महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-56, verse-18

भ्रूणहत्याकृतं चापि पापं जह्यादसंशयम् ।
इतिहासमिमं श्रुत्वा पुरुषोऽपि सुदारुणः ॥१८॥

18. bhrūṇahatyākṛtaṁ cāpi pāpaṁ jahyādasaṁśayam ,
itihāsamimaṁ śrutvā puruṣo'pi sudāruṇaḥ.

18. bhūṇahatyākṛtam ca api pāpam jahyāt asaṃśayam
itihāsam imam śrutvā puruṣaḥ api sudāruṇaḥ

18. Even a very cruel person, upon hearing this epic, would undoubtedly abandon the sin committed by abortion.

18. וגם אדם אכזרי ביותר, אם ישמע את הסיפור ההיסטורי הזה, יסיר מעצמו ללא ספק אפילו את החטא של הריגת עובר.

Words meanings summery:

• भूणहत्याकृतम् (bhūṇahatyākṛtam) - pertaining to the sin of abortion (committed by abortion, resulting from feticide)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin (sin, evil, guilt)

• जह्यात् (jahyāt) - would abandon (one should abandon, one should give up, one should destroy)

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - undoubtedly (without doubt, certainly)

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - this epic (history, epic, legend)

• इमम् (imam) - this (this, this one)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - upon hearing (having heard)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person (man, person, human being)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• सुदारुणः (sudāruṇaḥ) - very cruel (very cruel, extremely harsh, terrible)

Words meanings and morphology

भूणहत्याकृतम् (bhūṇahatyākṛtam) - pertaining to the sin of abortion (committed by abortion, resulting from feticide)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūṇahatyākṛta

bhūṇahatyākṛta - performed/committed by fetal killing, related to abortion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūṇahatyā+kṛta)

• bhūṇahatyā – feticide, abortion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: han
• kṛta – done, made, performed, caused
  adjective (neuter)
  past participle
  root kṛ + kta suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Compound adjective modifying pāpam.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin (sin, evil, guilt)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, bad; sin, vice

Note: Object of the verb jahyāt.

जह्यात् (jahyāt) - would abandon (one should abandon, one should give up, one should destroy)

(verb)

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

optative

root hā, Parasmaipada, optative, 3rd person singular

Root: hā (class 3)

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - undoubtedly (without doubt, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' and 'saṃśaya'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃśaya)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
  negative particle
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  root śi + saṃ + aya
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śi

Note: Adverbial accusative.

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - this epic (history, epic, legend)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - history, legend, traditional narrative, epic

iti-ha-āsa (thus-indeed-it was)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Object of śrutvā.

इमम् (imam) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Masculine accusative singular of idam, agreeing with itihāsam.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - upon hearing (having heard)

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

root śru + ktvā suffix

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person (man, person, human being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being, spirit

Note: Subject of the sentence.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word puruṣaḥ.

सुदारुणः (sudāruṇaḥ) - very cruel (very cruel, extremely harsh, terrible)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very cruel, extremely harsh, terribly fierce

Intensive prefix 'su' + 'dāruṇa'.

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
  intensifier
• dāruṇa – cruel, harsh, terrible, fierce
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: dṛ

Note: Adjective modifying puruṣaḥ.

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