महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-11, verse-7

क्व नु धर्मज्ञता राज्ञः क्व नु साद्यानृशंसता ।
यदावधीत्पितॄन्भ्रातॄन्गुरून्पुत्रान्सखीनपि ॥७॥

7. kva nu dharmajñatā rājñaḥ kva nu sādyānṛśaṁsatā ,
yadāvadhītpitṝnbhrātṝngurūnputrānsakhīnapi.

7. kva nu dharmajñatā rājñaḥ kva nu sā adya ānṛśaṃsatā
yat avadhīt pitṝn bhrātṝn gurūn putrān sakhīn api

7. kva nu rājñaḥ dharmajñatā kva nu sā adya ānṛśaṃsatā
yat avadhīt pitṝn bhrātṝn gurūn putrān sakhīn api

7. What has become of the king's understanding of natural law (dharma)? Where is that compassion today, since he killed fathers, brothers, preceptors (gurus), sons, and even friends?

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where? whither? what has become of?

• नु (nu) - now, indeed, then (interrogative or emphatic particle)

• धर्मज्ञता (dharmajñatā) - knowledge of natural law (dharma), righteousness

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

• क्व (kva) - where? whither? what has become of?

• नु (nu) - now, indeed, then (interrogative or emphatic particle)

• सा (sā) - that, she

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• आनृशंसता (ānṛśaṁsatā) - compassion, humanity, non-cruelty

• यत् (yat) - since (that, which, since, because)

• अवधीत् (avadhīt) - he killed, he slew

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors, paternal elders

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• गुरून् (gurūn) - preceptors (gurus), teachers, elders

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• सखीन् (sakhīn) - friends

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where? whither? what has become of?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - now, indeed, then (interrogative or emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

धर्मज्ञता (dharmajñatā) - knowledge of natural law (dharma), righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmajñatā

dharmajñatā - knowledge of (dharma), righteousness, justice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jñatā)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jñatā – knowledge, knowingness, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from jñā (to know) + suffix -tā (feminine abstract noun suffix)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

क्व (kva) - where? whither? what has become of?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - now, indeed, then (interrogative or emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

आनृशंसता (ānṛśaṁsatā) - compassion, humanity, non-cruelty

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ānṛśaṃsatā

ānṛśaṁsatā - compassion, humanity, mildness, non-cruelty

यत् (yat) - since (that, which, since, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that; since, because

Note: Used here causally, 'because, since'

अवधीत् (avadhīt) - he killed, he slew

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of vadh

Root: vadh (class 1)

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors, paternal elders

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, paternal elder, ancestor

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

गुरून् (gurūn) - preceptors (gurus), teachers, elders

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide; heavy, venerable

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

सखीन् (sakhīn) - friends

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)