महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-32, verse-6

प्रमाणमप्रमाणं यः कुर्यान्मोहवशं गतः ।
भृत्यो वा यदि वा पुत्रस्तपस्वी वापि कश्चन ।
पापान्सर्वैरुपायैस्तान्नियच्छेद्घातयेत वा ॥६॥

6. pramāṇamapramāṇaṁ yaḥ kuryānmohavaśaṁ gataḥ ,
bhṛtyo vā yadi vā putrastapasvī vāpi kaścana ,
pāpānsarvairupāyaistānniyacchedghātayeta vā.

6. pramāṇam apramāṇam yaḥ kuryāt mohavaśaṃ
gataḥ bhṛtyo vā yadi vā putraḥ
tapasvī vā api kaścana pāpān sarvair
upāyais tān niyached ghātayet vā

6. mohavasaṃ gataḥ yaḥ pramāṇam apramāṇaṃ kuryāt,
vā bhṛtyaḥ yadi vā putraḥ vā api kaścana tapasvī,
tān pāpān sarvaiḥ upāyaiḥ niyachet ghātayet vā

6. Whosoever, overcome by delusion, treats what is authoritative as unauthoritative, whether he be a servant, a son, or any ascetic, you must restrain those wrongdoers by all means or have them executed.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - authoritative standard, valid means of knowledge, authority

• अप्रमाणम् (apramāṇam) - unauthoritative, invalid, not a standard

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - might make, should do, would treat

• मोहवशम् (mohavaśam) - under the power of delusion, swayed by infatuation

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, fallen into, reached

• भृत्यः (bhṛtyaḥ) - servant, dependent, employee

• वा (vā) - or, either

• यदि (yadi) - if, when

• वा (vā) - or, either

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• तपस्वी (tapasvī) - ascetic, one who performs spiritual practices, luminary

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, and

• कश्चन (kaścana) - some, any, a certain

• पापान् (pāpān) - sinners, evil-doers, wicked ones

• सर्व्हैः (sarvhaiḥ) - by all, with all

• उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by means, by methods, by strategies

• तान् (tān) - those

• नियम् (niyam) - should restrain, should control, should subdue

• घातयेत् (ghātayet) - should cause to be killed, should have executed

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - authoritative standard, valid means of knowledge, authority

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - authoritative standard, valid means of knowledge, authority

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 3)

अप्रमाणम् (apramāṇam) - unauthoritative, invalid, not a standard

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apramāṇa

apramāṇa - unauthoritative, invalid

nañ-tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (na+pramāṇa)

• na – not, non
  indeclinable
• pramāṇa – authoritative standard
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 3)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - might make, should do, would treat

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मोहवशम् (mohavaśam) - under the power of delusion, swayed by infatuation

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mohavaśa

mohavaśa - subject to delusion, under the power of infatuation

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (moha+vaśa)

• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• vaśa – power, control, subjection
  noun (masculine)

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, fallen into, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, attained, fallen into

Past Passive Participle

from gam + ta

Root: gam (class 1)

भृत्यः (bhṛtyaḥ) - servant, dependent, employee

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛtya

bhṛtya - servant, dependent

Gerundive

from bhṛ + tya

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if, when

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

तपस्वी (tapasvī) - ascetic, one who performs spiritual practices, luminary

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, one who practises tapas

from tapas + vin

Root: tap (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, and

(indeclinable)

कश्चन (kaścana) - some, any, a certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - some, any

kaḥ + cana

पापान् (pāpān) - sinners, evil-doers, wicked ones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāpa

pāpa - sinner, evil-doer, wicked

सर्व्हैः (sarvhaiḥ) - by all, with all

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by means, by methods, by strategies

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नियम् (niyam) - should restrain, should control, should subdue

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of niyam

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

घातयेत् (ghātayet) - should cause to be killed, should have executed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of ghātayet

causative

from han (causative stem ghātay)

Root: han (class 2)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

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