महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-14, verse-2

अधर्मो यदि वा धर्मस्त्रासात्तत्र मया कृतः ।
आत्मानं त्रातुकामेन तन्मे त्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥२॥

2. adharmo yadi vā dharmastrāsāttatra mayā kṛtaḥ ,
ātmānaṁ trātukāmena tanme tvaṁ kṣantumarhasi.

2. adharmaḥ yadi vā dharmaḥ trāsāt tatra mayā kṛtaḥ
ātmānam trātukāmena tat me tvam kṣantum arhasi

2. yadi mayā tatra trāsāt ātmānam trātukāmena adharmaḥ vā dharmaḥ kṛtaḥ,
tat tvam me kṣantum arhasi

2. If an act of unrighteousness, or even a righteous act (dharma), was done by me there out of fear, motivated by the desire to save my own self (ātman), then you ought to forgive me for that.

Words meanings summery:

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or, and

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, righteousness, duty

• त्रासात् (trāsāt) - from fear, out of fear

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, oneself

• त्रातुकामेन (trātukāmena) - by one desiring to save, by one wishing to protect

• तत् (tat) - that, therefore

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

Words meanings and morphology

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, not dharma, impiety, injustice

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, righteousness, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness

त्रासात् (trāsāt) - from fear, out of fear

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of trāsa

trāsa - fear, terror, alarm

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: agreeing with adharmaḥ/dharmaḥ

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, oneself

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, spirit

त्रातुकामेन (trātukāmena) - by one desiring to save, by one wishing to protect

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of trātukāma

trātukāma - desirous of saving/protecting

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trātu+kāma)

• trātu – to save, to protect (stem of infinitive)
  indeclinable
  Infinitival stem
  derived from root √trā (to save, protect)
  Root: trā (class 2)
• kāma – desire, wish
  noun (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that, therefore

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: refers to the act of adharma/dharma

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

from root √kṣam (to endure, to forgive)

Root: kṣam (class 1)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √arh

Root: arh (class 1)