महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-16

न मां ब्रूयुरधर्मज्ञा मूढा असुहृदस्तथा ।
शक्तो नावारयत्कृष्णः संरब्धान्कुरुपाण्डवान् ॥१६॥

16. na māṁ brūyuradharmajñā mūḍhā asuhṛdastathā ,
śakto nāvārayatkṛṣṇaḥ saṁrabdhānkurupāṇḍavān.

16. na mām brūyuḥ adharmajñāḥ mūḍhāḥ asuhṛdaḥ tathā
śaktaḥ na avārayat kṛṣṇaḥ saṃrabdhān kurupāṇḍavān

16. Let not the foolish, those ignorant of (dharma), and ill-wishers say of me: 'Krishna, though capable, did not restrain the enraged Kurus and Pandavas.'

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• माम् (mām) - me

• ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - they should say, they might say

• अधर्मज्ञाः (adharmajñāḥ) - ignorant of (dharma), unrighteous

• मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - fools, deluded ones

• असुहृदः (asuhṛdaḥ) - enemies, ill-wishers, bad friends

• तथा (tathā) - also, and (thus, so, similarly)

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, powerful

• न (na) - not, no

• अवारयत् (avārayat) - he restrained, he prevented

• कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Krishna

• संरब्धान् (saṁrabdhān) - enraged, furious, agitated

• कुरुपाण्डवान् (kurupāṇḍavān) - the Kurus and Pandavas

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the optative verb 'brūyuḥ'.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Direct object of 'brūyuḥ'.

ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - they should say, they might say

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of √brū

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Expresses a negative wish or command ('let them not say').

अधर्मज्ञाः (adharmajñāḥ) - ignorant of (dharma), unrighteous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adharmajña

adharmajña - ignorant of natural law (dharma), unrighteous, one who does not know (dharma)

compound of 'a-dharma' (negation of dharma) and 'jña' (knowing)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a-dharma+jña)

• a-dharma – not natural law (dharma), unrighteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Negation of dharma
  Prefix: a
• jña – knowing, acquainted with
  adjective (masculine)
  from root √jñā
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Functions as a noun (subject of 'brūyuḥ').

मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - fools, deluded ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, deluded, bewildered

Past Passive Participle

from root √muh

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Functions as a noun (subject of 'brūyuḥ').

असुहृदः (asuhṛdaḥ) - enemies, ill-wishers, bad friends

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asuhṛd

asuhṛd - bad-hearted, ill-wishing, enemy

compound of 'a' (negation) and 'suhṛd' (good friend)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+suhṛd)

• a – not, non-, negation
  indeclinable
• suhṛd – good-hearted, friend
  noun (masculine)
  from su- (good) + hṛd (heart)

Note: Subject of 'brūyuḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - also, and (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the list of subjects.

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful

Past Passive Participle

from root √śak

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'kṛṣṇaḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'avārayat'.

अवारयत् (avārayat) - he restrained, he prevented

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √vṛ

Causal form from root √vṛ (10th class), imperfect tense

Prefix: a

Root: vṛ (class 10)

कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Krishna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - dark, black, proper name (Krishna)

Note: Subject of 'avārayat'.

संरब्धान् (saṁrabdhān) - enraged, furious, agitated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃrabdha

saṁrabdha - enraged, furious, agitated

Past Passive Participle

from sam-√rabh

Prefix: sam

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kurupāṇḍavān'.

कुरुपाण्डवान् (kurupāṇḍavān) - the Kurus and Pandavas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kurupāṇḍava

kurupāṇḍava - Kurus and Pandavas

Itaretarayoga Dvandva compound

Compound type : itaretarayoga-dvandva (kuru+pāṇḍava)

• kuru – descendant of Kuru, the Kauravas
  proper noun (masculine)
• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pandu, the Pandavas
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'avārayat'.