महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-204, verse-24

अनुकूलाः कथा वच्मि विप्रियं परिवर्जयन् ।
अधर्मेणापि संयुक्तं प्रियमाभ्यां करोम्यहम् ॥२४॥

24. anukūlāḥ kathā vacmi vipriyaṁ parivarjayan ,
adharmeṇāpi saṁyuktaṁ priyamābhyāṁ karomyaham.

24. anukūlāḥ kathāḥ vacmi vipriyam parivarjayan
adharmeṇa api saṃyuktam priyam ābhyām karomi aham

24. I tell pleasing stories and avoid anything unpleasant. Even if it entails unrighteousness (adharma), I make it agreeable to these two.

24. אני מדבר דברים נעימים להם ונמנע ממה שאינו נעים להם, ואפילו כשהדבר כרוך בסטייה מדרך היושר, אני עושה למענם את מה שהם אוהבים.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुकूलाः (anukūlāḥ) - agreeable, favorable, pleasant

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, tales, narratives

• वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I say

• विप्रियम् (vipriyam) - what is unpleasant (unpleasant, disagreeable, disliked)

• परिवर्जयन् (parivarjayan) - avoiding, abandoning, shunning

• अधर्मेण (adharmeṇa) - by means of unrighteousness (adharma) (by unrighteousness, through injustice)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - associated with (joined, connected, associated with)

• प्रियम् (priyam) - that which is pleasing (dear, pleasing, beloved)

• आभ्याम् (ābhyām) - to these two (guests) (to these two, for these two)

• करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

अनुकूलाः (anukūlāḥ) - agreeable, favorable, pleasant

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anukūla

anukūla - agreeable, favorable, pleasant

Note: Nominative plural feminine, agreeing with 'kathāḥ'.

कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, tales, narratives

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative

Note: Accusative plural feminine of 'kathā'. (Nominative and accusative plural are often identical for ā-ending feminine nouns).

वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: 1st person singular present active of 'vac'.

विप्रियम् (vipriyam) - what is unpleasant (unpleasant, disagreeable, disliked)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vipriya

vipriya - unpleasant, disagreeable, disliked

Note: Accusative singular neuter of 'vipriya', used as a noun meaning 'unpleasant thing'.

परिवर्जयन् (parivarjayan) - avoiding, abandoning, shunning

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parivarjayan

parivarjayan - avoiding, abandoning, shunning

present active participle

Formed from root vṛj with prefixes pari and vi (in causative sense)

Prefixes: pari+vi

Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular masculine present active participle of 'parivarjay', meaning 'avoiding'. It agrees with the implied subject 'I' (aham).

अधर्मेण (adharmeṇa) - by means of unrighteousness (adharma) (by unrighteousness, through injustice)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, wrong

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrumental singular masculine of 'adharma'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - associated with (joined, connected, associated with)

(participle)

neuter, singular of saṃyukta

saṁyukta - joined, connected, associated

past passive participle

Formed from root yuj with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Nominative/Accusative singular neuter of 'saṃyukta', functioning as an adjective to 'priyam'.

प्रियम् (priyam) - that which is pleasing (dear, pleasing, beloved)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, pleasing, beloved

Note: Accusative singular neuter of 'priya', used as a noun meaning 'a pleasing thing'.

आभ्याम् (ābhyām) - to these two (guests) (to these two, for these two)

(pronoun)

masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Dative/instrumental/ablative dual of 'idam'. Contextually, dative 'to/for these two' fits best.

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: 1st person singular present active of 'kṛ'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Nominative singular of 'asmad'.

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