महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-177, verse-4

न तु शस्त्रं ग्रहीष्यामि कथंचिदपि भामिनि ।
ऋते नियोगाद्विप्राणामेष मे समयः कृतः ॥४॥

4. na tu śastraṁ grahīṣyāmi kathaṁcidapi bhāmini ,
ṛte niyogādviprāṇāmeṣa me samayaḥ kṛtaḥ.

4. na tu śastraṃ grahīṣyāmi kathaṃcit api bhāmini
ṛte niyogāt viprāṇām eṣaḥ me samayaḥ kṛtaḥ

4. bhāmini tu aham śastraṃ kathaṃcit api na grahīṣyāmi
viprāṇām niyogāt ṛte eṣaḥ samayaḥ me kṛtaḥ

4. But I will certainly not take up a weapon by any means, O passionate lady, except by the command of the Brahmins. This promise (samaya) has been made by me.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, missile

• ग्रहीष्यामि (grahīṣyāmi) - I will take, I will grasp, I will seize

• कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, by any means, perhaps

• अपि (api) - used as an intensifier with 'kathaṃcit' to mean 'certainly not by any means' (even, also, too, (intensifier))

• भामिनि (bhāmini) - O passionate lady, O beautiful lady, O wrathful lady

• ऋते (ṛte) - except for, without, apart from

• नियोगात् (niyogāt) - from the command, by the injunction

• विप्राणाम् (viprāṇām) - of Brahmins, of the twice-born

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• मे (me) - by me (in a passive construction) (my, by me)

• समयः (samayaḥ) - promise, agreement, vow, convention

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, missile

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, missile, instrument

ग्रहीष्यामि (grahīṣyāmi) - I will take, I will grasp, I will seize

(verb)

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

Root: grah (class 9)

कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, by any means, perhaps

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - used as an intensifier with 'kathaṃcit' to mean 'certainly not by any means' (even, also, too, (intensifier))

(indeclinable)

भामिनि (bhāmini) - O passionate lady, O beautiful lady, O wrathful lady

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - passionate woman, beautiful woman, wrathful woman

ऋते (ṛte) - except for, without, apart from

(indeclinable)

नियोगात् (niyogāt) - from the command, by the injunction

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of niyoga

niyoga - command, injunction, appointment, rule, obligation

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Governed by 'ṛte'.

विप्राणाम् (viprāṇām) - of Brahmins, of the twice-born

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, priest, inspired one, twice-born

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to 'samayaḥ'.

मे (me) - by me (in a passive construction) (my, by me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Here functioning as agent in a passive construction ('made by me').

समयः (samayaḥ) - promise, agreement, vow, convention

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - vow, agreement, convention, time, religious observance

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'samayaḥ'.