महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-15

सुहृत्स्वजनवाक्यानि यथावन्न शृणोति च ।
नूनं मन्ये न शेषोऽस्ति नैषधस्य महात्मनः ॥१५॥

15. suhṛtsvajanavākyāni yathāvanna śṛṇoti ca ,
nūnaṁ manye na śeṣo'sti naiṣadhasya mahātmanaḥ.

15. suhṛtsvajanavākyāni yathāvat na śṛṇoti ca nūnam
manye na śeṣaḥ asti naiṣadhasya mahātmanaḥ

15. He does not listen properly to the advice of his friends and relatives. I surely think that nothing remains of the noble Nala (naiṣadha).

Words meanings summery:

• सुहृत्स्वजनवाक्यानि (suhṛtsvajanavākyāni) - the counsel of his friends and relatives (the words/advice of friends and relatives)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly (properly, exactly, according to truth)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - he listens (he hears, he listens)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, certainly, indeed)

• मन्ये (manye) - I think (I think, I believe)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शेषः (śeṣaḥ) - nothing remaining (of his good fortune or moral sense) (remainder, residue, remnant)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is (he/she/it is, exists)

• नैषधस्य (naiṣadhasya) - of Nala (the king of Nisadha) (of Naisadha, of the king of Nisadha)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the noble (mahātman) Nala (of the great-souled, of the noble)

Words meanings and morphology

सुहृत्स्वजनवाक्यानि (suhṛtsvajanavākyāni) - the counsel of his friends and relatives (the words/advice of friends and relatives)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of suhṛtsvajanavākya

suhṛtsvajanavākya - the words/advice of friends and relatives

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (suhṛd+svajana+vākya)

• suhṛd – friend, well-wisher
  noun (masculine)
• svajana – one's own people, kinsmen, relatives
  noun (masculine)
• vākya – speech, word, statement, advice, counsel
  noun (neuter)
  From root vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: This is a compound meaning 'words of friends and relatives'. The first two parts (suhṛd and svajana) form a dvandva, which then acts as the first member of a tatpurusha compound with vākya.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly (properly, exactly, according to truth)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat added to yathā.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - he listens (he hears, he listens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śru

root conjugation

Present tense, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada. Root śru (5th class).

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, certainly, indeed)

(indeclinable)

मन्ये (manye) - I think (I think, I believe)

(verb)

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

root conjugation

Present tense, 1st person singular, Ātmanepada. Root man (4th class).

Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शेषः (śeṣaḥ) - nothing remaining (of his good fortune or moral sense) (remainder, residue, remnant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, residue, end, conclusion

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is (he/she/it is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

root conjugation

Present tense, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada. Root as (2nd class).

Root: as (class 2)

नैषधस्य (naiṣadhasya) - of Nala (the king of Nisadha) (of Naisadha, of the king of Nisadha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of naiṣadha

naiṣadha - descendant of Niṣadha, King Nala (as ruler of Niṣadha kingdom)

Patronymic/relational adjective derived from niṣadha.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the noble (mahātman) Nala (of the great-souled, of the noble)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous (referring to ātman)

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)