महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-10, verse-2

परिमाणं विदित्वा च दण्डं दण्ड्येषु भारत ।
प्रणयेयुर्यथान्यायं पुरुषास्ते युधिष्ठिर ॥२॥

2. parimāṇaṁ viditvā ca daṇḍaṁ daṇḍyeṣu bhārata ,
praṇayeyuryathānyāyaṁ puruṣāste yudhiṣṭhira.

2. parimāṇam viditvā ca daṇḍam daṇḍyeṣu bhārata
praṇayeyuḥ yathānyāyam puruṣāḥ te yudhiṣṭhira

2. bhārata yudhiṣṭhira te puruṣāḥ parimāṇam ca
viditvā daṇḍyeṣu daṇḍam yathānyāyam praṇayeyuḥ

2. O Bhārata, Yudhiṣṭhira, your officials should ascertain the appropriate measure of punishment and then inflict penalties on those deserving, strictly according to justice.

Words meanings summery:

• परिमाणम् (parimāṇam) - appropriate measure or extent (of punishment) (measure, quantity, extent, limit)

• विदित्वा (viditvā) - having ascertained (the appropriate measure) (having known, having ascertained, having understood)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - punishment, penalty (punishment, rod, staff, stick, fine)

• दण्ड्येषु (daṇḍyeṣu) - among those deserving punishment (among those to be punished, concerning those deserving punishment)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

• प्रणयेयुः (praṇayeyuḥ) - they should inflict (punishment) (they should apply, they should inflict, they should lead)

• यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - strictly according to justice (according to justice, appropriately, correctly)

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - officials (who administer justice) (men, persons, officials)

• ते (te) - those (officials, referring to Yudhiṣṭhira's officials) (those, they, your)

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira

Words meanings and morphology

परिमाणम् (parimāṇam) - appropriate measure or extent (of punishment) (measure, quantity, extent, limit)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parimāṇa

parimāṇa - measure, quantity, extent, limit, size

From pari-mā (to measure around) + suffix -ana.

Prefix: pari

Root: mā (class 3)

विदित्वा (viditvā) - having ascertained (the appropriate measure) (having known, having ascertained, having understood)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root vid with suffix ktvā.

Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - punishment, penalty (punishment, rod, staff, stick, fine)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - rod, stick, staff, punishment, fine, penalty

From root daṇḍ (to punish).

Root: daṇḍ (class 10)

दण्ड्येषु (daṇḍyeṣu) - among those deserving punishment (among those to be punished, concerning those deserving punishment)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of daṇḍya

daṇḍya - deserving punishment, punishable, a person to be punished

Gerundive (NVA)

Derived from root daṇḍ with suffix ṇya.

Root: daṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with an implied noun like janēṣu (people).

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, Indian

Patronymic from Bharata.

प्रणयेयुः (praṇayeyuḥ) - they should inflict (punishment) (they should apply, they should inflict, they should lead)

(verb)

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

Optative mood, active voice, 3rd plural

From prefix pra and root nī (to lead).

Prefix: pra

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is 'puruṣāḥ te'.

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - strictly according to justice (according to justice, appropriately, correctly)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• nyāya – justice, rule, method, logic
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nī (class 1)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - officials (who administer justice) (men, persons, officials)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, official, spirit

Note: Subject of praṇayeyuḥ.

ते (te) - those (officials, referring to Yudhiṣṭhira's officials) (those, they, your)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the officials.

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

Literally 'steady in battle' (yudhi + sthira).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – steady, firm, constant
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'sthā'.
  Root: sthā (class 1)