महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-111, verse-26

मृगाभिशापान्नष्टं मे प्रजनं ह्यकृतात्मनः ।
नृशंसकारिणो भीरु यथैवोपहतं तथा ॥२६॥

26. mṛgābhiśāpānnaṣṭaṁ me prajanaṁ hyakṛtātmanaḥ ,
nṛśaṁsakāriṇo bhīru yathaivopahataṁ tathā.

26. mṛga-abhiśāpāt naṣṭam me prajanam hi akṛta-ātmanaḥ
nṛ-śaṃsa-kāriṇaḥ bhīru yathā eva upahatam tathā

26. Due to the deer's curse, O timid one, my power of procreation (prajanam) is indeed lost, as if destroyed, for me, who am an unrefined self (akṛtātman) and committed that cruel act.

26. הו ביישנית, כוחי להוליד אבד בגלל קללת הצבי, אני שנפשי אינה מושלמת ושעשיתי מעשה אכזרי, ולכן נפגע כך.

Words meanings summery:

• मृग-अभिशापात् (mṛga-abhiśāpāt) - due to the deer's curse (from the curse of the deer)

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, ruined

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• प्रजनम् (prajanam) - my power of procreation (procreation, reproduction, lineage)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• अकृत-आत्मनः (akṛta-ātmanaḥ) - of me, who has an unrefined self (of one whose self is unrefined, of an undeveloped nature)

• नृ-शंस-कारिणः (nṛ-śaṁsa-kāriṇaḥ) - of me, who committed that cruel act (killing the deer) (of the one who committed a cruel act, of the cruel doer)

• भीरु (bhīru) - O Kunti (Pāṇḍu addressing her) (O timid one, O fearful one)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• एव (eva) - as if (indeed, certainly, only)

• उपहतम् (upahatam) - destroyed, struck, injured

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

Words meanings and morphology

मृग-अभिशापात् (mṛga-abhiśāpāt) - due to the deer's curse (from the curse of the deer)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mṛga-abhiśāpa

mṛga-abhiśāpa - curse of the deer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+abhiśāpa)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• abhiśāpa – curse, imprecation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: śap (class 1)

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, ruined

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

from root naś (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

प्रजनम् (prajanam) - my power of procreation (procreation, reproduction, lineage)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prajana

prajana - procreation, birth, offspring, people

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

अकृत-आत्मनः (akṛta-ātmanaḥ) - of me, who has an unrefined self (of one whose self is unrefined, of an undeveloped nature)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of akṛta-ātman

akṛta-ātman - one whose self is undeveloped, unrefined, ill-disciplined

Compound type : bahuvrihi (akṛta+ātman)

• akṛta – undone, not done, unmade
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Negation of kṛta (done, made) with 'a-'.
  Prefix: a
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

नृ-शंस-कारिणः (nṛ-śaṁsa-kāriṇaḥ) - of me, who committed that cruel act (killing the deer) (of the one who committed a cruel act, of the cruel doer)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nṛ-śaṃsa-kārin

nṛ-śaṁsa-kārin - one who commits cruel acts, cruel doer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛśaṃsa+kārin)

• nṛśaṃsa – cruel, wicked, inhuman
  adjective (masculine)
• kārin – doing, making, causing, doer
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भीरु (bhīru) - O Kunti (Pāṇḍu addressing her) (O timid one, O fearful one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, cowards

Root: bhī (class 3)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - as if (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

उपहतम् (upahatam) - destroyed, struck, injured

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upahata

upahata - struck, injured, destroyed, damaged

Past Passive Participle

from verb upa-han (to strike, injure, destroy)

Prefix: upa

Root: han (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

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