महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-96, verse-21

अशास्यानपि शास्त्येष रक्षोबन्धुषु राजसु ।
सृष्टः प्रथमजो दण्डो ब्रह्मणा ब्रह्मवादिना ॥२१॥

21. aśāsyānapi śāstyeṣa rakṣobandhuṣu rājasu ,
sṛṣṭaḥ prathamajo daṇḍo brahmaṇā brahmavādinā.

21. aśāsyan api śāsti eṣaḥ rakṣaḥ-bandhuṣu rājasu |
sṛṣṭaḥ prathama-jaḥ daṇḍaḥ brahmaṇā brahma-vādinā

21. This (rod of justice - daṇḍa) governs even those who are not typically subject to rule, particularly among demon-kinsmen and kings. It is the primal rod of justice (daṇḍa), created by Brahmā (brahmā), the one who proclaims the sacred (brahma-vādin).

Words meanings summery:

• अशास्यन् (aśāsyan) - not to be governed, not to be disciplined, ungovernable

• अपि (api) - even, also

• शास्ति (śāsti) - rules, governs, punishes

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

• रक्षः-बन्धुषु (rakṣaḥ-bandhuṣu) - among demon-relatives, among demon-kinsmen

• राजसु (rājasu) - among kings

• सृष्टः (sṛṣṭaḥ) - created, emitted, produced

• प्रथम-जः (prathama-jaḥ) - first-born, primal

• दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - rod, staff, punishment, chastisement, rod of justice

• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahmā

• ब्रह्म-वादिना (brahma-vādinā) - by the speaker of Brahman/Vedas, by the one who proclaims the sacred

Words meanings and morphology

अशास्यन् (aśāsyan) - not to be governed, not to be disciplined, ungovernable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aśāsya

aśāsya - not to be governed, not to be disciplined, ungovernable

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

From root śās (to rule/teach) with suffix -ya (gerundive) and privative prefix 'a'.

Prefix: a

Root: śās (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

शास्ति (śāsti) - rules, governs, punishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śās

Root: śās (class 2)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

रक्षः-बन्धुषु (rakṣaḥ-bandhuṣu) - among demon-relatives, among demon-kinsmen

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of rakṣaḥ-bandhu

rakṣaḥ-bandhu - relative of a demon, demon-kinsman

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (rakṣas+bandhu)

• rakṣas – demon, evil spirit
  noun (neuter)
• bandhu – relative, kinsman, friend
  noun (masculine)

राजसु (rājasu) - among kings

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

सृष्टः (sṛṣṭaḥ) - created, emitted, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, emitted, produced

Past Passive Participle

From root sṛj.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

प्रथम-जः (prathama-jaḥ) - first-born, primal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prathama-ja

prathama-ja - first-born, primal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prathama+ja)

• prathama – first
  adjective
• ja – born, produced
  adjective
  Agent noun/suffix from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - rod, staff, punishment, chastisement, rod of justice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - rod, staff, punishment, chastisement, rod of justice

ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahmā

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity), the Absolute

ब्रह्म-वादिना (brahma-vādinā) - by the speaker of Brahman/Vedas, by the one who proclaims the sacred

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahma-vādin

brahma-vādin - speaker of Brahman/Vedas, one who proclaims the sacred or divine knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+vādin)

• brahman – sacred word, Veda, Absolute (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
• vādin – speaker, one who says, expounder
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root vad
  Root: vad (class 1)