महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-132, verse-19

नेति चेद्ब्राह्मणान्ब्रूयां दीर्यते हृदयं मम ।
न ह्यहं न च मे भर्ता नेति ब्राह्मणमुक्तवान् ॥१९॥

19. neti cedbrāhmaṇānbrūyāṁ dīryate hṛdayaṁ mama ,
na hyahaṁ na ca me bhartā neti brāhmaṇamuktavān.

19. na iti cet brāhmaṇān brūyām dīryate hṛdayam mama na
hi aham na ca me bhartā na iti brāhmaṇam uktavān

19. cet na iti brūyām brāhmaṇān mama hṛdayam dīryate hi
na aham na ca me bhartā brāhmaṇam na iti uktavān

19. If I were to say 'no' to the brahmins, my heart would surely break. Indeed, neither I nor my husband have ever said 'no' to a brahmin.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• इति (iti) - quotative particle, indicating the end of a direct quote (thus, so)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - to brahmins, brahmins

• ब्रूयाम् (brūyām) - I would say, I might say

• दीर्यते (dīryate) - is torn, breaks, is rent

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind, core

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - emphatic particle (indeed, surely, because)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - my, to me, of me

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, supporter, master

• न (na) - not, no

• इति (iti) - quotative particle, indicating the end of a direct quote (thus, so)

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - to a brahmin, a brahmin

• उक्तवान् (uktavān) - has said, spoken

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - quotative particle, indicating the end of a direct quote (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - to brahmins, brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, related to Brahman, sacred text

Derived from brahman, meaning 'one belonging to or connected with brahman'

ब्रूयाम् (brūyām) - I would say, I might say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

दीर्यते (dīryate) - is torn, breaks, is rent

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṝ

Root: dṝ (class 9)

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind, core

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul, core

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - emphatic particle (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, supporter, master

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - sustainer, bearer, husband, master, lord

Agent noun

Derived from root bhṛ (to bear, support) with the suffix -tṛ (ṝ)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - quotative particle, indicating the end of a direct quote (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - to a brahmin, a brahmin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, related to Brahman, sacred text

Derived from brahman, meaning 'one belonging to or connected with brahman'

उक्तवान् (uktavān) - has said, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Active Participle

Formed from root vac (to speak) with suffix -ktavat (kta)

Root: vac (class 2)