महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-217, verse-14

हतं हन्ति हतो ह्येव यो नरो हन्ति कंचन ।
उभौ तौ न विजानीतो यश्च हन्ति हतश्च यः ॥१४॥

14. hataṁ hanti hato hyeva yo naro hanti kaṁcana ,
ubhau tau na vijānīto yaśca hanti hataśca yaḥ.

14. hatam hanti hataḥ hi eva yaḥ naraḥ hanti kaṃcana
ubhau tau na vijānītaḥ yaḥ ca hanti hataḥ ca yaḥ

14. yaḥ naraḥ kaṃcana hanti,
saḥ (implied) hatam hanti hataḥ hi eva.
yaḥ ca hanti yaḥ ca hataḥ tau ubhau na vijānītaḥ

14. The man (nara) who slays anyone merely slays one who is already slain. Both of them—the one who slays and the one who is killed—do not truly comprehend.

Words meanings summery:

• हतम् (hatam) - the slain one, the killed one

• हन्ति (hanti) - he kills, slays

• हतः (hataḥ) - the slain one, the killed one

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being

• हन्ति (hanti) - he kills, slays

• कंचन (kaṁcana) - anyone, someone

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (masculine dual)

• तौ (tau) - those two (masculine dual)

• न (na) - not, no

• विजानीतः (vijānītaḥ) - they two do not know/understand

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• च (ca) - and, also

• हन्ति (hanti) - he kills, slays

• हतः (hataḥ) - the slain one, the killed one

• च (ca) - and, also

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

Words meanings and morphology

हतम् (hatam) - the slain one, the killed one

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, destroyed, struck

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √han (to strike, to kill) with the suffix -ta (kta).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

हन्ति (hanti) - he kills, slays

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

हतः (hataḥ) - the slain one, the killed one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, destroyed, struck

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √han (to strike, to kill) with the suffix -ta (kta).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human, male

हन्ति (hanti) - he kills, slays

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

कंचन (kaṁcana) - anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kaṃcana

kaṁcana - anyone, someone, whatever

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cana)

• kim – who, what, which
  pronoun (masculine)
• cana – even, also, any (used with pronouns)
  indeclinable

उभौ (ubhau) - both (masculine dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

तौ (tau) - those two (masculine dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विजानीतः (vijānītaḥ) - they two do not know/understand

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vijñā

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हन्ति (hanti) - he kills, slays

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

हतः (hataḥ) - the slain one, the killed one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, destroyed, struck

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √han (to strike, to kill) with the suffix -ta (kta).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)