महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-125, verse-21

अचिन्तयन्कंचिदन्यं यावज्जीवं तथाचरेत् ।
एष धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां मतमेतच्च मे सदा ॥२१॥

21. acintayankaṁcidanyaṁ yāvajjīvaṁ tathācaret ,
eṣa dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṁ matametacca me sadā.

21. acintayan kañcit anyam yāvat jīvam tathā ācaret
eṣaḥ dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇām matam etat ca me sadā

21. Without considering anyone else, one should behave in this manner (tathā) throughout one's life (yāvajjīvam). This is the natural law (dharma) for kṣatriyas, and this has always been my opinion (matam).

Words meanings summery:

• अचिन्तयन् (acintayan) - not thinking, not considering

• कञ्चित् (kañcit) - anyone, someone

• अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another, different

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, whole, all

• जीवम् (jīvam) - life, living, being alive

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• आचरेत् (ācaret) - one should act, one should behave

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, religion)

• क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of kṣatriyas, for kṣatriyas

• मतम् (matam) - opinion (matam) (opinion, view, doctrine, belief)

• एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

Words meanings and morphology

अचिन्तयन् (acintayan) - not thinking, not considering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acintayat

acintayat - not thinking, not considering, not minding

Present Active Participle

Present active participle from root cint with negative prefix a.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cintayat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• cintayat – thinking, considering, meditating
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root cint.
  Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Refers to the implied subject of ācaret.

कञ्चित् (kañcit) - anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ka-cid

ka-cid - anyone, someone, anything, something

Derived from ka (who/what) + cid (indefinite suffix).

Compound type : pronominal_derivative (kim+cit)

• kim – who, what, which
  pronoun
• cit – some, any, even, though
  indeclinable
  Indefinite suffix.

Note: Object of acintayan.

अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another, different

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different, distinct

Note: Modifies kañcit.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, whole, all

(indeclinable)

जीवम् (jīvam) - life, living, being alive

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - life, living, being alive, soul, spirit

From root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Used with yāvat to mean 'throughout life'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

आचरेत् (ācaret) - one should act, one should behave

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of ācar

Optative

Optative 3rd person singular active, from root car with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, religion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, religion

From root dhṛ (to hold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of kṣatriyas, for kṣatriyas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior class, a kṣatriya, noble, royal

From kṣatra (rule, dominion).

मतम् (matam) - opinion (matam) (opinion, view, doctrine, belief)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - opinion, view, doctrine, belief, thought, idea

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root man (to think, to believe). Used here as a neuter noun.

Root: man (class 4)

एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)