verily, certainly)

• प्रतिश्रुत्य (pratiśrutya) - (what has been) promised (having promised, having agreed)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it must be (given) (it should be, it would be)

• देयम् (deyam) - must be given (to be given, what is to be given)

• न (na) - not

• आशा (āśā) - unfulfilled hopes/expectations (hope, expectation, desire)

• कार्या (kāryā) - to be made (to wait, or to be caused to exist) (to be done, to be made)

• हि (hi) - for (providing a reason) (indeed, for, because)

• ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by brahmins

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - in this very way (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often intensified by 'eva'.

एव (eva) - indeed, very (emphasizing the manner) (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifying particle.

च (ca) - and (connecting this instruction to the previous context) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me (the speaker) (me, to me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of 'saṃdiśanti'.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always (these instructions are constant) (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - the brahmin priests/scholars (brahmins)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, a priest, one belonging to the priestly class

Note: Subject of 'saṃdiśanti'.

संदिशन्ति (saṁdiśanti) - they give instructions to me (they instruct, they command)

(verb)

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

From prefix sam- + root √diś (to point out, show), 6th class verb.

Prefix: sam

Root: diś (class 6)

वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, verily, certainly)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिश्रुत्य (pratiśrutya) - (what has been) promised (having promised, having agreed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from prefix prati- + root √śru (to hear, listen), 5th class verb.

Prefix: prati

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Functions adverbially, meaning 'after promising'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - it must be (given) (it should be, it would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root √bhū (to be, exist, become), 1st class verb.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Implies obligation.

देयम् (deyam) - must be given (to be given, what is to be given)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of deya

deya - to be given, fit to be given, a gift

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

Derived from root √dā (to give), 3rd class verb, with suffix -ya.

Root: dā (class 3)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'āśā kāryā'.

आशा (āśā) - unfulfilled hopes/expectations (hope, expectation, desire)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - hope, expectation, desire, direction

Note: Subject of 'kāryā'.

कार्या (kāryā) - to be made (to wait, or to be caused to exist) (to be done, to be made)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be made, duty, action, work

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make), 8th class verb, with suffix -ya.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used predicatively: 'hope should not be made'.

हि (hi) - for (providing a reason) (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by brahmins

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, a priest, one belonging to the priestly class

Note: Agent in a passive construction ('kāryā').