महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-26, verse-3

निष्ठुरं वैरपरुषं वृद्धानां शासनातिगम् ।
कथमात्मकृतं दोषं मय्याधातुमिहेच्छसि ॥३॥

3. niṣṭhuraṁ vairaparuṣaṁ vṛddhānāṁ śāsanātigam ,
kathamātmakṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mayyādhātumihecchasi.

3. niṣṭhuram vaira-paruṣam vṛddhānām śāsana-atigam
katham ātma-kṛtam doṣam mayi ādhātum iha icchasi

3. niṣṭhuram vaira-paruṣam vṛddhānām śāsana-atigam
ātma-kṛtam doṣam iha mayi ādhātum katham icchasi?

3. How can you wish to attribute to me this fault, which was self-inflicted, harsh, ruthless due to hostility, and went against the commands of the elders?

Words meanings summery:

• निष्ठुरम् (niṣṭhuram) - harsh, cruel, severe

• वैर-परुषम् (vaira-paruṣam) - harsh/cruel due to enmity, ruthless from hostility

• वृद्धानाम् (vṛddhānām) - of the elders, of the old ones

• शासन-अतिगम् (śāsana-atigam) - transgressing commands, going beyond rules

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what way?

• आत्म-कृतम् (ātma-kṛtam) - self-inflicted, done by oneself

• दोषम् (doṣam) - fault, defect, vice

• मयि (mayi) - in me, on me

• आधातुम् (ādhātum) - to place, to put, to attribute

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

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

Words meanings and morphology

निष्ठुरम् (niṣṭhuram) - harsh, cruel, severe

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niṣṭhura

niṣṭhura - harsh, cruel, severe, unkind

Note: Agrees with 'doṣam'.

वैर-परुषम् (vaira-paruṣam) - harsh/cruel due to enmity, ruthless from hostility

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaira-paruṣa

vaira-paruṣa - harsh/cruel due to enmity, ruthless from hostility

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaira+paruṣa)

• vaira – enmity, hostility, hatred
  noun (neuter)
• paruṣa – harsh, rough, cruel, severe
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'doṣam'.

वृद्धानाम् (vṛddhānām) - of the elders, of the old ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, wise, elder

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛdh' (to grow) + suffix 'ta'

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

शासन-अतिगम् (śāsana-atigam) - transgressing commands, going beyond rules

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāsana-atiga

śāsana-atiga - transgressing commands, going beyond rules

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāsana+atiga)

• śāsana – command, instruction, rule, teaching
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'śās' (to teach, command)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• atiga – going beyond, transgressing
  adjective
  Agent noun/Adjective from root 'gam'
  From root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'ati' (beyond)
  Prefix: ati
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'doṣam'.

कथम् (katham) - how? in what way?

(indeclinable)

आत्म-कृतम् (ātma-kṛtam) - self-inflicted, done by oneself

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātma-kṛta

ātma-kṛta - self-inflicted, done by oneself

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+kṛta)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make) + suffix 'ta'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'doṣam'.

दोषम् (doṣam) - fault, defect, vice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin, error

मयि (mayi) - in me, on me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

आधातुम् (ādhātum) - to place, to put, to attribute

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root 'dhā' (to place) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

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

(indeclinable)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)