महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-39, verse-27

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किं ते राज्येन कौन्तेय कृत्वेमं ज्ञातिसंक्षयम् ।
घातयित्वा गुरूंश्चैव मृतं श्रेयो न जीवितम् ॥२७॥

27. kiṁ te rājyena kaunteya kṛtvemaṁ jñātisaṁkṣayam ,
ghātayitvā gurūṁścaiva mṛtaṁ śreyo na jīvitam.

27. kim te rājyena kaunteya kṛtvā imam jñātisaṃkṣayam
| ghātayitvā gurūn ca eva mṛtam śreyaḥ na jīvitam

27. kaunteya,
imam jñātisaṃkṣayam kṛtvā,
gurūn ca eva ghātayitvā,
te rājyena kim? mṛtam śreyaḥ,
jīvitam na.

27. What good is a kingdom to you, O son of Kunti, after causing this destruction of your kinsmen? Having killed even your teachers (guru), death is preferable to life.

Words meanings summery:

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किम् (kim) - what (good)? (what, how, why, is it?)

ते (te) - to you (Dative of possession/interest) (to you, your, by you)

राज्येन (rājyena) - by the kingdom (used with 'kim' to ask 'what use by means of X?') (by the kingdom, with the kingdom)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Arjuna, son of Kunti (O son of Kunti)

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

इमम् (imam) - this (destruction) (this, this one)

ज्ञातिसंक्षयम् (jñātisaṁkṣayam) - this destruction of kinsmen (destruction of kinsmen, annihilation of relatives)

घातयित्वा (ghātayitvā) - having caused the killing of, having slain (having caused to be killed, having slain)

गुरून् (gurūn) - revered teachers (guru) (teachers, heavy ones, elders)

च (ca) - and

एव (eva) - even (indeed, only, even)

मृतम् (mṛtam) - death (as a state) (death, the dead one, dead)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - preferable, better (better, excellent, welfare, prosperity)

न (na) - not

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (as a state) (life, living)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (good)? (what, how, why, is it?)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb here, meaning 'what use/good'.

ते (te) - to you (Dative of possession/interest) (to you, your, by you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Dative of interest.

राज्येन (rājyena) - by the kingdom (used with 'kim' to ask 'what use by means of X?') (by the kingdom, with the kingdom)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, rule

From 'rājan' (king) + '-ya' (suffix forming neuter nouns of state/condition).

Root: rāj (class 1)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Arjuna, son of Kunti (O son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti, belonging to Kunti (specifically Arjuna or any of the Pandavas)

Patronymic from 'kuntī'.

Note: Addressing Arjuna.

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

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from root 'kṛ' + suffix 'tvā'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

इमम् (imam) - this (destruction) (this, this one)

(demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'jñātisaṃkṣaya'.

ज्ञातिसंक्षयम् (jñātisaṁkṣayam) - this destruction of kinsmen (destruction of kinsmen, annihilation of relatives)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jñātisaṃkṣaya

jñātisaṁkṣaya - destruction of relatives, annihilation of kinsmen

Compound type : tatpurusha (jñāti+saṃkṣaya)

jñāti – kinsman, relative
noun (masculine)
saṃkṣaya – destruction, annihilation, loss
noun (masculine)
From root 'kṣi' (to destroy) with 'sam' (together/completely).
Prefix: sam
Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Object of the absolutive 'kṛtvā'.

घातयित्वा (ghātayitvā) - having caused the killing of, having slain (having caused to be killed, having slain)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from causal stem of 'han' (to strike/kill) + 'tvā'.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

गुरून् (gurūn) - revered teachers (guru) (teachers, heavy ones, elders)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual guide (guru), heavy, important, elder

Note: Object of 'ghātayitvā'.