महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-150, verse-22

क्षत्रियः क्षत्रियस्यैव कुर्वाणो वधमोक्षणम् ।
विपुलां कीर्तिमाप्नोति लोकेऽस्मिंश्च परत्र च ॥२२॥

22. kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyasyaiva kurvāṇo vadhamokṣaṇam ,
vipulāṁ kīrtimāpnoti loke'smiṁśca paratra ca.

22. kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyasya eva kurvāṇaḥ vadhamokṣaṇam
vipulām kīrtim āpnoti loke asmin ca paratra ca

22. A Kṣatriya who saves another Kṣatriya from death attains great fame in both this world and the next.

22. לוחם שמציל לוחם אחר מהריגה, זוכה לתהילה רבה בעולם הזה ובעולם הבא.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a Kṣatriya, a warrior

• क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a Kṣatriya

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - doing, performing, making

• वधमोक्षणम् (vadhamokṣaṇam) - freeing from death, saving from harm/killing

• विपुलाम् (vipulām) - extensive, great, abundant, vast

• कीर्तिम् (kīrtim) - fame, glory, renown

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, achieves, reaches

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world)

• च (ca) - and, also

• परत्र (paratra) - in the other world, hereafter

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a Kṣatriya, a warrior

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - Kṣatriya, member of the warrior/ruling class

क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a Kṣatriya

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - Kṣatriya, member of the warrior/ruling class

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - doing, performing, making

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvāṇa

kurvāṇa - doing, performing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

derived from root kṛ, present active participle, ātmanepada form

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वधमोक्षणम् (vadhamokṣaṇam) - freeing from death, saving from harm/killing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vadhamokṣaṇa

vadhamokṣaṇa - freeing from death, saving from harm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadha+mokṣaṇa)

• vadha – killing, slaying, death
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vadh
• mokṣaṇa – setting free, release, liberation
  noun (neuter)
  causative noun
  derived from root muc (to free)
  Root: muc (class 6)

विपुलाम् (vipulām) - extensive, great, abundant, vast

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vipulā

vipulā - extensive, great, abundant, vast

कीर्तिम् (kīrtim) - fame, glory, renown

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, glory, renown

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, achieves, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āp

Root: āp (class 5)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परत्र (paratra) - in the other world, hereafter

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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