महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-25

तथा मायां प्रयुञ्जानमसह्यं ब्राह्मणब्रुवम् ।
माययैव निहन्याद्यो न युक्तं पार्थ तत्र किम् ॥२५॥

25. tathā māyāṁ prayuñjānamasahyaṁ brāhmaṇabruvam ,
māyayaiva nihanyādyo na yuktaṁ pārtha tatra kim.

25. tathā māyām prayuñjānam asahyam brāhmaṇabruvam
māyayā eva nihanyāt yaḥ na yuktam pārtha tatra kim

25. pārtha,
tathā asahyam māyām prayuñjānam brāhmaṇabruvam māyayā eva yaḥ nihanyāt,
tatra kim na yuktam?

25. O Pārtha, what is improper about striking down with illusion (māyā) itself an unbearable, so-called brahmin who is similarly employing illusion (māyā)?

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly

• मायाम् (māyām) - deceitful trickery (illusion, magical power, trickery, deceit)

• प्रयुञ्जानम् (prayuñjānam) - employing, using, applying, exerting

• असह्यम् (asahyam) - unbearable, unendurable, intolerable

• ब्राह्मणब्रुवम् (brāhmaṇabruvam) - one who calls himself a brahmin, a so-called brahmin

• मायया (māyayā) - by deceitful trickery (by illusion, by magical power, by trickery, by deceit)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• निहन्यात् (nihanyāt) - one should kill, one should strike down, one should destroy

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

• न (na) - not, no

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, right, fitting, appropriate, connected

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, then

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, wherefore?

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) + 'thā' (manner suffix).

मायाम् (māyām) - deceitful trickery (illusion, magical power, trickery, deceit)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magical power, trickery, deceit, phenomenal world (māyā)

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Object of 'prayuñjānam'.

प्रयुञ्जानम् (prayuñjānam) - employing, using, applying, exerting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prayuñjat

prayuñjat - employing, using, applying, exerting

Present Active Participle

From 'pra' (forth) + 'yuj' (to join, apply) + 'śatṛ' suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Refers to 'brāhmaṇabruvam'.

असह्यम् (asahyam) - unbearable, unendurable, intolerable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asahya

asahya - unbearable, unendurable, intolerable

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From 'a' (not) + 'sah' (to bear) + 'ya' suffix.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sahya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• sahya – bearable, endurable
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From 'sah' (to bear) + 'ya' suffix.
  Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'brāhmaṇabruvam'.

ब्राह्मणब्रुवम् (brāhmaṇabruvam) - one who calls himself a brahmin, a so-called brahmin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇabruva

brāhmaṇabruva - one who calls himself a brahmin, a so-called brahmin, a nominal brahmin

Formed with 'bruva' (saying) as suffix.

Compound type : upapada compound (brāhmaṇa+bruva)

• brāhmaṇa – brahmin, pertaining to Brahman, sacerdotal
  noun (masculine)
• bruva – saying, speaking, calling oneself
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent suffix
  From 'brū' (to speak, say) with a 'u' suffix.
  Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Object of 'nihanyāt'.

मायया (māyayā) - by deceitful trickery (by illusion, by magical power, by trickery, by deceit)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magical power, trickery, deceit, phenomenal world (māyā)

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Instrument of 'nihanyāt'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes 'māyayā'.

निहन्यात् (nihanyāt) - one should kill, one should strike down, one should destroy

(verb)

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

Optative Active

From 'ni' (down) + 'han' (to strike/kill).

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

Relative pronoun.

Note: Subject of 'nihanyāt'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negation particle.

युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, right, fitting, appropriate, connected

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - proper, right, fitting, appropriate, joined, engaged, disciplined

Past Passive Participle

From 'yuj' (to join, to yoke) + 'kta' suffix.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Used substantively or as predicate adjective to implied 'it'.

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā, Arjuna (proper noun)

Patronymic from Pṛthā (Kuntī).

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, then

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) + 'tral' (locative suffix).

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, wherefore?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, why?, wherefore?

Interrogative pronoun/particle.

Note: In this context, it functions as an interrogative particle.