महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-79

तत्किल्बिषं स्मरे धर्म नान्यत्पापमहं स्मरे ।
तन्मे सहस्रसमितं कस्मान्नेहाजयत्तपः ॥७९॥

79. tatkilbiṣaṁ smare dharma nānyatpāpamahaṁ smare ,
tanme sahasrasamitaṁ kasmānnehājayattapaḥ.

79. tat kilbiṣam smare dharma na anyat pāpam aham smare
tat me sahasrasamitam kasmāt na iha ajayat tapaḥ

79. O Dharma, I recall only that one offense; I remember no other sin. Why did my penance here not conquer that (sin) of mine, which was considered equal to a thousand?

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (specific childhood offense) (that)

• किल्बिषम् (kilbiṣam) - the offense (sin, offense, guilt, fault)

• स्मरे (smare) - I recall (I may remember, I should remember, I remember (optative))

• धर्म (dharma) - O Dharma (the deity)! (O Dharma!)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - any other (other, another)

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

• अहम् (aham) - I

• स्मरे (smare) - I recall (I may remember, I should remember, I remember (optative))

• तत् (tat) - that (sin, or its effect) (that)

• मे (me) - my (referring to the sin/penance as 'mine') (to me, my, for me)

• सहस्रसमितम् (sahasrasamitam) - equivalent to a thousand (referring to the sin's magnified effect) (counted as a thousand, equivalent to a thousand)

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इह (iha) - here (in this situation) (here, in this world, in this matter)

• अजयत् (ajayat) - did not conquer/overcome (he/it conquered, he/it overcame)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - my penance (penance, austerity, spiritual fervor)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (specific childhood offense) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

किल्बिषम् (kilbiṣam) - the offense (sin, offense, guilt, fault)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kilbiṣa

kilbiṣa - sin, offense, guilt, crime, fault

स्मरे (smare) - I recall (I may remember, I should remember, I remember (optative))

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)

धर्म (dharma) - O Dharma (the deity)! (O Dharma!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, justice, virtue, religion, custom; god of justice

action noun

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - any other (other, another)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

पापम् (pāpam) - sin (sin, evil, vice)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, vice, wickedness

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

स्मरे (smare) - I recall (I may remember, I should remember, I remember (optative))

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (sin, or its effect) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'kilbiṣam' (sin).

मे (me) - my (referring to the sin/penance as 'mine') (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

सहस्रसमितम् (sahasrasamitam) - equivalent to a thousand (referring to the sin's magnified effect) (counted as a thousand, equivalent to a thousand)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasrasamita

sahasrasamita - counted as a thousand, equivalent to a thousand

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sahasra+samita)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• samita – measured, weighed, equal to, counted
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Refers to the sin's severity as if it were a thousand times worse than it was.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (in this situation) (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

अजयत् (ajayat) - did not conquer/overcome (he/it conquered, he/it overcame)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ji

Root: ji (class 1)

तपः (tapaḥ) - my penance (penance, austerity, spiritual fervor)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - penance, austerity, heat, spiritual fervor