महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-37, verse-20

तमब्रवीत्पिता ब्रह्मंस्तथा कोपसमन्वितम् ।
न मे प्रियं कृतं तात नैष धर्मस्तपस्विनाम् ॥२०॥

20. tamabravītpitā brahmaṁstathā kopasamanvitam ,
na me priyaṁ kṛtaṁ tāta naiṣa dharmastapasvinām.

20. tam abravīt pitā brahman tathā kopasamanvitam na
me priyam kṛtam tāta na eṣa dharmaḥ tapasvinām

20. His father spoke to him, who was thus filled with anger: 'My son, this act of yours is not pleasing to me. This is not the dharma of ascetics.'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - to him (the son) (to him, that (masculine, accusative))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (vocative) (O Brahmin)

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

• कोपसमन्वितम् (kopasamanvitam) - filled with anger (endowed with anger, filled with anger)

• न (na) - not

• मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, for me, my)

• प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing (pleasing, dear, beloved (neuter))

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - (this) deed (done, made, performed; a deed)

• तात (tāta) - my son/child (father, dear one, my child (vocative))

• न (na) - not

• एष (eṣa) - this (this (masculine, nominative))

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - proper conduct, duty (duty, righteousness, law, virtue)

• तपस्विनाम् (tapasvinām) - of ascetics (of ascetics, of those who perform penance)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - to him (the son) (to him, that (masculine, accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of brū

Imperfect tense.

Root: brū (class 2)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Subject of abravīt.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (vocative) (O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, sacred word, Absolute Reality

Root: bṛh

Note: Refers to the son, Śṛṅgi.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects to kopasamanvitam.

कोपसमन्वितम् (kopasamanvitam) - filled with anger (endowed with anger, filled with anger)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kopasamanvita

kopasamanvita - endowed with anger, filled with anger, angry

Compound: kopa (anger) + samanvita (endowed with, accompanied by).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kopa+samanvita)

• kopa – anger, wrath, fury
  noun (masculine)
  From root kup.
  Root: kup (class 4)
• samanvita – endowed with, furnished with, accompanied by, possessed of
  participle (past passive) (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root i (to go) with prefixes sam and anu.
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies tam.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: 'Not pleasing to me'.

प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing (pleasing, dear, beloved (neuter))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable, one's own

Root: prī (class 9)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - (this) deed (done, made, performed; a deed)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, accomplished, performed; a deed, an act, a creation

past passive participle

From root kṛ (to do, to make) + suffix -ta.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The action (the curse) is kṛtam.

तात (tāta) - my son/child (father, dear one, my child (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, friend, dear one (term of endearment or respect, often used by a child to a father, or a superior to an inferior, or between friends)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - this (this (masculine, nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - proper conduct, duty (duty, righteousness, law, virtue)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - duty, righteousness, law, virtue, custom, religion, nature, proper conduct

action noun

From root dhṛ (to hold, to support) + suffix -man.

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative to eṣa.

तपस्विनाम् (tapasvinām) - of ascetics (of ascetics, of those who perform penance)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, devotee, one who practices austerity/penance

From tapas (austerity) + suffix -vin.

Note: Qualifies dharmaḥ.