महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-2, verse-26

यथेयं गौर्हता मूढ प्रमत्तेन त्वया मम ।
प्रमत्तस्यैवमेवान्यः शिरस्ते पातयिष्यति ॥२६॥

26. yatheyaṁ gaurhatā mūḍha pramattena tvayā mama ,
pramattasyaivamevānyaḥ śiraste pātayiṣyati.

26. yathā iyam gauḥ hatā mūḍha pramattena tvayā mama
| pramattasya evam eva anyaḥ śiraḥ te pātayiṣyati

26. mūḍha! yathā iyam mama gauḥ pramattena tvayā hatā,
evam eva anyaḥ pramattasya te śiraḥ pātayiṣyati.

26. O fool, just as this cow of mine was killed by you, who were careless, so too will another strike down your head when you are careless.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• गौः (gauḥ) - cow, bull, ox

• हता (hatā) - killed, struck

• मूढ (mūḍha) - O fool, O bewildered one

• प्रमत्तेन (pramattena) - by the careless one, by the negligent one

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• प्रमत्तस्य (pramattasya) - when you are careless (of the careless one)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, another person

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• ते (te) - your, to you

• पातयिष्यति (pātayiṣyati) - will cause to fall, will strike down

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: modifies gauḥ

गौः (gauḥ) - cow, bull, ox

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, bull, earth, ray of light

हता (hatā) - killed, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root han

Root: han (class 2)

मूढ (mūḍha) - O fool, O bewildered one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, bewildered, ignorant; a fool

Past Passive Participle

derived from root muh

Root: muh (class 4)

प्रमत्तेन (pramattena) - by the careless one, by the negligent one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pramatta

pramatta - careless, negligent, inattentive

Past Passive Participle

derived from root mad with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: agent of the action

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: modifies gauḥ

प्रमत्तस्य (pramattasya) - when you are careless (of the careless one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pramatta

pramatta - careless, negligent, inattentive

Past Passive Participle

derived from root mad with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: refers to 'you', the foolish person

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

particle of emphasis

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, another person

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top

s-stem noun

Note: object of pātayiṣyati

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: modifies śiraḥ

पातयिष्यति (pātayiṣyati) - will cause to fall, will strike down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pātay

Causative

causative stem of pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)