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.

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'.