महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-251, verse-11

अपि पापकृतो रौद्राः सत्यं कृत्वा पृथक्पृथक् ।
अद्रोहमविसंवादं प्रवर्तन्ते तदाश्रयाः ।
ते चेन्मिथोऽधृतिं कुर्युर्विनश्येयुरसंशयम् ॥११॥

11. api pāpakṛto raudrāḥ satyaṁ kṛtvā pṛthakpṛthak ,
adrohamavisaṁvādaṁ pravartante tadāśrayāḥ ,
te cenmitho'dhṛtiṁ kuryurvinaśyeyurasaṁśayam.

11. api pāpakṛtaḥ raudrāḥ satyam kṛtvā
pṛthak pṛthak adroham avisaṃvādam
pravartante tadāśrayāḥ te cet mithaḥ
adhṛtim kuryuḥ vinaśyeyuḥ asaṃśayam

11. api raudrāḥ pāpakṛtaḥ pṛthak pṛthak
satyam kṛtvā tadāśrayāḥ adroham
avisaṃvādam pravartante cet te mithaḥ
adhṛtim kuryuḥ asaṃśayam vinaśyeyuḥ

11. Even fierce evildoers, each having made a pledge of truth (satya), conduct themselves without malice and without dispute, relying on that [pledge of] truth (satya). If they were to create discord among themselves, they would undoubtedly perish.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• पापकृतः (pāpakṛtaḥ) - evildoers, doers of evil

• रौद्राः (raudrāḥ) - fierce, terrible, violent, cruel

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, a promise

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

• अद्रोहम् (adroham) - non-injury, absence of malice or treachery

• अविसंवादम् (avisaṁvādam) - non-dispute, absence of disagreement

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, act, conduct themselves

• तदाश्रयाः (tadāśrayāḥ) - relying on that, having that as their support

• ते (te) - they (masculine)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, together, among themselves

• अधृतिम् (adhṛtim) - discord, lack of firmness, instability, disagreement

• कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they would do, they would make

• विनश्येयुः (vinaśyeyuḥ) - they would perish, be destroyed

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

पापकृतः (pāpakṛtaḥ) - evildoers, doers of evil

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpakṛt

pāpakṛt - doer of evil, sinner, wicked person

From 'pāpa' (evil) + root 'kṛ' (to do) + agent suffix (implied).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāpa+kṛt)

• pāpa – evil, sin, wickedness, misfortune
  noun (neuter)
• kṛt – doing, making, performer
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'pravartante'.

रौद्राः (raudrāḥ) - fierce, terrible, violent, cruel

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of raudra

raudra - fierce, terrible, frightful, violent, cruel, belonging to Rudra

From 'rudra' (name of a deity).

Note: Qualifying 'pāpakṛtaḥ'.

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, a promise

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, integrity, fidelity, a promise

From 'sat' (being, existing, good).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Object of 'kṛtvā'.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'kṛ' (to do, make) + suffix 'tvā'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

(indeclinable)

An adverb.

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

(indeclinable)

An adverb.

अद्रोहम् (adroham) - non-injury, absence of malice or treachery

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adroha

adroha - non-malice, absence of treachery, non-injury

Formed from 'a-' (negation) + 'droha' (injury, treachery).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+droha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• droha – injury, malice, treachery
  noun (masculine)
  from root druh
  Root: druh (class 4)

Note: Object of their conduct (implied).

अविसंवादम् (avisaṁvādam) - non-dispute, absence of disagreement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avisaṃvāda

avisaṁvāda - non-disagreement, consistency, reliability, absence of contradiction

Formed from 'a-' (negation) + 'vi-' (prefix) + 'saṃ-' (prefix) + root 'vad' (to speak) + suffix 'ghañ'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+visaṃvāda)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• visaṃvāda – disagreement, contradiction
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-sam-vad
  Prefixes: vi+sam
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Object of their conduct (implied), parallel to 'adroham'.

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, act, conduct themselves

(verb)

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

Present Middle

3rd person plural, present tense, middle voice. From root 'vṛt' with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तदाश्रयाः (tadāśrayāḥ) - relying on that, having that as their support

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tadāśraya

tadāśraya - having that as support, depending on that

Formed from 'tad' (that) + 'āśraya' (refuge, support, reliance). 'tad' refers to 'satyam'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tad+āśraya)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• āśraya – refuge, support, shelter, dependence
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-śri
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

ते (te) - they (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers back to 'pāpakṛtaḥ'.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Conditional particle.

Note: Introduces a condition.

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, together, among themselves

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

अधृतिम् (adhṛtim) - discord, lack of firmness, instability, disagreement

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of adhṛti

adhṛti - want of firmness, instability, discord, disagreement

Formed from 'a-' (negation) + 'dhṛti' (firmness, steadfastness, resolve, from root dhṛ).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dhṛti)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• dhṛti – firmness, steadfastness, resolve, patience
  noun (feminine)
  from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'kuryuḥ'.

कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they would do, they would make

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

Optative Active

3rd person plural, optative mood, active voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विनश्येयुः (vinaśyeyuḥ) - they would perish, be destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of naś

Optative Active

3rd person plural, optative mood, active voice. From root 'naś' with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'a-' (negation) + 'saṃśaya' (doubt). Here adverbial accusative of neuter noun.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃśaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty, suspicion
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-śī
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Adverb modifying 'vinaśyeyuḥ'.