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.

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.