महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-4

ब्राह्मणानां परिक्लेशो दैवतान्यपि सादयेत् ।
किं पुनर्मामितो विप्रा निवर्तध्वं यथेष्टतः ॥४॥

4. brāhmaṇānāṁ parikleśo daivatānyapi sādayet ,
kiṁ punarmāmito viprā nivartadhvaṁ yatheṣṭataḥ.

4. brāhmaṇānām parikleśaḥ daivatāni api sādayet kim
punaḥ mām itaḥ viprāḥ nivartadhvam yatheṣṭataḥ

4. The hardship of Brahmins would cause even the gods to languish. How much more (would it affect) me? Therefore, O Brahmins, please turn back from here as you wish.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the Brahmins

• परिक्लेशः (parikleśaḥ) - hardship, distress

• दैवतानि (daivatāni) - divine beings, gods

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• सादयेत् (sādayet) - would cause to sink/languish/be dejected

• किम् (kim) - what, how

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, how much more

• माम् (mām) - me

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here

• विप्राः (viprāḥ) - O Brahmins

• निवर्तध्वम् (nivartadhvam) - turn back, return

• यथेष्टतः (yatheṣṭataḥ) - as desired, as you please

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the Brahmins

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

परिक्लेशः (parikleśaḥ) - hardship, distress

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parikleśa

parikleśa - great trouble, distress, affliction

दैवतानि (daivatāni) - divine beings, gods

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of daivata

daivata - divinity, divine being, god

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

सादयेत् (sādayet) - would cause to sink/languish/be dejected

(verb)

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

Causative verb form

Causative of the root 'sad'

Root: sad (class 10)

किम् (kim) - what, how

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, how much more

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इतः (itaḥ) - from here

(indeclinable)

विप्राः (viprāḥ) - O Brahmins

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage

निवर्तध्वम् (nivartadhvam) - turn back, return

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of nīvṛt

From the root 'vṛt' with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यथेष्टतः (yatheṣṭataḥ) - as desired, as you please

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+iṣṭa)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• iṣṭa – desired, wished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From the root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire)
  Root: iṣ (class 4)