महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-133, verse-6

तं त्वामयशसा स्पृष्टं न ब्रूयां यदि संजय ।
खरीवात्सल्यमाहुस्तन्निःसामर्थ्यमहेतुकम् ॥६॥

6. taṁ tvāmayaśasā spṛṣṭaṁ na brūyāṁ yadi saṁjaya ,
kharīvātsalyamāhustanniḥsāmarthyamahetukam.

6. tam tvām ayaśasā spṛṣṭam na brūyām yadi saṃjaya
kharīvātsalyam āhuḥ tat niḥsāmarthyam ahetukam

6. saṃjaya,
ayaśasā spṛṣṭam tam tvām yadi aham na brūyām,
tat (mama) kharīvātsalyam niḥsāmarthyam ahetukam āhuḥ

6. O Saṃjaya, if I were not to speak to you, now that you are tainted by disgrace, people would declare such an affection to be like a she-donkey's — senseless, powerless, and without reason.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - to that (you) (that, him)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

• अयशसा (ayaśasā) - by disgrace (by infamy, by disgrace)

• स्पृष्टम् (spṛṣṭam) - tainted (touched, stained, affected)

• न (na) - not

• ब्रूयाम् (brūyām) - I were to speak (here negated: 'I were not to speak') (I would speak, I should speak)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• संजय (saṁjaya) - O Saṃjaya

• खरीवात्सल्यम् (kharīvātsalyam) - senseless affection, like that of a she-donkey (senseless affection, donkey's affection)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - people would declare (they say, they declare)

• तत् (tat) - that (affection/inaction) (that)

• निःसामर्थ्यम् (niḥsāmarthyam) - powerless (powerlessness, ineffectiveness, without strength)

• अहेतुकम् (ahetukam) - without reason (without cause, unreasoning, irrational)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - to that (you) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

अयशसा (ayaśasā) - by disgrace (by infamy, by disgrace)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ayaśas

ayaśas - infamy, disgrace, ignominy

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+yaśas)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• yaśas – fame, glory, reputation, honor
  noun (neuter)

स्पृष्टम् (spṛṣṭam) - tainted (touched, stained, affected)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of spṛṣṭa

spṛṣṭa - touched, affected, connected, stained

Past Passive Participle

From root `spṛś` (to touch).

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Agrees with `tvām`.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

ब्रूयाम् (brūyām) - I were to speak (here negated: 'I were not to speak') (I would speak, I should speak)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Optative (Vidhi Liṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

संजय (saṁjaya) - O Saṃjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Saṃjaya (a proper name)

खरीवात्सल्यम् (kharīvātsalyam) - senseless affection, like that of a she-donkey (senseless affection, donkey's affection)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kharīvātsalya

kharīvātsalya - affection for an ass, senseless fondness

Compound type : tatpurusha (kharī+vātsalya)

• kharī – she-ass, female donkey
  noun (feminine)
• vātsalya – affection, tenderness, fondness (especially paternal/maternal)
  noun (neuter)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - people would declare (they say, they declare)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Lit) of ah

Root: ah (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (affection/inaction) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निःसामर्थ्यम् (niḥsāmarthyam) - powerless (powerlessness, ineffectiveness, without strength)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niḥsāmarthya

niḥsāmarthya - powerless, ineffective, useless, without ability

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+sāmarthya)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• sāmarthya – power, ability, capacity, efficacy
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from `samartha` (capable) + suffix `-ya`.

अहेतुकम् (ahetukam) - without reason (without cause, unreasoning, irrational)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahetuka

ahetuka - causeless, groundless, unreasoning, irrational

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrihi (a+hetu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)