महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-105, verse-49

न त्वेव जाल्मीं कापालीं वृत्तिमेषितुमर्हसि ।
नृशंसवृत्तिं पापिष्ठां दुःखां कापुरुषोचिताम् ॥४९॥

49. na tveva jālmīṁ kāpālīṁ vṛttimeṣitumarhasi ,
nṛśaṁsavṛttiṁ pāpiṣṭhāṁ duḥkhāṁ kāpuruṣocitām.

49. na tu eva jālmīm kāpālīm vṛttim eṣitum arhasi
nṛśaṃsavṛttim pāpiṣṭhām duḥkhām kāpuruṣocitām

49. tvam jālmīm kāpālīm nṛśaṃsavṛttim pāpiṣṭhām
duḥkhām kāpuruṣocitām vṛttim eṣitum na eva arhasi

49. Indeed, you should not desire such a contemptible, skull-bearing, cruel, most sinful, sorrowful, and cowardly way of life.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• जाल्मीम् (jālmīm) - contemptible (base, contemptible, cruel, wicked)

• कापालीम् (kāpālīm) - skull-bearing (referring to the practice of some ascetics) (relating to a skull, carrying a skull, skull-bearing, characteristic of a Kāpālika)

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - way of life (existence, way of life, conduct, livelihood)

• एषितुम् (eṣitum) - to desire, to seek, to wish for

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

• नृशंसवृत्तिम् (nṛśaṁsavṛttim) - cruel way of life, inhuman conduct

• पापिष्ठाम् (pāpiṣṭhām) - most sinful, most wicked

• दुःखाम् (duḥkhām) - sorrowful (sorrowful, miserable, painful, unhappy)

• कापुरुषोचिताम् (kāpuruṣocitām) - cowardly (fit for a coward, suitable for a contemptible man, ignoble)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

जाल्मीम् (jālmīm) - contemptible (base, contemptible, cruel, wicked)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jālmī

jālmī - base, contemptible, cruel, wicked

Feminine form of jālma.

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttim'.

कापालीम् (kāpālīm) - skull-bearing (referring to the practice of some ascetics) (relating to a skull, carrying a skull, skull-bearing, characteristic of a Kāpālika)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāpālī

kāpālī - relating to a skull, carrying a skull, characteristic of a Kāpālika (an ascetic sect)

Feminine form of kāpālin, derived from kapāla (skull).

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttim'.

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - way of life (existence, way of life, conduct, livelihood)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - existence, way of life, conduct, livelihood, state

From root vṛt (to be, to exist).

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Object of desire (eṣitum).

एषितुम् (eṣitum) - to desire, to seek, to wish for

(verb)

active, infinitive of eṣ

infinitive

From root iṣ (to wish, desire) with internal sandhi.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

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

(verb)

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

present active

2nd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is 'you'.

नृशंसवृत्तिम् (nṛśaṁsavṛttim) - cruel way of life, inhuman conduct

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nṛśaṃsavṛtti

nṛśaṁsavṛtti - cruel way of life, inhuman conduct

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nṛśaṃsa+vṛtti)

• nṛśaṃsa – cruel, inhuman, wicked
  adjective (masculine)
• vṛtti – way of life, conduct
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttim'.

पापिष्ठाम् (pāpiṣṭhām) - most sinful, most wicked

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pāpiṣṭha

pāpiṣṭha - most sinful, most wicked

Superlative degree of pāpin (sinful).

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttim'.

दुःखाम् (duḥkhām) - sorrowful (sorrowful, miserable, painful, unhappy)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrowful, miserable, painful, unhappy

Feminine form of duḥkha.

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttim'.

कापुरुषोचिताम् (kāpuruṣocitām) - cowardly (fit for a coward, suitable for a contemptible man, ignoble)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāpuruṣocita

kāpuruṣocita - fit for a coward, suitable for an ignoble man

Feminine form.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāpuruṣa+ucita)

• kāpuruṣa – coward, ignoble man
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ku (bad) + puruṣa (man).
• ucita – fit, proper, suitable
  Past Passive Participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vac (to speak, to be proper).
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttim'.