महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-123, verse-17

तं प्रजा नानुवर्तन्ते ब्राह्मणा न च साधवः ।
ततः संक्षयमाप्नोति तथा वध्यत्वमेति च ॥१७॥

17. taṁ prajā nānuvartante brāhmaṇā na ca sādhavaḥ ,
tataḥ saṁkṣayamāpnoti tathā vadhyatvameti ca.

17. tam prajāḥ na anuvartante brāhmaṇāḥ na ca sādhavaḥ
tataḥ saṃkṣayam āpnoti tathā vadhyatvam eti ca

17. prajāḥ tam na anuvartante brāhmaṇāḥ ca na sādhavaḥ
ca na tataḥ saṃkṣayam āpnoti tathā ca vadhyatvam eti

17. The subjects do not follow him, nor do the Brahmins or the righteous ones. Consequently, he meets with destruction and also becomes vulnerable to being killed.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - the king mentioned in the previous verse (him (masculine singular accusative))

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people, progeny

• न (na) - not

• अनुवर्तन्ते (anuvartante) - follow, pursue

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and, also

• साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - righteous ones, virtuous people

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefore, from that

• संक्षयम् (saṁkṣayam) - destruction, decay, ruin

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, reaches, experiences

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

• वध्यत्वम् (vadhyatvam) - vulnerability to being killed, state of being killable

• एति (eti) - goes, comes, attains, reaches

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - the king mentioned in the previous verse (him (masculine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people, progeny

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - subjects, people, progeny, creation

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अनुवर्तन्ते (anuvartante) - follow, pursue

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of anuvṛt

Present Middle

Present 3rd plural middle of anuvṛt

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - righteous ones, virtuous people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, righteous, virtuous; a good person, sage

Root: sādh (class 5)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

संक्षयम् (saṁkṣayam) - destruction, decay, ruin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃkṣaya

saṁkṣaya - destruction, decay, ruin, annihilation

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣi (class 5)

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, reaches, experiences

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āp

Present Active

Present 3rd singular active of āp (class 5)

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

वध्यत्वम् (vadhyatvam) - vulnerability to being killed, state of being killable

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vadhyatva

vadhyatva - state of being killable, vulnerability, liability to be killed

Derived from vadhyā (fit to be killed) + tva (abstract suffix)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadhyā+tva)

• vadhyā – fit to be killed, to be killed
  adjective (feminine)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive from vad
  Root: vad (class 1)
• tva – suffix for abstract noun, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

एति (eti) - goes, comes, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present Active

Present 3rd singular active of i (class 2)

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)