महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-92, verse-47

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मा वधीः कासि कस्यासि किं हिंससि सुतानिति ।
पुत्रघ्नि सुमहत्पापं मा प्रापस्तिष्ठ गर्हिते ॥४७॥

47. mā vadhīḥ kāsi kasyāsi kiṁ hiṁsasi sutāniti ,
putraghni sumahatpāpaṁ mā prāpastiṣṭha garhite.

47. mā vadhīḥ kā asi kasya asi kim hiṃsasi sutān iti
putra-ghni sumahat pāpam mā prāpaḥ tiṣṭha garhite

47. 'Do not kill! Who are you? Whose are you? Why do you harm your sons?' (he said). 'O killer of sons, do not incur such a great sin! Stop, you hateful woman!'

Words meanings summery:

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मा (mā) - do not (do not (negative imperative particle))

वधीः (vadhīḥ) - (you) kill (used with `mā` for prohibition) (you kill (aorist form))

का (kā) - who (are you) (who (feminine nominative))

असि (asi) - you are

कस्य (kasya) - whose (are you) (whose, of whom)

असि (asi) - you are

किम् (kim) - why? (why? what?)

हिंससि (hiṁsasi) - you harm (you harm, injure, kill)

सुतान् (sutān) - (your) sons (sons, children)

इति (iti) - (marking direct speech) (thus, so (marks direct speech))

पुत्र-घ्नि (putra-ghni) - O killer of sons (O killer of sons (feminine vocative))

सुमहत् (sumahat) - such a great (very great, immense)

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

मा (mā) - do not

प्रापः (prāpaḥ) - (you) incur (used with `mā` for prohibition) (you obtain, incur (aorist form))

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stop (imperative) (stand, stop, remain)

गर्हिते (garhite) - O hateful woman, O reproached one (O despised one, O reproached one)

Words meanings and morphology

मा (mā) - do not (do not (negative imperative particle))

(indeclinable)

वधीः (vadhīḥ) - (you) kill (used with `mā` for prohibition) (you kill (aorist form))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of vadh

Aorist active

2nd person singular, parasmaipada. Root han (to strike/kill) in aorist, which transforms to vadh.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used with `mā` to form a prohibition 'do not kill'.

का (kā) - who (are you) (who (feminine nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun.

Note: Predicate nominative for implied 'asi'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative

2nd person singular, parasmaipada.

Root: as (class 2)

कस्य (kasya) - whose (are you) (whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun.

Note: Genitive of possession, with implied 'asi'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative

2nd person singular, parasmaipada.

Root: as (class 2)

किम् (kim) - why? (why? what?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

हिंससि (hiṁsasi) - you harm (you harm, injure, kill)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of hiṃs

Present active indicative

2nd person singular, parasmaipada.

Root: hiṃs (class 7)

सुतान् (sutān) - (your) sons (sons, children)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child, offspring

Past Passive Participle (from sū, to bear)

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Object of `hiṃsasi`.

इति (iti) - (marking direct speech) (thus, so (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)

पुत्र-घ्नि (putra-ghni) - O killer of sons (O killer of sons (feminine vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of putra-ghnī

putra-ghnī - killer of children/sons, infanticide

From putra + root han (to strike/kill) with ṇini suffix.

Compound type : tatpurusha (putra+ghnī)

putra – son, child
noun (masculine)
ghnī – female killer, slaying (feminine of ghna)
noun (feminine)
From root han (to strike/kill), feminine form.
Root: han (class 2)

Note: Addressing Gaṅgā.

सुमहत् (sumahat) - such a great (very great, immense)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, immense, enormous

From su- (good/very) + mahat (great).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahat)