महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-33, verse-27

अपरे त्वब्रुवंस्तत्र नागाः सुकृतकारिणः ।
दशामैनं प्रगृह्याशु कृतमेवं भविष्यति ।
छिन्नं मूलमनर्थानां मृते तस्मिन्भविष्यति ॥२७॥

27. apare tvabruvaṁstatra nāgāḥ sukṛtakāriṇaḥ ,
daśāmainaṁ pragṛhyāśu kṛtamevaṁ bhaviṣyati ,
chinnaṁ mūlamanarthānāṁ mṛte tasminbhaviṣyati.

27. apare tu abruvan tatra nāgāḥ
sukṛtakāriṇaḥ daśāma enam pragṛhya āśu
kṛtam evam bhaviṣyati chinnam mūlam
anarthānām mṛte tasmin bhaviṣyati

27. Other Nāgas, (sarcastically called) 'performers of good deeds,' then said, 'Let us quickly seize and bite him. In this manner, it will be accomplished, and when he is dead, the root of all evils will be severed.'

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - Other (Nāgas/serpents) (others)

• तु (tu) - however (but, however, indeed)

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said

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

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - the Nāgas (serpents, Nāgas)

• सुकृतकारिणः (sukṛtakāriṇaḥ) - performers of good deeds (ironic here) (doers of good deeds, virtuous)

• दशाम (daśāma) - we will bite

• एनम् (enam) - him (the king) (him, this (masculine accusative))

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized (the king) (having seized, having taken)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - it (the task) is done (done, made)

• एवम् (evam) - in this way (thus, in this manner)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be accomplished (it will be, it will happen)

• छिन्नम् (chinnam) - severed (cut, severed, destroyed)

• मूलम् (mūlam) - the root (root, origin, foundation)

• अनर्थानाम् (anarthānām) - of all evils (of misfortunes, of evils, of harm)

• मृते (mṛte) - when he is dead (when dead, having died (locative absolute))

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - when that (king) (in him, on that (masculine locative))

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be (it will be, it will become)

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - Other (Nāgas/serpents) (others)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior

तु (tu) - however (but, however, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: From root `brū` (to speak, say).

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

(indeclinable)

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - the Nāgas (serpents, Nāgas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, Nāga (mythical serpent-being)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

सुकृतकारिणः (sukṛtakāriṇaḥ) - performers of good deeds (ironic here) (doers of good deeds, virtuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sukṛtakārin

sukṛtakārin - doer of good deeds, virtuous, benevolent

agent noun

Compound of 'su-kṛta' (good deed) and 'kārin' (doer)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (sukṛta+kārin)

• sukṛta – good deed, virtue
  noun (neuter)
  past participle (used as noun)
  From su-√kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kārin – doer, maker, performing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root kṛ + ṇini
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `nāgāḥ`. Used ironically here.

दशाम (daśāma) - we will bite

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of daṃś

Root: daṃś (class 8)

Note: `loṭ` (imperative) for 1st person plural often used for determination or suggestion.

एनम् (enam) - him (the king) (him, this (masculine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, he, she, it (anaphoric pronoun)

Note: Object of `daśāma`.

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized (the king) (having seized, having taken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root grah with pra prefix and -lyaP suffix

Note: Denotes action preceding `daśāma`.

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies `daśāma`.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - it (the task) is done (done, made)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

past participle

Derived from root kṛ with -kta suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Impersonal construction, 'it is done'.

एवम् (evam) - in this way (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be accomplished (it will be, it will happen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: From root `bhū` (to be, become).

छिन्नम् (chinnam) - severed (cut, severed, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, broken, destroyed

past participle

Derived from root chid with -kta suffix

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Qualifies `mūlam`.

मूलम् (mūlam) - the root (root, origin, foundation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, origin, foundation, cause

Note: Subject of the second `bhaviṣyati`.

अनर्थानाम् (anarthānām) - of all evils (of misfortunes, of evils, of harm)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anartha

anartha - misfortune, evil, harm, useless

Negative compound with 'artha'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+artha)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• artha – meaning, purpose, wealth, thing
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive genitive with `mūlam`.

मृते (mṛte) - when he is dead (when dead, having died (locative absolute))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

past participle

Derived from root mṛ with -kta suffix

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction 'mṛte tasmin'.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - when that (king) (in him, on that (masculine locative))

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the king. Part of locative absolute with `mṛte`.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be (it will be, it will become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: From root `bhū` (to be, become).