महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-209, verse-6

शरणं च प्रपन्नानां शिष्टाः कुर्वन्ति पालनम् ।
शरणं त्वां प्रपन्नाः स्म तस्मात्त्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥६॥

6. śaraṇaṁ ca prapannānāṁ śiṣṭāḥ kurvanti pālanam ,
śaraṇaṁ tvāṁ prapannāḥ sma tasmāttvaṁ kṣantumarhasi.

6. śaraṇam ca prapannānām śiṣṭāḥ kurvanti pālanam |
śaraṇam tvām prapannāḥ sma tasmāt tvam kṣantum arhasi

6. The virtuous protect those who seek refuge. We have sought refuge in you; therefore, you ought to forgive us.

Words meanings summery:

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge, shelter, protection

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रपन्नानाम् (prapannānām) - of those who seek refuge (of those who have resorted, of those who have taken refuge)

• शिष्टाः (śiṣṭāḥ) - the virtuous, the disciplined, the educated

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they protect (they do, they make, they perform)

• पालनम् (pālanam) - protection, nourishing, guarding

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge, shelter, protection

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• प्रपन्नाः (prapannāḥ) - we have sought refuge (resorted, arrived, taken refuge, surrendered)

• स्म (sma) - we are (we are (past tense indicator))

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive, to tolerate, to be patient

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought (you ought, you are able, you deserve)

Words meanings and morphology

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge, shelter, protection

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, shelter, protection

Root: śṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of seeking. The first 'śaraṇam' is object of 'kurvanti pālanam' (implied meaning 'śaraṇam kurvanti' - 'they make refuge', i.e., give refuge).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रपन्नानाम् (prapannānām) - of those who seek refuge (of those who have resorted, of those who have taken refuge)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prapanna

prapanna - resorted, arrived, taken refuge, surrendered

Past Passive Participle

Formed from pra + pad

Compound type : prādi samāsa (pra+panna)

• pra – forth, forward, before
  indeclinable
• panna – gone, fallen, attained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'pad'
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Used as a noun in the genitive case.

शिष्टाः (śiṣṭāḥ) - the virtuous, the disciplined, the educated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śiṣṭa

śiṣṭa - disciplined, virtuous, learned, a good person

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root śiṣ

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Subject of 'kurvanti'.

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they protect (they do, they make, they perform)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पालनम् (pālanam) - protection, nourishing, guarding

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pālana

pālana - protection, nourishing, guarding, preserving

Derived from root 'pāl'

Root: pāl (class 10)

Note: Object of 'kurvanti'.

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge, shelter, protection

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, shelter, protection

Root: śṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of seeking refuge ('prapannāḥ sma').

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'prapannāḥ'.

प्रपन्नाः (prapannāḥ) - we have sought refuge (resorted, arrived, taken refuge, surrendered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prapanna

prapanna - resorted, arrived, taken refuge, surrendered

Past Passive Participle

Formed from pra + pad

Compound type : prādi samāsa (pra+panna)

• pra – forth, forward, before
  indeclinable
• panna – gone, fallen, attained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'pad'
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Functions as predicate with 'sma'.

स्म (sma) - we are (we are (past tense indicator))

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Particle used with present tense forms to denote past tense, or verb 'as' (to be) in plural.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here as a finite verb 'we are', completing the thought 'we are having taken refuge'.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'arhasi'.

क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive, to tolerate, to be patient

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from root kṣam

Root: kṣam (class 1)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought (you ought, you are able, you deserve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)