महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-27, verse-17

सत्यकञ्चुकमास्थाय मयोक्तो गुरुराहवे ।
अश्वत्थामा हत इति कुञ्जरे विनिपातिते ।
कान्नु लोकान्गमिष्यामि कृत्वा तत्कर्म दारुणम् ॥१७॥

17. satyakañcukamāsthāya mayokto gururāhave ,
aśvatthāmā hata iti kuñjare vinipātite ,
kānnu lokāngamiṣyāmi kṛtvā tatkarma dāruṇam.

17. satyakañcukam āsthāya mayā uktaḥ
guruḥ āhave aśvatthāmā hataḥ iti
kuñjare vinipātite kān nu lokān
gamiṣyāmi kṛtvā tat karma dāruṇam

17. mayā āhave satyakañcukam āsthāya
guruḥ aśvatthāmā hataḥ iti uktaḥ
kuñjare vinipātite tat dāruṇam
karma kṛtvā kān nu lokān gamiṣyāmi

17. Having adopted a semblance of truth, I declared to the preceptor (guru) in battle, 'Aśvatthāmā is slain,' after an elephant had been killed. Which worlds (loka) shall I reach after committing that dreadful action (karma)?

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यकञ्चुकम् (satyakañcukam) - a semblance of truth, a truthful guise (a garment/veil/cloak of truth)

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having adopted (having adopted, having resorted to, having taken recourse to)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - declared (said, spoken)

• गुरुः (guruḥ) - the preceptor (Drona) (preceptor, teacher, heavy, venerable)

• आहवे (āhave) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

• अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāmā (Drona's son / the elephant) (a proper name)

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain (killed, slain, struck)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of the quotation) (thus, so, a particle indicating direct speech or quotation)

• कुञ्जरे (kuñjare) - concerning the elephant (named Aśvatthāmā) (in an elephant)

• विनिपातिते (vinipātite) - when slain (the elephant) (when fallen, when killed)

• कान् (kān) - which (which (masculine plural accusative))

• नु (nu) - indeed, emphasizing the question (indeed, now, certainly (an emphatic or interrogative particle))

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds (worlds, regions, people)

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall go

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made)

• तत् (tat) - that (that (neuter singular accusative/nominative))

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action (karma) (action, deed, ritual, fate (karma))

• दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - dreadful (terrible, dreadful, cruel)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यकञ्चुकम् (satyakañcukam) - a semblance of truth, a truthful guise (a garment/veil/cloak of truth)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satyakañcuka

satyakañcuka - a garment of truth, a truthful guise

Compound type : tatpurusha (satya+kañcuka)

• satya – truth, true, real
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 2)
• kañcuka – a jacket, an armor, a cover, a disguise
  noun (masculine)

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having adopted (having adopted, having resorted to, having taken recourse to)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root √sthā (to stand) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - declared (said, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

From root √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used here as part of a passive construction with 'mayā' (by me)

गुरुः (guruḥ) - the preceptor (Drona) (preceptor, teacher, heavy, venerable)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - preceptor, teacher, spiritual guide, venerable, heavy

आहवे (āhave) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhava

āhava - battle, combat, war

From root √hu (to offer, to sacrifice) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: hu (class 3)

अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāmā (Drona's son / the elephant) (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśvatthāman

aśvatthāman - name of Drona's son; name of an elephant

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain (killed, slain, struck)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marks the end of the quotation) (thus, so, a particle indicating direct speech or quotation)

(indeclinable)

कुञ्जरे (kuñjare) - concerning the elephant (named Aśvatthāmā) (in an elephant)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant, a mountain

विनिपातिते (vinipātite) - when slain (the elephant) (when fallen, when killed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vinipātita

vinipātita - thrown down, felled, killed

Past Passive Participle

From root √pat (to fall) with prefixes vi- and ni-

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

कान् (kān) - which (which (masculine plural accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - what, which, who

नु (nu) - indeed, emphasizing the question (indeed, now, certainly (an emphatic or interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds (worlds, regions, people)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, region, people, folk

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall go

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

future active

First person singular future active indicative

Root: gam (class 1)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (that (neuter singular accusative/nominative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Adjective to 'karma'.

कर्म (karma) - deed, action (karma) (action, deed, ritual, fate (karma))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of actions (karma)

From root √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - dreadful (terrible, dreadful, cruel)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - terrible, dreadful, cruel, harsh, severe