महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-139, verse-28

को हि सुप्तानिमान्भ्रातॄन्दत्त्वा राक्षसभोजनम् ।
मातरं च नरो गच्छेत्कामार्त इव मद्विधः ॥२८॥

28. ko hi suptānimānbhrātṝndattvā rākṣasabhojanam ,
mātaraṁ ca naro gacchetkāmārta iva madvidhaḥ.

28. kaḥ hi suptān imān bhrātṝn dattvā rākṣasabhojanam
mātaram ca naraḥ gacchet kāmārtaḥ iva madvidhaḥ

28. Indeed, what man like me, afflicted by desire (kāma), would abandon these sleeping brothers and his mother, having offered them as food for demons?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

• सुप्तान् (suptān) - sleeping, asleep

• इमान् (imān) - these

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given, having offered

• राक्षसभोजनम् (rākṣasabhojanam) - food for demons, meal for a demon

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• च (ca) - and, also

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would leave/abandon (them to their fate) (would go, should go, would abandon)

• कामार्तः (kāmārtaḥ) - afflicted by desire, suffering from love

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मद्विधः (madvidhaḥ) - like me, of my kind/sort

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Subject of 'gacchet'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

(indeclinable)

सुप्तान् (suptān) - sleeping, asleep

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of supta

supta - asleep, sleeping, slept

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'svap' (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'bhrātṝn'.

इमान् (imān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Modifies 'bhrātṝn'.

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Object of 'gacchet'.

दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given, having offered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'dā' with suffix -tvā

Root: dā (class 3)

राक्षसभोजनम् (rākṣasabhojanam) - food for demons, meal for a demon

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rākṣasabhojana

rākṣasabhojana - food for demons, demon's meal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+bhojana)

• rākṣasa – demon, male demon
  noun (masculine)
• bhojana – food, meal, eating
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'bhuj' (to eat, enjoy)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Object of 'dattvā'.

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Object of 'gacchet'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'mātaram' with 'bhrātṝn'.

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

Note: Subject of 'gacchet'.

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would leave/abandon (them to their fate) (would go, should go, would abandon)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

कामार्तः (kāmārtaḥ) - afflicted by desire, suffering from love

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmārta

kāmārta - distressed by desire, love-sick, afflicted by passion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+ārta)

• kāma – desire, wish, love, passion (kāma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, suffering
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'ṛ' (to go) with prefix 'ā', meaning 'distressed'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'naraḥ'. Bhīma is describing himself as afflicted by hunger (a type of kāma), but not so much as to abandon family.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

मद्विधः (madvidhaḥ) - like me, of my kind/sort

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madvidha

madvidha - like me, of my kind, similar to me

Compound of 'mad' (me) and 'vidha' (kind, sort)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mad+vidha)

• mad – me, I
  pronoun
• vidha – kind, sort, manner, type
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'naraḥ'.