महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-165, verse-28

यदि नाम न युध्येरञ्शिक्षिता ब्रह्मबन्धवः ।
स्वकर्मभिरसंतुष्टा न स्म क्षत्रं क्षयं व्रजेत् ॥२८॥

28. yadi nāma na yudhyerañśikṣitā brahmabandhavaḥ ,
svakarmabhirasaṁtuṣṭā na sma kṣatraṁ kṣayaṁ vrajet.

28. yadi nāma na yudhyeran śikṣitāḥ brahmabandhavaḥ
svakarmabhiḥ asantuṣṭāḥ na sma kṣatram kṣayam vrajet

28. yadi nāma śikṣitāḥ svakarmabhiḥ asantuṣṭāḥ brahmabandhavaḥ na yudhyeran,
na sma kṣatram kṣayam vrajet

28. If, indeed, these pseudo-brahmins (brahmabandhavaḥ), who are educated but dissatisfied with their own specific duties (svakarma), were not to fight, then the warrior class (kṣatra) would not go to destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

• नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, by name, for instance)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• युध्येरन् (yudhyeran) - they were to fight (they would fight)

• शिक्षिताः (śikṣitāḥ) - educated, trained (taught, educated, learned)

• ब्रह्मबन्धवः (brahmabandhavaḥ) - pseudo-brahmins, those who are Brahmins by name only (kinsmen of Brahmins, nominal Brahmins, pseudo-brahmins)

• स्वकर्मभिः (svakarmabhiḥ) - by their own prescribed duties (svakarma) (by their own actions/duties)

• असन्तुष्टाः (asantuṣṭāḥ) - dissatisfied (with their own duties) (dissatisfied, discontent, uncontented)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• स्म (sma) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly (particle))

• क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - the warrior class (kṣatra) (dominion, power, warrior class, rule, kingship)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, ruin (destruction, ruin, loss)

• व्रजेत् (vrajet) - would go (to destruction) (it would go, it should go)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause

नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, by name, for instance)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an emphatic particle here.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation

युध्येरन् (yudhyeran) - they were to fight (they would fight)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, optative (liṅ) of yudh

Optative Middle

3rd person plural optative middle of root √yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject is `brahmabandhavaḥ`

शिक्षिताः (śikṣitāḥ) - educated, trained (taught, educated, learned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śikṣita

śikṣita - taught, educated, learned

Past Passive Participle

from root √śikṣ (to learn, to teach)

Root: śikṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies `brahmabandhavaḥ`

ब्रह्मबन्धवः (brahmabandhavaḥ) - pseudo-brahmins, those who are Brahmins by name only (kinsmen of Brahmins, nominal Brahmins, pseudo-brahmins)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brahmabandhava

brahmabandhava - kinsmen of Brahmins, nominal Brahmins, pseudo-brahmins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+bandhava)

• brahman – Brahmin, Vedic sacred word, the Absolute (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
• bandhava – kinsman, relative
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of `yudhyeran`

स्वकर्मभिः (svakarmabhiḥ) - by their own prescribed duties (svakarma) (by their own actions/duties)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of svakarma

svakarma - one's own action, one's own duty (karma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+karma)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• karma – action, deed, duty, ritual (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  from root √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agent or means for `asantuṣṭāḥ`

असन्तुष्टाः (asantuṣṭāḥ) - dissatisfied (with their own duties) (dissatisfied, discontent, uncontented)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asantuṣṭa

asantuṣṭa - dissatisfied, discontent

Negation of 'santuṣṭa'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+santuṣṭa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• santuṣṭa – satisfied, contented
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from prefix 'sam' + root '√tuṣ' (to be pleased)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Modifies `brahmabandhavaḥ`

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation

स्म (sma) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly (particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - the warrior class (kṣatra) (dominion, power, warrior class, rule, kingship)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣatra

kṣatra - dominion, power, rule, the warrior class (kṣatra)

from root √kṣi (to rule, to possess)

Root: kṣi (class 2)

Note: Subject of `vrajet`

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, ruin (destruction, ruin, loss)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, ruin, end, loss

from root √kṣi (to perish)

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Object of motion/result for `vrajet`

व्रजेत् (vrajet) - would go (to destruction) (it would go, it should go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vraj

Optative Active

3rd person singular optative active of root √vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Subject is `kṣatram`