महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-61, verse-82

पौलस्त्या भ्रातरः सर्वे जज्ञिरे मनुजेष्विह ।
शतं दुःशासनादीनां सर्वेषां क्रूरकर्मणाम् ॥८२॥

82. paulastyā bhrātaraḥ sarve jajñire manujeṣviha ,
śataṁ duḥśāsanādīnāṁ sarveṣāṁ krūrakarmaṇām.

82. paulastyāḥ bhrātaraḥ sarve jajñire manujeṣu
iha śatam duḥśāsanādīnām sarveṣām krūrakarmaṇām

82. All the Pāulastya brothers, a hundred of them including Duḥśāsana, who were all cruel in their actions, were born here among men.

82. כל האחים הללו, צאצאי פַּאוּלַסְטְיַה (הרָאקְשַׁסִים), נולדו כאן בין בני האדם, מאה אחים שראשם דוּהְשָׁאסַנַה, וכולם עושי מעשים אכזריים.

Words meanings summery:

• पौलस्त्याः (paulastyāḥ) - the Paulastya brothers (referring to the Kauravas) (descendants of Pulastya, the Paulastyas)

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

• जज्ञिरे (jajñire) - were born (were born, originated)

• मनुजेषु (manujeṣu) - among men (among men, among human beings)

• इह (iha) - here (on Earth) (here, in this world)

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (of them) (a hundred)

• दुःशासनादीनाम् (duḥśāsanādīnām) - of Duḥśāsana and others (like him) (of Duḥśāsana and others)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all (of them) (of all)

• क्रूरकर्मणाम् (krūrakarmaṇām) - of those whose actions were cruel (of cruel deeds, of those with cruel actions)

Words meanings and morphology

पौलस्त्याः (paulastyāḥ) - the Paulastya brothers (referring to the Kauravas) (descendants of Pulastya, the Paulastyas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paulastya

paulastya - descendant of Pulastya (e.g., Rāvaṇa, or here, the Kauravas)

patronymic from Pulastya

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

जज्ञिरे (jajñire) - were born (were born, originated)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

मनुजेषु (manujeṣu) - among men (among men, among human beings)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of manu-ja

manu-ja - man, human being (born of Manu)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manu+ja)

• manu – Manu, a mythical progenitor of mankind
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  adjective from root jan
  derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

इह (iha) - here (on Earth) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (of them) (a hundred)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śata

śata - a hundred

दुःशासनादीनाम् (duḥśāsanādīnām) - of Duḥśāsana and others (like him) (of Duḥśāsana and others)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of duḥśāsanādi

duḥśāsanādi - Duḥśāsana and others (ādi-compound)

Compound type : dvandva (implied) (duḥśāsana+ādi)

• duḥśāsana – Duḥśāsana (name of a Kaurava prince)
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and others
  indeclinable

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all (of them) (of all)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

क्रूरकर्मणाम् (krūrakarmaṇām) - of those whose actions were cruel (of cruel deeds, of those with cruel actions)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of krūrakarman

krūrakarman - one whose actions are cruel, cruel-doer

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (krūra+karman)

• krūra – cruel, fierce, harsh
  adjective (masculine)
• karman – action, deed, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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