महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-238, verse-15

ब्राह्मणाः श्रेणिमुख्याश्च तथोदासीनवृत्तयः ।
किं मां वक्ष्यन्ति किं चापि प्रतिवक्ष्यामि तानहम् ॥१५॥

15. brāhmaṇāḥ śreṇimukhyāśca tathodāsīnavṛttayaḥ ,
kiṁ māṁ vakṣyanti kiṁ cāpi prativakṣyāmi tānaham.

15. brāhmaṇāḥ śreṇimukhyāḥ ca tathā udāsīnavṛttayaḥ
kim mām vakṣyanti kim ca api prativakṣyāmi tān aham

15. What will the Brahmins, the guild leaders, and those who maintain a neutral disposition say to me? And what, in turn, shall I say in reply to them?

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins, members of the priestly class

• श्रेणिमुख्याः (śreṇimukhyāḥ) - chiefs of guilds, guild leaders

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, and

• उदासीनवृत्तयः (udāsīnavṛttayaḥ) - those with a neutral disposition, impartial persons

• किम् (kim) - what

• माम् (mām) - to me, me

• वक्ष्यन्ति (vakṣyanti) - they will say/speak

• किम् (kim) - what

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• प्रतिवक्ष्यामि (prativakṣyāmi) - I shall reply, I shall answer

• तान् (tān) - them

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins, members of the priestly class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

श्रेणिमुख्याः (śreṇimukhyāḥ) - chiefs of guilds, guild leaders

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śreṇimukhya

śreṇimukhya - chief of a guild or corporation, guild leader

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śreṇi+mukhya)

• śreṇi – row, line, rank, class, guild, corporation
  noun (feminine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, leading, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, and

(indeclinable)

उदासीनवृत्तयः (udāsīnavṛttayaḥ) - those with a neutral disposition, impartial persons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udāsīnavṛtti

udāsīnavṛtti - one of neutral disposition, impartial, indifferent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (udāsīna+vṛtti)

• udāsīna – indifferent, neutral, unconcerned, sitting apart
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefixes: ud+ā
  Root: ās (class 2)
• vṛtti – conduct, disposition, mode of life, livelihood, existence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun/indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - to me, me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us

वक्ष्यन्ति (vakṣyanti) - they will say/speak

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun/indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

प्रतिवक्ष्यामि (prativakṣyāmi) - I shall reply, I shall answer

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of prativac

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us