महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-35, verse-2

नेदं युक्तं महीपाल यादृशं वै त्वमुक्तवान् ।
अधर्मश्च परो राजन्पारुष्यं च निरर्थकम् ॥२॥

2. nedaṁ yuktaṁ mahīpāla yādṛśaṁ vai tvamuktavān ,
adharmaśca paro rājanpāruṣyaṁ ca nirarthakam.

2. na idam yuktam mahīpāla yādṛśam vai tvam uktavān
adharmaḥ ca paraḥ rājan pāruṣyam ca nirarthakam

2. O King, what you have said is not proper. O King, it is great unrighteousness (adharma) and useless harshness.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• इदम् (idam) - this

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, fitting, suitable

• महीपाल (mahīpāla) - O king, O protector of the earth

• यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind, such as, like what

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

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• उक्तवान् (uktavān) - having said, having spoken

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, violation of natural law (adharma)

• च (ca) - and, also

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, great

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• पारुष्यम् (pāruṣyam) - harshness, roughness, cruelty

• च (ca) - and, also

• निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - useless, meaningless, purposeless

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (pronoun)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, fitting, suitable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, proper, right, suitable, engaged

Past Passive Participle

From √yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

महीपाल (mahīpāla) - O king, O protector of the earth

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpāla

mahīpāla - king, protector of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pāla)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pāl

यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind, such as, like what

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, such as, like what

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

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

yuṣmad - you

उक्तवान् (uktavān) - having said, having spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uktavat

uktavat - having spoken, having said

Past Active Participle

From √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, violation of natural law (adharma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, unconstitutionality

Compound 'a' (negation) + 'dharma'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, great

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, greatest, other, subsequent

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

पारुष्यम् (pāruṣyam) - harshness, roughness, cruelty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāruṣya

pāruṣya - harshness, roughness, cruelty, severity

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - useless, meaningless, purposeless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirarthaka

nirarthaka - useless, meaningless, purposeless, vain

Compound 'nis' (without) + 'arthaka' (meaning/purpose)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+arthaka)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
• arthaka – having meaning, serving a purpose, relating to purpose
  adjective (masculine)