महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-33, verse-11

ते वयं सुहृदो हत्वा कृत्वा पापमनन्तकम् ।
नरके निपतिष्यामो ह्यधःशिरस एव च ॥११॥

11. te vayaṁ suhṛdo hatvā kṛtvā pāpamanantakam ,
narake nipatiṣyāmo hyadhaḥśirasa eva ca.

11. te vayam suhṛdaḥ hatvā kṛtvā pāpam anantakam
narake nipatiṣyāmaḥ hi adhaḥśirasaḥ eva ca

11. vayam te suhṛdaḥ hatvā anantakam pāpam kṛtvā
ca hi adhaḥśirasaḥ eva narake nipatiṣyāmaḥ

11. By killing those friends of ours and committing an endless sin, we shall indeed fall headfirst into hell.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends, well-wishers

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, by killing

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having committed

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil deed

• अनन्तकम् (anantakam) - endless, limitless

• नरके (narake) - in hell

• निपतिष्यामः (nipatiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall fall down

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• अधःशिरसः (adhaḥśirasaḥ) - with head hanging down, headfirst

• एव (eva) - just, indeed, very

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends, well-wishers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suhṛd

suhṛd - friend, well-wisher

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, by killing

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

root han with suffix tvā

Root: han (class 2)

Note: absolutive

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having committed

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

root kṛ with suffix tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: absolutive

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil deed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, wicked

अनन्तकम् (anantakam) - endless, limitless

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anantaka

anantaka - endless, limitless

नरके (narake) - in hell

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell

निपतिष्यामः (nipatiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall fall down

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (luṭ) of nipat

Prefixes: ni+pat

Root: pat (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

अधःशिरसः (adhaḥśirasaḥ) - with head hanging down, headfirst

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhaḥśiras

adhaḥśiras - having the head hanging downwards, headfirst

compound of adhas and śiras

Compound type : bahuvrihi (adhas+śiras)

• adhas – down, below
  indeclinable
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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